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Strife · 09-22-2003, 02:10 PM

ICANN urges VeriSign to suspend SiteFinder
By John Leyden
Posted: 22/09/2003 at 09:58 GMT

Net governing body ICANN has called on VeriSign to "voluntarily suspend" Site Finder amid renewed concerns that the web typo replacement service could undermine key Net standards.

Last week VeriSign deployed a "wildcard" service into the .com and .net Top Level Domain zones. This VeriSign wildcard redirects traffic that would otherwise have resulted in a "no domain" response to a VeriSign-operated website, called Site Finder, the features, search results and links to paid advertisements.

"Since the deployment, ICANN has been monitoring community reaction, including analysis of the technical effects of the wildcard, and is carefully reviewing the terms of the .com and .net Registry Agreements," the Net governing body said in a statement.

"Recognizing the concerns about the wildcard service, ICANN has called upon VeriSign to voluntarily suspend the service until the various reviews now underway are completed," it added.

ICANN has requested advice from its Security and Stability Advisory Committee, and from the Internet Architecture Board, on the impact of the changes implemented by VeriSign.

A report from the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), released last weekend, says the VeriSign's changes have had "undesirable and unintended consequences", imposing a overhead on users, and affecting the robustness of the Internet.

The document suggests VeriSign's "wildcard" service goes against "two basic principles of architectural design which have served the Internet well for many years": the Robustness Principle and the (splendidly named) Principle Of Least Astonishment, which says a program should always respond in the way that is least likely to astonish the user.

VeriSign has yet to respond to ICANN's call to drop Site Finder.

Also, there's a petition to stop Verisign DNS abuse

http://www.whois.sc/verisign-dns/

(¤¤)»»»»»»Þ · 09-22-2003, 02:13 PM

The best thing to do is to write to your ISP and urge them to BAN the verisign sitefinder

gornyhuy · 09-22-2003, 02:16 PM

Good... that shit is annoying.

http · 09-22-2003, 02:27 PM

Icann is weak and Verisign is tough. I guess Verisign will keep running this stunt for years. ISP's will have to deal with it on a technical basis imo

KRosh · 09-22-2003, 02:29 PM

Time to move root servers to a .org ... put Network Solutions and Verisign out of Buisness

cluck · 09-22-2003, 02:32 PM

I want to buy ad placement.

chrisp420 · 09-22-2003, 03:10 PM

why not just write to your isp and urge them to apply the new bind patches?

09-22-2003, 02:10 PM	#1
Strife Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 4,534	ICANN urges VeriSign to suspend SiteFinder ICANN urges VeriSign to suspend SiteFinder By John Leyden Posted: 22/09/2003 at 09:58 GMT Net governing body ICANN has called on VeriSign to "voluntarily suspend" Site Finder amid renewed concerns that the web typo replacement service could undermine key Net standards. Last week VeriSign deployed a "wildcard" service into the .com and .net Top Level Domain zones. This VeriSign wildcard redirects traffic that would otherwise have resulted in a "no domain" response to a VeriSign-operated website, called Site Finder, the features, search results and links to paid advertisements. "Since the deployment, ICANN has been monitoring community reaction, including analysis of the technical effects of the wildcard, and is carefully reviewing the terms of the .com and .net Registry Agreements," the Net governing body said in a statement. "Recognizing the concerns about the wildcard service, ICANN has called upon VeriSign to voluntarily suspend the service until the various reviews now underway are completed," it added. ICANN has requested advice from its Security and Stability Advisory Committee, and from the Internet Architecture Board, on the impact of the changes implemented by VeriSign. A report from the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), released last weekend, says the VeriSign's changes have had "undesirable and unintended consequences", imposing a overhead on users, and affecting the robustness of the Internet. The document suggests VeriSign's "wildcard" service goes against "two basic principles of architectural design which have served the Internet well for many years": the Robustness Principle and the (splendidly named) Principle Of Least Astonishment, which says a program should always respond in the way that is least likely to astonish the user. VeriSign has yet to respond to ICANN's call to drop Site Finder. Also, there's a petition to stop Verisign DNS abuse http://www.whois.sc/verisign-dns/ __________________ Buy & Sell Ads on The Most Sexy Advertising Network on the Planet

09-22-2003, 02:16 PM	#3
gornyhuy Chafed. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Face Down in Pussy Posts: 18,041	Good... that shit is annoying. __________________ icq:159548293

09-22-2003, 02:32 PM	#6
cluck Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,248	I want to buy ad placement. __________________ icq 279990726 www.mcdonalds.com <- great money making opportunity

09-22-2003, 02:13 PM	#2
(¤¤)»»»»»»Þ So Fucking Banned Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Next door Posts: 237	The best thing to do is to write to your ISP and urge them to BAN the verisign sitefinder

09-22-2003, 02:27 PM	#4
http Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,811	Icann is weak and Verisign is tough. I guess Verisign will keep running this stunt for years. ISP's will have to deal with it on a technical basis imo

09-22-2003, 02:29 PM	#5
KRosh So Fucking Outlawed Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 5,114	Time to move root servers to a .org ... put Network Solutions and Verisign out of Buisness

09-22-2003, 03:10 PM	#7
chrisp420 Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NY/MA Posts: 572	why not just write to your isp and urge them to apply the new bind patches?