FTC Investigates VeriSign Domain-Slamming

securitas writes: "Remember all of those recent misleading 'invoices' and other VeriSign tactics that resulted in transfers of domains to VeriSign from competing registrars, domain deletions and other domain-slamming shenanigans? Well the Federal Trade Commission has decided to investigate VeriSign's domain practices. This kind of probe is long overdue."

Comments

Did Verisign start it?

[netringer]

I had a handful of domains registered with Verisign/Network Solutions. The first renewal notices I got in the mail came from about every registrar EXCEPT Verisign. Most were pretty sleazy, trying to imply that they were authorized by Verisign to handle the renewal. The real notice from Verisign/Network Solutions came weeks later.

With the recomendations here, I transferred the domains to Go Daddy. I STILL get renewal notices from the other sleazeballs.

I think this is a case of Verisign deciding to play the same game and then getting called on it beacuase they're the big boys.