> it would ust make wildcards illegal in top level domains, > not subdomains.
there are tlds with top level wildcards that are needed and in legitimate use. verisign has not done anything strictly against spec. this is a social and business issue. all this noise and bluster is depressing. it indicates that we are in a very quickly maturing industry because a lot of probably-soon-to-be-ex engineers have too much time on their hands. randy