[FYI] VeriSign Site Finder Service Update

[Sven Gottwald <svengo@fitug.de>]

VeriSign hat den Stecker gezogen:

* Quoting <URL:http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031003/sff057_1.html>:
> Press Release	Source: VeriSign, Inc.	
>
> VeriSign Site Finder Service Update
> Friday October 3, 2:58 pm ET
> VeriSign Will Temporarily Suspend Web Navigation Service in Order to
> Continue To Work With Internet Community Towards a Long-Term
> Implementation
>
> MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VeriSign, Inc.
> (Nasdaq: VRSN - News), the leading provider of critical infrastructure
> services for the Internet and telecommunications networks, today
> announced that it will temporarily suspend its Site Finder, a new service
> to improve Web navigation for Internet users.
>
> "Without so much as a hearing, ICANN today formally asked us to shut down
> the Site Finder service. We will accede to the request while we explore
> all of our options," said Russell Lewis, executive vice president of
> VeriSign's Naming and Directory Services Group. "During the more than two
> weeks that Site Finder has been operational, there is no data to indicate
> that the core operation of the Domain Name System or stability of the
> Internet has been adversely affected. ICANN is using anecdotal and
> isolated issues to attempt to regulate non-registry services, but in the
> interests of further working with the technical community we will
> temporarily suspend Site Finder."
>
> [...]
Letter from Paul Twomey to Russell Lewis:
<http://www.icann.org/correspondence/twomey-to-lewis-03oct03.htm>

Slashdot:
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/03/1410244>

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