Study Reveals How ISPs Responded to SiteFinder

Posted by michael on Tuesday October 7, 2003 @04:47AM from the routing-around-verisign dept.

penciling_in writes "During the 2+ weeks for which Site Finder was operational, a number of ISPs took steps to disable the service. A study just released reveals the details and analysis, including specific networks disabling Site Finder during its operational period. For example, the study reports China blocked the traffic at its backbone, and Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom and Korea's DACOM also disabled the service. US ISPs have been slower to act, but US ISP Adelphia disabled the service September 20-22 before re-enabling it on September 23." That link is a summary; or cut straight to the study itself.

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Yup by pmz · 2003-10-07 04:50 · Score: 3, Funny

The markets reacted as expected. I'm breathless.

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More useful by jolyonr · 2003-10-07 04:58 · Score: 4, Funny

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Sad News, Sitefinder dead at 2 weeks by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-07 05:04 · Score: 5, Funny

I just heard some sad news on talk radio. The Verisign SiteFinder service was found dead this morning in its 64.94.110.11 IP home. The cause of death was from an ICANN beatdown. Even if you did not admire its work, there is no denying its contributions to the speed and ease of use of the Internet. Truly an Internet icon.