* Quoting <URL:http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031003/sff057_1.html>:
Press Release Source: VeriSign, Inc.
VeriSign Site Finder Service Update Friday October 3, 2:58 pm ET VeriSign Will Temporarily Suspend Web Navigation Service in Order to Continue To Work With Internet Community Towards a Long-Term Implementation
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN - News), the leading provider of critical infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks, today announced that it will temporarily suspend its Site Finder, a new service to improve Web navigation for Internet users.
"Without so much as a hearing, ICANN today formally asked us to shut down the Site Finder service. We will accede to the request while we explore all of our options," said Russell Lewis, executive vice president of VeriSign's Naming and Directory Services Group. "During the more than two weeks that Site Finder has been operational, there is no data to indicate that the core operation of the Domain Name System or stability of the Internet has been adversely affected. ICANN is using anecdotal and isolated issues to attempt to regulate non-registry services, but in the interests of further working with the technical community we will temporarily suspend Site Finder."
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Letter from Paul Twomey to Russell Lewis: <http://www.icann.org/correspondence/twomey-to-lewis-03oct03.htm>
Slashdot: <http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/03/1410244>
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