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VeriSign Granted a Patent Covering SiteFinder

Posted by kdawson on from the submarine-acquisition dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Remember VeriSign's SiteFinder? Turns out that a couple of months back VeriSign was granted a patent on resolving unregistered domains. This came about thanks to its acquisition of eNic, operator of the .CC Domain. How long before Verizon, Earthlink, and OpenDNS are hit up for licensing fees?"

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  1. Oh the Humanity by DECS · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe we should patent REALLY BAD IDEAS to prevent them from spreading. Of course, it's hard to imagine in advance that ISPs and a company like VeriSign would make a business from poisoning and subverting DNS.

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  2. That might be a good thing... by Whatanut · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If it stops DNS providers from using this practice... I'm all for it.

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