Verisign Considering Monetising the Root

I’m always amazed at some of the things companies will do or try to do to get a bit of extra income.

According to a recent post by Frank Michlick, Verisign are considering selling access to the root server logs.

While this isn’t as abhorrent as the redirect from a couple of years back, it still is cause for some level of concern.

However, if Frank’s figures of what it will cost are anything to go by it won’t be that attractive to most companies.

By Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and managing director of Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. Michele has been deeply involved in domain and internet policy discussions for more than a decade. He also co-hosts the Technology.ie podcast.

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