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ISC to build dns patch against Verisign's change...



http://www.newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/1000588p-7026637c.html

eveloper provides patch to block VeriSign's Site Finder service


By ANICK JESDANUN, AP INTERNET WRITER

NEW YORK (AP) - The developer of software that essentially guides
Web surfers sought Tuesday to neutralize a controversial service
designed to help users who mistype Internet addresses.

The Internet Software Consortium, the nonprofit organization that
develops BIND software for Internet domain name directories, is
writing an "urgent patch" for Internet service providers and others
who want to block customers from a new Site Finder service from
VeriSign Inc.

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		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb