From: Rodney Thayer (rodneycanola-jones.com)
Date: Thu Jul 14 2005 - 09:01:57 CDT

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Ever since they were spawned from the loins of RSA's patent portfolio
Verisign has had a "someone died and made us god" business strategy.
So I don't think this sort of attitude is that surprising.

I hope the beer was good enough to merit walking away from a chance
to punch him ;-)

Gadi Evron wrote:
> sinan.erenimmunitysec.com wrote:
>
>>
>> And i hope this event concludes the retarded saga of advisories and
>> tools ...
>
>
> Like I just wrote somewhere else...
>
> In a recent conference, an high-up Verisign Europe guy told us at a
> round-table session, word by word: "We are Verisign, we control the
> Internet".
>
> I wanted to jump over the table and punch him in the face, but for some
> reason I didn't.
>
> Anyway, he was a very nice guy, so I later told him *exactly* what I
> thought of his statement.
>
> He said he is simply quoting their CEO. He added that when you come to
> think about it, it's true. They control .net, .com, see all transactions...
>
> At this stage I nearly kicked him (and I was in a suit), but he was a
> really nice guy and beer took precedence.
>
> Just thought I'd share.
>
> I am not sure how I feel about all the OLD vs. NEW battle going on
> regarding 'control" of the Internet, and Verisign making a move on the
> business idefense was.. erm.. trying to be in, makes me wonder.
>
> Gadi.
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