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Experts describe problems caused by VeriSign's Site Finder
Oct. 07, 2003
Experts told the Internet's primary oversight body Tuesday of technical problems created when VeriSign Inc. -- a controller of most of the world's Web addresses -- made changes affecting computer users who mistype the address of some Web sites.
The concerns expressed during the unusual meeting suggest that VeriSign, which manages all addresses ending in ``.com'' and ``.net,'' could run into difficulty reintroducing the modifications it made weeks ago to the Internet's architecture.
The company agreed last week to temporarily suspend those changes under the threat of legal action from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, an international regulatory body. Tuesday's meeting was organized by the group's committee on Internet stability and security.
VeriSign has launched a campaign to defend its so-called ``Site Finder'' service, which directs mistyped e-mail and Web site addresses to a search page it controls. The company acknowledged it activated its new service Sept. 15 without permission from the Internet's oversight body or U.S. government regulators.
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