Machine moves into high gear — VeriSign spin
An article regarding denial-of-service attacks is actually a well-placed VeriSign PR campaign.
Earlier today I wrote regarding an op-ed by a Verisign Internet Advisory Board member that suggested that VeriSign needs to hike .com prices in order to handle security. A seemingly unrelated story that hit the wires this afternoon features VeriSign talking regarding denial-of-service attacks that hit major web sites earlier this year.
This is not a coincidence. Afterall, it mentions an old news event. This is a high powered PR campaign in action. The latter story regarding denial-of-service attacks mentions nothing regarding VeriSign’s latest .com registry agreement. What they’re trying to do is scare the public into thinking the domain name system is under fresh attacks and could meltdown. The hope is that when the general public reads stories regarding VeriSign hiking prices they’ll think to themselves “oh, yeah, that makes since…they need to beef up security for fresh attacks.”
The sad thing is that this approach works. The general public will be suckered.
