I am writing to voice my opposition to Proposed Amendment 3. I understand that there are clear potential financial gains to be had by raising the
registration fee on .com domains. However the global DNS registration system should
be run primarily as a public concern. The only entities that stand to benefit from the proposed arrangement is verisign. 


And this will be largely at the expense of the public, both financially and in security. The security risk is if you drive many websites off of .com domains onto other domains, you will see a rise in malware on the .com domains.
For example, let's say I have ‘domain.com’. If I decide .com is too expensive for my business/portfolio/non-profit/charity I might switch that too ‘domain.net’. After I make that switch a malicious individual will buy the .com version of that domain and host a similar site but with malware embedded on it so the user does not know. The malicious version can then be used to steal payment information, pii, images, or anything really. I personally run educational websites on .com domains and I will shut them down and move to non-.com domains if rates go up. If the that happens there’s nothing stopping China or a malicious person from buying my old .com domains and using them to spread malware or misinformation .


The implications of this are just so much larger than any one individual can ever imagine, I just don’t understand how you are willing to take a risk like this.

This will impact the millions of small, independent businesses customers, internet users, and developers that rely on the system. The web and the global DNS, were envisioned to be run for public good, and they SHOULD be run for public good. Deals such as this are short sighted and just chasing money with extreme risks. Please do not adopt this dangerous proposal.

Much Thanks,
Nicholas Fealey