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07-14-2004, 01:12 PM
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3380231
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A panel of experts from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said VeriSign moved too soon with its controversial SiteFinder service and recommends it never be used in the public realm again.
The report, "Redirection in the Com and Net Domains," released over the weekend by the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) finds VeriSign's (Quote, Chart) marketing endeavor, SiteFinder, violated fundamental architectural principles and well-established codes of conduct within the Internet community.
In September 2003, VeriSign, managers of the .com and .net registry (a directory of the domains and owners of every Web address within those top-level domains), started redirecting Web users who typed in an incorrect or unused Web site or e-mail address to a paid advertising page, SiteFinder.com, rather than returning the industry standard RCODE3 "name error" code.
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A panel of experts from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said VeriSign moved too soon with its controversial SiteFinder service and recommends it never be used in the public realm again.
The report, "Redirection in the Com and Net Domains," released over the weekend by the Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) finds VeriSign's (Quote, Chart) marketing endeavor, SiteFinder, violated fundamental architectural principles and well-established codes of conduct within the Internet community.
In September 2003, VeriSign, managers of the .com and .net registry (a directory of the domains and owners of every Web address within those top-level domains), started redirecting Web users who typed in an incorrect or unused Web site or e-mail address to a paid advertising page, SiteFinder.com, rather than returning the industry standard RCODE3 "name error" code.