Comments on: VeriBadSign

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 02:18:42 +0000

I’m not surprised someone bought veribadsign.com.. when I read that domain name here I almost choked up my lungs. Excellent one :-)

By: James

James — Wed, 24 Sep 2003 15:22:58 +0000

What can be done to block these DNS replies redirecting to sitefinder.com ?

By: Lucian

Lucian — Wed, 24 Sep 2003 07:05:04 +0000

Verisign is now being sued for a hundred million dollars.

By: Gra7

Gra7 — Tue, 23 Sep 2003 02:42:35 +0000

Since I added:
127.0.0.1 sitefinder.verisign.com

into my hosts file, no issue anymore

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:35:27 +0000

Rob: Yes, according to WHOIS, looks like it was purchased two days after I wrote this entry (registered on 18 Sept) and made up the domain (and thus, the entry title). I was suprised it was available, given how many people dislike said company, and how obvious the name seemed. Funny thing is, the placeholder page from the hosting company is already showing up in Google results for "veribadsign", merely because I (and a few others) linked to a formerly non-existent domain.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 23:55:37 +0000

Looks like someone bought veribadsign.com!

By: RDM

RDM — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:09:28 +0000

Sitefinder applies to all the applicable regulations – but guess who wrote the regulations?

By: David S

David S — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:34:36 +0000

And the lame thing is, now it takes forever to find out that, no, that domain you just typed didn’t work. At least for me it keeps thinking and thinking and thinking…

By: nick

nick — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 02:14:04 +0000

Either I missed it, or they’re surprisingly not taking advantage of the opportunity to sell that unregistered domain to you. They’ve already diverted a bunch of traffic to themselves, why not go ahead and try to hijack some of the other registrars’ business while they’re at it? Maybe it’s in the works, or maybe this is one of the most half-assed evil plots I’ve seen.

By: oh please

oh please — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 00:49:53 +0000

“this appears to be nothing more than another land-grabbing, money-making scam”

Would that be the same kind as every other one since the beginning of recorded human history?

Wow, imagine that.

By: Zak

Zak — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:58:37 +0000

I tried this yesterday and got the VeriSign page, but today all I get is a blank page with “this does not exist.” I’m using Road Runner.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 21:58:31 +0000

I would have thought a move like this would be quite illegal in some way, but as it stands apparantely not?

By: Amitabh Handa

Amitabh Handa — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 17:54:11 +0000

ISP blocking can only do so much….if VeriSign decides to Akamize the Site Finder site, then the site’s hosting will be effectively unblockable.

By: Pierce

Pierce — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:08:12 +0000

Also, when you type in an invalid address, IE now saves it in your address bar drop box, as it registers it as a real address. With invalid addresses it used to ignore it.

So its always there. Looking at you. Pointing out your mistake.

Not a major concern, but I know the irritation will grow on me.

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 06:28:54 +0000

looks like earthlink blocked it already. i got it when i tried it at work on an SBC controlled T1, but my earthlink at home still goes to the standard MSN search (another monopolistic tactic that drives me nuts)

By: Jai

Jai — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 05:35:06 +0000

Although I’m no fan of this monopoly, it’s good to see network solutions aquired. Maybe they’ll improve customer service. Heckm Mike won’t ever use ‘em again, why should I? ;) I can’t stand Network Solutions…

But the monopoly is frightening…

By: Mike Steinbaugh

Mike Steinbaugh — Tue, 16 Sep 2003 23:00:02 +0000

Wow, thanks for the heads up, Doug! This really creeps me out. I noticed that some of the domains I tried are not working, so yes, the ISPs are working fast. Thank God. I switched my domain from Network Solutions (owned by VeriSign) over to Hostway and I’m never switching back for sure after this.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:37:14 +0000

Depending on who you use to access the web, some ISPs have already implemented blocks or nulled any data coming from the Site Finder-associated IP address. Because of the action taken by network admins and ISPs, some may not be able to access VeriSign’s service by typing a bad domain anymore. Thank goodness for swift veto powers like this. But everyone needs to become aware of the issues at hand, so that Site Finder gets blocked everywhere.

By: Jesper

Jesper — Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:30:03 +0000

I don’t get the Site Finder page, but yes, this is bad.

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:25:11 +0000

Gawd. They even have the gall to add a terms of service agreement to that Site Finder page.