Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:32:24 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: a clever sheep <aard@perilith.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: this verisign wildcard silliness Message-ID: <20030918183224.GM389@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20030918183032.GB1058@perilith.com> References: <20030918183032.GB1058@perilith.com>
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On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 02:30:32PM -0400, a clever sheep wrote:
> the thing that really slays me about this is that there's a privacy
> policy and a terms of use linked on the 'sitefinder' pages:
>=20
> 14. AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND.
> By using the service(s) provided by VeriSign under these Terms of Use,
> you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by all terms
> and conditions here in and documents incorporated by reference.
>=20
> is this enforceable? is typoing a domain name now equivalent to signing
> a contract? if not, why is this even on there? they've gone to great
> lengths to not provide any method of contacting them electronically,
> they only provide an address for VeriSign legal on the privacy policy.
> i wanted to let them know that i don't agree to their terms of service
> and i'd like them to stop appearing in my web browser. ;)
Well, you could phone them and ask them to stop serving your IP block,
but since they run gtld-servers.net that would cut you off from half of
the Internet.
Ceri
--=20
User: DO YOU ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR?
Iniaes: Sure, I can accept all forms of payment.
-- www.chatterboxchallenge.com
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