Sept. 15, 2009
4:25 a.m.
I would not support any proposal that imposes delay on the ability of an individual to register a domain name. One of the strengths of the Internet is the speed with which users can publish and speak. You see this especially around newsworthy events, where minutes after something important or interesting has happened, people are registering domain names and using the traffic that flows in to say something. A postal verification process would add an incremental accuracy gain while burdening the ability to speak and react in real time to world events -- and the "bad guys" would subvert it anyway. -- Bret