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Building its case against eNIC and VeriSign.
http://www.spot.cc/
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Go Daddy Files LawSuit Against VeriSign
A federal lawsuit charges VeriSign with misuse of its position as official registrar to create an
unfair competitive advantage by hijacking queries about unregistered domain names. [Web Host
Industry Review]
http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/god092303.cfm
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VeriSign Sued Over Site Finder
Popular Enterprises, the operator of Netster.com, has filed suit against VeriSign, alleging
antitrust violations and unfair business practices. [IDG News Service]
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112557,00.asp
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Suit filed over VeriSign domain redirect
Longtime Internet litigator Ira Rothken has filed a class action suit against VeriSign over the
registrar's redirection of mistyped .com and .net names to a search page it controls. [CNET
News.com]
http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5083161.html
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VeriSign's redirect page leaking data
The search page at VeriSign, which appears for all mistyped .com and .net sites, passes information
to a marketing firm. A computer security researcher said that this could include personal
information. [The Sydney Morning Herald]
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/30/1064819912915.html
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Advisory Concerning Demand to Remove VeriSign's Wildcard
ICANN announcement that it has issued an ultimatum to VeriSign over the widespread harmful effects
of the registrar's unilateral implementation of wildcards for .com and .net.
http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-03oct03.htm
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Architectural Concerns on the use of DNS Wildcards
Comment by the Internet Architecture Board on adverse effects of using DNS wildcards to resolve
unregistered domains.
http://www.iab.org/documents/docs/2003-09-20-dns-wildcards.html
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Confirmation Request e-mail from VeriSign
Text of a form e-mail sent by VeriSign to seek confirmation of a registrar change request and
criticism of this process' implementation.
http://thorweb.anta.net/nic/verisign-evac.shtml
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Deceptive renewal letters from VeriSign
Scan of and short comment on "Domain Name Expiration Notice" letter sent by VeriSign.
http://www.proper.com/ICANN-notes/VeriSign-deception.html
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Thanks, VeriSign, for breaking the Internet
The registrar's one-sided decision to change how an Internet protocol functions, without even a
Request For Comments, shows that some things are too important to be left in the hands of those
whose chief concern is making a buck. [Salon]
http://archive.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2003/09/17/verisign/index.html
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Stop Verisign DNS Abuse
Petition to ICANN demanding that Verisign follow Internet standards or lose their position as
registrar.
http://www.whois.sc/verisign-dns/
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Verisign's 'SiteFinder' finds privacy hullabaloo
VeriSign's pay-for-play search, which appears for all unregistered .com and .net web sites, tries
to set a cookie for a third party. Privacy advocates also worry that the registrar may be
harvesting e-mail addresses. [SecurityFocus]
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7009
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Revoke Verisign's Control
Petition to ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce, saying that Verisign's history of
incompetence and unethical behavior merits the removal of their control over .com and .net.
http://www.petitiononline.com/badnsi/
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Have you read what VeriSign is doing?
Cartoon commentary on DNS wildcards. Readers voice their opinions. [User Friendly]
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030917&mode=classic
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VeriSign slammed for helping spammers
Spam-fighters, computer security experts, and engineers are critical of VeriSign's decision to
serve up advertisements in place of notices that a domain name does not exist. [ZDNet]
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/communications/story/0,2000048620,20278673,00.htm
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All your Web typos are belong to us
Reports that network admins are furious at Verisign for redirecting requests for nonexistent
domains to an advertisement. [The Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32852.html
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VeriSign Redirects Error Pages
CNET News article about the company's surprise decision to take control of all unassigned .com and
.net domain names.
http://news.com.com/2100-1032-5077530.html
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You Have Domains, We Have Stall Tactics
A webmaster's difficulties transferring two domains with Network Solutions.
http://www.yallp.com/mumble/netsol.html
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Jeffrey Zeldman: 2 March 2001
Conclusion to a tale of poor service from Verisign.
http://www.zeldman.com/daily/com0301a.html#oneohoh
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VeriSign Sucks
A collection of links to information about problems with VeriSign/Network Solutions/NetSol, and
alternatives to VeriSign.
http://www.aetherlumina.com/verisignsucks.html
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Verisign Accused of DNS Slamming
Thomas C. Greene writes: "Now Verisign (formerly Network Solutions) is taking heat for a
practice which borders on registrar slamming." [The Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24577.html
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Network Solutions Horror Stories
Bulletin board about the bad business practices and service of NSI/Verisign.
http://www.nsihorrorstories.com/
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Verisign Reportedly Sending Deceptive Domain Registration Bills
Warning mail from GoDaddy Software to its customers about deceptive expiration notices which
transfer registration to Verisign at triple the renewal cost. [Politech]
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03298.html
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VeriSign Blackmails Its Former Customers
"VeriSign apparently has a campaign going on to illegally threaten their former customers who
have long moved their domains to one of the many alternate registrars that they would quickly lose
their existing domains if they didn't 'renew' them with VeriSign by clicking on a link provided in
an email." News and reader discussion. [kuro5hin]
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/8/17563/05947
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