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<blockquote data-quote="Murlyn" data-source="post: 9015" data-attributes="member: 184"><p><strong>Source: <a href="https://www.mactech.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #CC0000">MacMinute.com</span></a></strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.verisign.com/en_US/internet-technology-news/verisign-press-releases/index.xhtml" target="_blank"><span style="color: #CC0000"><strong>New VeriSign service angers Web users</strong></span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: gray">September 17, 2003 - 12:58 EDT</span></span> <em>CNET News.com</em> reports that <span style="color: #0000CC">criticism is quickly growing </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">(dead link removed)</span> over VeriSign's decision to take control of all unassigned .com and .net domain names. "On Monday, <a href="http://www.verisign.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000CC">VeriSign</span></a> began to redirect domain lookups for misspelled or nonexistent names to its own site, a process that has confused Internet e-mail utilities and drawn angry denunciations of the company's business practices from frustrated network administrators. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company enjoys a government-granted monopoly as the master database administrator for .com and .net."</p><p></p><p><em><strong>My Comments:</strong> This company has really done quite a lot of dubious things in the name of business. I refuse to work with them and always use <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/" target="_blank">Make Your Own Way | GoDaddy</a> for all my registration needs. It's unbelievable what Verisign will do and has done in the past.. and I cant believe people still register domain names through them.. it's just insane <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Murlyn, post: 9015, member: 184"] [B]Source: [URL='https://www.mactech.com/'][COLOR=#CC0000]MacMinute.com[/COLOR][/URL][/B] [URL='https://www.verisign.com/en_US/internet-technology-news/verisign-press-releases/index.xhtml'][COLOR=#CC0000][B]New VeriSign service angers Web users[/B][/COLOR][/URL] [SIZE=1][COLOR=gray]September 17, 2003 - 12:58 EDT[/COLOR][/SIZE] [I]CNET News.com[/I] reports that [COLOR=#0000CC]criticism is quickly growing [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)](dead link removed)[/COLOR] over VeriSign's decision to take control of all unassigned .com and .net domain names. "On Monday, [URL='http://www.verisign.com/'][COLOR=#0000CC]VeriSign[/COLOR][/URL] began to redirect domain lookups for misspelled or nonexistent names to its own site, a process that has confused Internet e-mail utilities and drawn angry denunciations of the company's business practices from frustrated network administrators. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company enjoys a government-granted monopoly as the master database administrator for .com and .net." [I][B]My Comments:[/B] This company has really done quite a lot of dubious things in the name of business. I refuse to work with them and always use [URL='https://www.godaddy.com/']Make Your Own Way | GoDaddy[/URL] for all my registration needs. It's unbelievable what Verisign will do and has done in the past.. and I cant believe people still register domain names through them.. it's just insane :([/I] [/QUOTE]
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