I see that Verisign is complying while they "review their options".
Well, hopefully they are having their lawyers go over their contracts to
see if ICANN can claim it is in breach of any contract. It would seem
that they can't, having not complained about other registries, and having
not substantiated any adverse effects to the internet. It will take some
time to go through each claim and offer a substantial proof that it is
wrong. It will be interesting to see what the lawyers say.
It was really to bad that they gave the "angry scientists and engineers"
as much credit as they did. This angry group is basically the same bunch
of Verisign bashers that have been whining about Verisign or Network
Solutions for many years, when there are other registries that are much
more deserving of criticism. Calling them scientists and engineers gives
too much credit because real scientists and engineers deal in facts. I
would use another term.
I for one hope that SiteFinder will come back, and I wish Verisign good
luck.
--Dean
On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Yakov Shafranovich wrote:
Forwarded from the ASRG list:
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 0. General - ICANN asks Verisign to shut down SiteFinder in 48
hours
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 11:31:58 -0400
From: Yakov Shafranovich <research(_at_)solidmatrix(_dot_)com>
Organization: SolidMatrix Technologies, Inc.
To: ASRG list <asrg(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
ICANN has posted the following announcement to their website, asking
Verisign to stop the SiteFinder service within 48 hours:
http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-03oct03.htm