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3rd Lawsuit Against VeriSign Seeks Class Action

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the no-sir-we-don't-like-it dept.

dmehus writes "A third lawsuit has been filed late Friday in a federal district court in California against VeriSign, Inc. over its controversial DNS wildcard redirection service known as SiteFinder. According to the article, it was filed by longtime Internet litigator Ira Rothken. In addition, while two other lawsuits have been filed by Go Daddy Software, Inc. and Popular Enterprises, LLC. in Arizona and Florida, this is the first lawsuit to seek class-action status."

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  1. Here's a question... by dnaboy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Can one get in trouble for launching a DOS attack on an unassigned web address? Do they all by default belong to Veri$ign (OK, I couldn't resist porting the obligitory $, generally reserved for M$), or are they fair game to hit with reckless abandon?