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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

» 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/2003/09/16/all_your_web_typos/

» 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

» 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

» 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

» ICANN panel condemns Site Finder
   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]
   http://news.cnet.com/2100-1028_3-5267759.html

» Jeffrey Zeldman: 2 March 2001
   Conclusion to a tale of poor service from Verisign.
   http://www.zeldman.com/daily/com0301a.html#oneohoh

» 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/

» 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.cnet.com/2100-1038_3-5083161.html

» 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

» 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 VeriSi
   http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/8/17563/05947

» 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.cnet.com/2100-1032-5077530.html

» 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/article/112557/verisign_sued_over_site_finder.html

» 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/news/communications/soa/VeriSign-slammed-for-helping-spammers/0,130061791,120278673,00.htm

» 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

» 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/2002/03/26/verisign_accused_of_dns_slamming/

» 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

» 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