VeriSign enters typo redirect business

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-09-16 10:47am

Verisign yesterday added wildcard DNS records to all .com and .net domains - redirecting surfers who get lost on the Net to a search page, called Site Finder, run by the company. Those who type in non-existent addresses will also be served up Site Finder, instead of an error message.

Talk about blatant advertising. And it'll also royally fuck up the mail system.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-09-16 01:02pm

This is very fucked up. And apparently it's already fucking the mail. I can't even send myself an e-mail across accounts

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-09-16 01:09pm

Apparently Verisign has gotten into all kind of unethical practises...
They are sending fake domain expiration letters to domains purchased from OTHER registrars

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-09-16 01:22pm

/groan.

Spectacular.