- VeriSign Blackmails Its Former Customers - http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/8/17563/05947
"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]
- Verisign Accused of DNS Slamming - http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24577.html
Thomas C. Greene writes: "Now Verisign (formerly Network Solutions) is taking heat for a practice which borders on registrar slamming." [The Register]
- VeriSign Sucks - http://www.aetherlumina.com/verisignsucks.html
A collection of links to information about problems with VeriSign/Network Solutions/NetSol, and alternatives to VeriSign.
- VeriSign Redirects Error Pages - http://news.com.com/2100-1032-5077530.html
CNET News article about the company's surprise decision to take control of all unassigned .com and .net domain names.
- All your Web typos are belong to us - http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32852.html
Reports that network admins are furious at Verisign for redirecting requests for nonexistent domains to an advertisement. [The Register]
- VeriSign slammed for helping spammers - http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/communications/story/0,2000048620,20278673,00.htm
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]
- Have you read what VeriSign is doing? - http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030917&mode=classic
Cartoon commentary on DNS wildcards. Readers voice their opinions. [User Friendly]
- Revoke Verisign's Control - http://www.petitiononline.com/badnsi/
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.
- Verisign's 'SiteFinder' finds privacy hullabaloo - http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7009
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]
- Stop Verisign DNS Abuse - http://www.whois.sc/verisign-dns/
Petition to ICANN demanding that Verisign follow Internet standards or lose their position as registrar.
- Thanks, VeriSign, for breaking the Internet - http://archive.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2003/09/17/verisign/index.html
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]
- Confirmation Request e-mail from VeriSign - http://thorweb.anta.net/nic/verisign-evac.shtml
Text of a form e-mail sent by VeriSign to seek confirmation of a registrar change request and criticism of this process' implementation.
- Advisory Concerning Demand to Remove VeriSign's Wildcard - http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-03oct03.htm
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.
- VeriSign's redirect page leaking data - http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/30/1064819912915.html
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]
- Suit filed over VeriSign domain redirect - http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5083161.html
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]
- VeriSign Sued Over Site Finder - http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112557,00.asp
Popular Enterprises, the operator of Netster.com, has filed suit against VeriSign, alleging antitrust violations and unfair business practices. [IDG News Service]
- Go Daddy Files LawSuit Against VeriSign - http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/god092303.cfm
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]
- ICANN panel condemns Site Finder - http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5267759.html
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]
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