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September 26, 2003 (9:49 a.m. EST)
By Barbara Darrow & Michael Vizard, CRN
The battle around VeriSign's three-week-old Site Finder service rages on. Even as solution providers, ISPs and industry observers blast what they characterize as VeriSign's hijacking of Web traffic, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company stands firm.
When Web surfers type an incorrect .com or .net URL they are now sent to Site Finder, a VeriSign site that offers tips for finding the intended destination. The site also suggests alternative sites and links to ad-sponsored sites, which has critics on a tear. They maintain that VeriSign, which controls the popular .com and .net domains under a contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has abdicated its responsibility as a neutral arbiter and registry of domain names in return for ad revenue. "
Nuetral? VeriSign??? When was THAT? Maybe within the first 24 hours they were open for business, but not since then! Anyone who thinks that VeriSign is nuetral has only to visit their site to have that fairytale dispelled.
September 26, 2003 (9:49 a.m. EST)
By Barbara Darrow & Michael Vizard, CRN
The battle around VeriSign's three-week-old Site Finder service rages on. Even as solution providers, ISPs and industry observers blast what they characterize as VeriSign's hijacking of Web traffic, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company stands firm.
When Web surfers type an incorrect .com or .net URL they are now sent to Site Finder, a VeriSign site that offers tips for finding the intended destination. The site also suggests alternative sites and links to ad-sponsored sites, which has critics on a tear. They maintain that VeriSign, which controls the popular .com and .net domains under a contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has abdicated its responsibility as a neutral arbiter and registry of domain names in return for ad revenue. "
Nuetral? VeriSign??? When was THAT? Maybe within the first 24 hours they were open for business, but not since then! Anyone who thinks that VeriSign is nuetral has only to visit their site to have that fairytale dispelled.
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