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  • Many give the slip to VeriSign's 'SiteFinder'

    As legal and political challenges to VeriSign's "SiteFinder" domain name redirector mount, Chinese and other overseas network operators have taken technical steps to bypass the controversial service.

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  • VeriSign calls halt to .com detours

    VeriSign, the administrator of the .com and .net domains, made plans to shut down its new Site Finder service Friday, after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ordered the company to undo controversial changes.

  • VeriSign VP on Innovation and the Internet

    VeriSign's decision to launch a new Site Finder service that gives Internet users tools and options when they mistype a domain name has spurred a debate about the future of the Internet.

  • ICANN panel condemns Site Finder

    A long-awaited report evaluating the impact of VeriSign's controversial Site Finder service concludes that it had undesirable side effects, violated commonly accepted codes of Internet conduct, and should remain offline.

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