> There is already a fairly big backlash against their system. > http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&edition=uk&q=verisign Thanks for this link, Liam. In one of the news stories there I found the following gem of a quote from former ICANN director Karl Auerbach: "ICANN and the Department of Commerce can't clearly say that (VeriSign is) violating Internet standards. It's impossible for Internet standards to enumerate all the dumb things you can do." J