ICANN asks VeriSign to pull redirect service

Mon Sep 22 02:42:37 UTC 2003

http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1024_3-5079768.html?part=msnbc-cnet&tag=alert
&form=feed&subj=cnetnews

"The agency that oversees Internet domain names has asked VeriSign to
voluntarily suspend a new service that redirects Web surfers to its own site
when they seek to access unassigned Web addresses, rather than return an
error message. "

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