From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 18 11:32:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 373B016A4BF for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:32:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shaft.techsupport.co.uk (shaft.techsupport.co.uk [212.250.77.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BD5043FBF for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:32:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from pc3-cdif2-5-cust222.cdif.cable.ntl.com ([81.101.152.222] helo=shrike.submonkey.net ident=mailnull) by shaft.techsupport.co.uk with esmtp (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.22) id 1A03Zr-0000Xj-LT; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:32:27 +0100 Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.22) id 1A03Zo-0005op-Nh; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:32:24 +0100 Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:32:24 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: a clever sheep Message-ID: <20030918183224.GM389@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , a clever sheep , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org References: <20030918183032.GB1058@perilith.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="37cJpJlYZwAfNbm5" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030918183032.GB1058@perilith.com> X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Ceri Davies cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: this verisign wildcard silliness X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 18:32:30 -0000 --37cJpJlYZwAfNbm5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --37cJpJlYZwAfNbm5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/afo4ocfcwTS3JF8RAuRXAKCcqOjjagqrArIVzPlAt76mlzeuhQCgw+Pl qCVUPqFJYAwmHPIRwmjbLMY= =4LCR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --37cJpJlYZwAfNbm5--