Verisign may get unexpected roadblock for sitefinder.

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When it seemed Verisign might actually get their way with ICANN on sitefinder either by overstepping ICANN or sueing to get their way, it looks like they may be facing another technical roadblock. The developers of BIND that resolves DNS requests are looking to technically block this from happening. I got this from this article:

The developer of the technology used to direct surfers on the Web has announced it is developing a workaround designed to stop users who mistype URLs ending up at VeriSign's new search site.

The Internet Software Consortium, the nonprofit body that develops the ubiquitous BIND domain name server, is adapting its software so that those users who enter mistyped domain names would not automatically end up at VeriSign's Site Finder search engine service, AP reports. The patch could be available as early as today.

DNS servers running the modified version of BIND would recognise - and ignore - wrongly typed addresses that resolve to Site Finder...

The rest of the article is here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/09/17/bind_developer_blocks_verisign_net/