I see that Verisign is complying while they "review their options". Well, hopefully they are having their lawyers go over their contracts to see if ICANN can claim it is in breach of any contract. It would seem that they can't, having not complained about other registries, and having not substantiated any adverse effects to the internet. It will take some time to go through each claim and offer a substantial proof that it is wrong. It will be interesting to see what the lawyers say. It was really to bad that they gave the "angry scientists and engineers" as much credit as they did. This angry group is basically the same bunch of Verisign bashers that have been whining about Verisign or Network Solutions for many years, when there are other registries that are much more deserving of criticism. Calling them scientists and engineers gives too much credit because real scientists and engineers deal in facts. I would use another term. I for one hope that SiteFinder will come back, and I wish Verisign good luck. --Dean On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Yakov Shafranovich wrote: > Forwarded from the ASRG list: > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: 0. General - ICANN asks Verisign to shut down SiteFinder in 48 > hours > Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 11:31:58 -0400 > From: Yakov Shafranovich <research@solidmatrix.com> > Organization: SolidMatrix Technologies, Inc. > To: ASRG list <asrg@ietf.org> > > ICANN has posted the following announcement to their website, asking > Verisign to stop the SiteFinder service within 48 hours: > > http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-03oct03.htm > > > > > > >