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Article: VeriSign and ICANN Spar Over Site Finder.
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- Computergram International
- Article date:
- October 7, 2003
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By Kevin Murphy
VeriSign Inc and the Internet Corp for Assigned Names and Numbers yesterday traded more stern words over VeriSign's controversial Site Finder service, ahead of a public meeting on the subject, scheduled for this morning.
VeriSign, which temporarily suspended Site Finder on Friday after a demand from ICANN, hit back at the domain name technical management body, saying it had acted outside its remit. The firm made some thinly veiled legal threats.
In a letter to ICANN CEO Paul Twomey sent Friday and published over the weekend, VeriSign executive VP Russell Lewis wrote: "VeriSign fully intends to hold ICANN accountable for the ...