ICANN Gives VeriSign 36 Hours to Pull Sitefinder

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ICANN Gives VeriSign 36 Hours to Pull Sitefinder

Posted by michael on Friday October 3, 2003 @04:49AM from the or-else-we'll-say-stop-again dept.

Froomkin writes "ICANN this morning announced that it sent VeriSign an ultimatum: pull sitefinder by tomorrow evening or we'll sue. Details and links to discussion of the contractual and legal issues in ICANN Throws Down the Gauntlet to VeriSign on Sitefinder at ICANNWatch." Update: 10/03 19:29 GMT by M : Verisign blinked.

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Princess Server by niko9 · 2003-10-03 04:51 · Score: 5, Funny

My name is ICCANa MOntoya, you killa my DNS, prepare to die!
Transcription from the ultimatum by muyuubyou · 2003-10-03 04:53 · Score: 5, Funny

You have 36 hours to pull sitefinder or we will bring in the Mallard Ducks.
1. Re:Transcription from the ultimatum by the_consumer · 2003-10-03 04:57 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Congradulations. First necro-homo-mallard troll. Well done.
  
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The answer is obvious by r_j_prahad · 2003-10-03 04:56 · Score: 5, Funny

What will happen when VeriSign doesn't do anything tomorrow?

SCO will pull their UNIX licenses.
1. Re:The answer is obvious by SillySlashdotName · 2003-10-03 05:07 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  -1, Made Me Spew Mountain Dew Out My Nose
  
  (damn, wish I had mod points...)
  
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Typical by lightspawn · 2003-10-03 05:15 · Score: 4, Funny

Just 2 days after I finally get Cox Communications to install the DNS patch...

Couldn't ICANN have let me stay a hero for just a few more days?
They are so polite! by khendron · 2003-10-03 05:32 · Score: 5, Funny

To paraphrase a little

Dear Rusty,

Blah blah blah ...

Do it or it your ass!

Best Regards

Paul

It's like watching two Englishmen having a civilized cup of tea while trading insults.

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Life is like a web application. Sometime you need cookies just to get by.
Re:The Message by PhrackCreak · 2003-10-03 05:39 · Score: 4, Funny

This letter is further to the advisory posted by ICANN on 19 September 2003 regarding the changes to the operation of the .com and .net Top Level Domains announced by VeriSign on 15 September 2003, and in response to your letter of 21 September 2003.

No wonder Verisign didn't respond, September 19th is talk like a pirate day. I'm pretty sure ICANN didn't send a message with 'avast ye scurvy dogs! ye shanghi'd the entire high seas and should be keel hauled like dirty traitorous bilge rats!'

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Re:For what it's worth... by lightspawn · 2003-10-03 06:46 · Score: 4, Funny

The $64,000 question is, can the domain not found response be modified at all without breaking the protocol? For instance, to have older programs recognize the error, but next generation programs (web browsers mainly) be able to return useful information like possible alternatives?

There is NO NEED to ABUSE the DNS PROTOCOL. If you feel an APPLICATION needs to behave a certain way when an NXDOMAIN response is appropriate, rewrite the application to do that.

LOOK:

Browser/options/network (or something):

When server does not exist
[.] Display modal error message
[.] Display non-modal error message
[X] Redirect to:
[.] Domain search site A
[.] Domain search site B
[.] Domain search site C
[X] Custom search:
[ http://www.indiesearchguys.net?host=%h ]

Hey, I added value to one application without BREAKING ANYTHING ELSE! I must be some kind of GENIUS in the field of the OBVIOUS!
Re:Verisign relents by Nintendork · 2003-10-03 10:32 · Score: 4, Funny

"During the more than two weeks that Site Finder has been operational, there is no data to indicate that the core operation of the Domain Name System or stability of the Internet has been adversely affected. ICANN is using anecdotal and isolated issues to attempt to regulate non-registry services, but in the interests of further working with the technical community we will temporarily suspend Site Finder."
WTF is this bastard smoking? If I ever run into this guy on the streets, I'm going to shove a pineapple up his ass and say that there's no data to indicate that he's going to have trouble pooping.
-Lucas