For some time now, Verisign has been redirecting users to their own site after submitting requests that could not be resolved. You mistype a URL, you get sent to a Verisign ad page, causing havoc for trouble-shooting ISPs. This highly questionable practice has finally caught the attention of the higher-ups, and apparently Verisign has until 6pm today to remove this function. As my boss put it: “ICann totally put the smack-down.”

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