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- Computers: Internet: Domain Names: Disputed Domain Names: hoopla.com (4)
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VeriSign Sued Over Site Finder
pcworld.com
Popular Enterprises, the operator of Netster.com, has filed suit against VeriSign, alleging antitrust violations and unfair business practices. [IDG News Service] (September 19, 2003)
VeriSign's redirect page leaking data
smh.com.au
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] (September 30, 2003)
ICANN panel condemns Site Finder
news.cnet.com
A report says that VeriSign's redirection of nonexistent domain names to its own site violated accepted norms of conduct, and harmed businesses and individual Internet users. [CNET News.com] (July 13, 2004)
Jeffrey Zeldman: 2 March 2001
zeldman.com
Conclusion to a tale of poor service from Verisign. (March 2, 2001)
Verisign's 'SiteFinder' finds privacy hullabaloo
securityfocus.com
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] (September 18, 2003)
All your Web typos are belong to us
theregister.co.uk
Reports that network admins are furious at Verisign for redirecting requests for nonexistent domains to an advertisement. [The Register] (September 16, 2003)
VeriSign Blackmails Its Former Customers
kuro5hin.org
"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] (March 8, 2002)
Confirmation Request e-mail from VeriSign
thorweb.anta.net
Text of a form e-mail sent by VeriSign to seek confirmation of a registrar change request and criticism of this process' implementation.
Go Daddy Files LawSuit Against VeriSign
thewhir.com
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] (September 23, 2003)- Suit filed over VeriSign domain redirect
news.cnet.com
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] (September 26, 2003) - VeriSign Redirects Error Pages
news.cnet.com
CNET News article about the company's surprise decision to take control of all unassigned .com and .net domain names. (September 16, 2003) 
Deceptive renewal letters from VeriSign
proper.com
Scan of and short comment on "Domain Name Expiration Notice" letter sent by VeriSign.
Verisign Reportedly Sending Deceptive Domain Registration Bills
politechbot.com
Warning mail from GoDaddy Software to its customers about deceptive expiration notices which transfer registration to Verisign at triple the renewal cost. [Politech] (March 25, 2002)
VeriSign slammed for helping spammers
zdnet.com.au
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] (September 17, 2003)
Have you read what VeriSign is doing?
ars.userfriendly.org
Cartoon commentary on DNS wildcards. Readers voice their opinions. [User Friendly] (September 17, 2003)- Verisign Accused of DNS Slamming
theregister.co.uk
Thomas C. Greene writes: "Now Verisign (formerly Network Solutions) is taking heat for a practice which borders on registrar slamming." [The Register] (March 26, 2002) 
Revoke Verisign's Control
petitiononline.com
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.
Thanks, VeriSign, for breaking the Internet
archive.salon.com
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] (September 17, 2003)
Advisory Concerning Demand to Remove VeriSign's Wildcard
icann.org
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. (October 3, 2003)
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Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:53:47 GMT+00:00
Gets Patent Related to Internationalized Domain Names Domain Name Wire (blog) Registering and using multilingual domain names. The patent application was a continuation of a 2001 application that was abandoned, and a provisional ...
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Le dernier rapport de ViriSign nous apprend que la charge globale de leur infrastructure a de nouveau depasse un record avec un pic journalier de 48 milliards de requetes Cela
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Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:11:41 GM
Symantec has closed its acquisition and now will set its sights on weaving the company's identity and trust technologies into its array of endpoint security and data loss prevention products.
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