Editing Verisign (section)

=== 2003: Site Finder legal case ===

In September 2003, Verisign introduced a service called [[Site Finder]], which redirected Web browsers to a search service when users attempted to go to non-existent {{mono|[[.com]]}} or {{mono|[[.net]]}} domain names. [[ICANN]] asserted that Verisign had overstepped the terms of its contract with the [[United States Department of Commerce|U.S. Department of Commerce]], which in essence grants Verisign the right to operate the [[Domain name system|DNS]] for {{mono|.com}} and {{mono|.net}}, and Verisign shut down the service. Subsequently, Verisign filed a lawsuit against ICANN in February 2004, seeking to gain clarity over what services it could offer in the context of its contract with ICANN. The claim was moved from federal to California state court in August 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://icann.org/general/litigation-verisign.htm |title=Litigation Documents |access-date=August 21, 2007 |publisher=ICANN.org |date=March 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712200727/http://www.icann.org/general/litigation-verisign.htm |archive-date=July 12, 2007 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In late 2005, Verisign and ICANN announced a proposed settlement which defined a process for the introduction of new registry services in the {{mono|.com}} registry. The documents concerning these settlements are available at ICANN.org.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/verisign/settlement-agreements.htm|title=ICANN|website=www.icann.org|access-date=February 3, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060207154104/http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/verisign/settlement-agreements.htm|archive-date=February 7, 2006|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The ICANN comments mailing list archive<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.icann.org/lists/settlement-comments/|title=ICANN Email Archives: [settlement-comments]|website=forum.icann.org|access-date=February 3, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218070510/http://forum.icann.org/lists/settlement-comments/|archive-date=February 18, 2006|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> documents some of the criticisms that have been raised regarding the settlement.