Hi, Verisign's SiteFinder service also breaks many of the standard Windows networking utilities by providing misleading error messages, temporary lockups, and incorrect status information. For example, referencing a UNC path with a misspelled domain name with SiteFinder in the picture gives an incorrect error message and hangs a command prompt window for about 30 seconds: C:\work\sitefinder>dir \\sdkfasdlfkasdlfkasdk.com\drivec Access is denied. The correct error message is displayed instantly if SiteFinder is out of the picture: C:\work\sitefinder>dir \\sdkfasdlfkasdlfkasdk.us\drivec The network path was not found. The correct error message for a misspelled domain name in the Windows FTP utility is: C:\work\sitefinder>ftp ftp.asdklsdfjaskdfjasdfjasdjfasdfj.us Unknown host ftp.asdklsdfjaskdfjasdfjasdjfasdfj.us. With SiteFinder, the FTP utility now provides a useless error message: C:\work\sitefinder>ftp ftp.asdklsdfjaskdfjasdfjasdjfasdfj.com > ftp: connect :Unknown error number The PING utility gives incorrect results for misspelled domain names: [Incorrect] C:\work\sitefinder>ping www.sdfjasdfjaskldfjasdfjas.com Pinging www.sdfjasdfjaskldfjasdfjas.com [64.94.110.11] with 32 bytes of data: Ping statistics for 64.94.110.11: Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 0, Lost = 1 (100% loss), [Correct] C:\work\sitefinder>ping www.sdfjasdfjaskldfjasdfjas.us Ping request could not find host www.sdfjasdfjaskldfjasdfjas.us. Please check the name and try again. Ditto for tracert: [Incorrect] C:\work\sitefinder>tracert www.asdfjasdkfjasfjasdj.com Tracing route to www.asdfjasdkfjasfjasdj.com [64.94.110.11] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 11 ms 14 ms 15 ms 10.222.0.1 2 14 ms 12 ms 11 ms bar01-p0-2.orlnhe1.ma.attbb.net [24.128.190.129] 3 17 ms 14 ms 16 ms bar01-s2-1-0.nbfrhe1.ma.attbb.net [24.91.0.141] ... [Correct] C:\work\sitefinder>tracert www.asdfjasdkfjasfjasdj.us Unable to resolve target system name www.asdfjasdkfjasfjasdj.us. Richard M. Smith http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com
