[IP] more on VeriSign to revive redirect service
Delivered-To: dfarber+@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:09:09 -0700
From: Ed Gerck <egerck@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] more on VeriSign to revive redirect service
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
The reason why VeriSign has introduced so many recent "innovations"
in Network Solutions' services, including SiteFinder, was perhaps
made clear today... VeriSign just sold Network Solutions:
http://www.verisign.com/corporate/news/2003/pr_20031016.html
This is SOP before a business is sold -- to beef up its assets and
revenue generation. AT&T did the same, for example, before selling it's
Bay Area cable business to Comcast. AT&Tquickly added a new line of
business, using dedicated modems to provide local and long distance
phone service through cable, in competition with PacBell (now, SBC).
Comcast can now sell cable TV, cable Internet and cable phone ...
all through the same cable.
Ed Gerck
Dave Farber wrote:
> >From: Marc Aniballi <marcaniballi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Dear Dave and Joseph
> >
> >Although I find the creation of SiteFinder of dubious merit, the obvious
> >reasons for its existence having nothing to do with altruism for the
> >internet community, I believe there is a low cost way to "spank" this
> >misbehaving child called Verisign.
> >
> >It occurs to me, that all Verisign has done is change the content of the
> >"Domain not found" error message. It would take little effort from the
> >dominant browser providers and/or core ISPs to simply "retranslate" a
> >redirect to the URL "sitefinder.com" into "Domain not found."
> >
> >While this type of "hack" is, in its own right, distasteful to a degree,
> >its simplicity of execution and relatively low cost, should at least
> >have Verisign and other "trusted" providers to the community thinking
> >twice before hijacking their mandate for personal gain. I would also
> >suspect that once this type of band-aid hack is distributed, that
> >Verisign's clients would find that the SiteFinder service has little of
> >the value they were promised. Without paying customers, there will be
> >little reason for them to continue the "service."
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >
> >Marc Aniballi
>
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