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VeriSign enters typo redirect business

Posted: 2003-09-16 10:47am
by Crayz9000
Story on The Register
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.

Posted: 2003-09-16 01:02pm
by Slartibartfast
This is very fucked up. And apparently it's already fucking the mail. I can't even send myself an e-mail across accounts :x

Posted: 2003-09-16 01:09pm
by Slartibartfast
Apparently Verisign has gotten into all kind of unethical practises...
They are sending fake domain expiration letters to domains purchased from OTHER registrars :evil:

Posted: 2003-09-16 01:22pm
by phongn
/groan.

Spectacular.