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	The Deployment of VeriSign "Site Finder" and ISP Response (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The authors are aware of the possibility that ISPs might allow Site Finder for a time, then patch their name servers, then "unpatch" the servers to restore access.
		This possibility is more than speculative: ISP Adelphia disabled Site Finder for September 20-22 (plus a portion of September 19 and 23), but has since re-enabled it, as shown in the table below and in the chart at right.
		More formally, we will test the hypothesis that all Site Finder requests from a given network block are draws from the same distribution, against the alternative that the draws come from a distribution with a mean that drops during the course of the period studied.
	cyber.law.harvard.edu /tlds/sitefinder (4086 words)

	Index of Concerns as to VeriSign Site Finder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Site Finder receives email addresses of users who attempt to send mail to invalid domain names, as well as the email addresses of their intended recipients.
		Site Finder competes directly with firms including Netster, Ultimate Search, and others to register expiring, unused, or otherwise undesired domains, earning revenue from users' visits and click-throughs.
		Site Finder has a significant advantage over these firms, in that they must register and pay for the domains on which they offer sponsored links and other content, while Site Finder obtains this traffic without fee.
	cyber.law.harvard.edu /tlds/sitefinder/concerns.html (1157 words)

	Site Finder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Site Finder was a wildcard DNS record for all
		Others were concerned that the Site Finder service was written entirely in English and therefore was not accessible by non-English speakers.
		The Internet Architecture Board composed a document showing many of the technical arguments why Site Finder was a bad idea; this was used by ICANN as part of its supporting arguments for its action.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Site_Finder (1066 words)

	washingtonpost.com: VeriSign Reconsiders Search Service
		Resurrecting Site Finder would be an unfair advantage over search service competitors and an abuse of its privileged position, the company's critics have said.
		Site Finder, which was launched in September, redirected people who type nonexistent or inactive Internet addresses to a search page created by VeriSign.
		"Site Finder was not controversial with users, 84 percent of whom said they liked it as a helpful navigation service," said Tom Galvin, VeriSign's vice president of government relations.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A25819-2004Feb9?language=printer (778 words)

	Netcraft What's That Site Running Results
		We report a site's operating system, web server, and netblock owner together with, if available, a graphical view of the time since last reboot for each of the computers serving the site.
		When we are unable to get a valid uptime measurement for a site, a gap will appear in the plots of the raw data points.
		Queries are made on a daily basis, so the crosses on single server site will appear as a diagonal line moving forward through time until the next reboot.
	www.netcraft.com /whats (677 words)

	State's biotech site finder still just a dream - The Boston Globe
		But a special biotech version to promote sites and communities that are ready for biopharmaceutical laboratory and manufacturing won't be ready for at least 12 months, according to Susan Houston, executive director of the alliance.
		The site finder appeared again in MassBiotech 2010, a report issued by the council in December 2002 identifying ways Massachusetts could maintain its leadership in biotechnology and attract more companies and jobs.
		The alliance is working to refine the criteria for the biotechnology site finder, said Houston, building on the work that Sarazen did three years ago.
	www.boston.com /business/globe/articles/2006/07/03/states_biotech_site_finder_still_just_a_dream (979 words)

	Apple - Mac OS X - Finder
		Your home on the Mac, Finder gives you lots of options for locating, displaying and organizing all your files and folders.
		Searching for files and folders using the Finder’s search field is smarter, faster and more flexible than ever, thanks to Spotlight.
		Or burn a CD or data DVD directly from the Finder by quickly creating a “burn folder” where you can drag and drop the files you want to save.
	www.apple.com /macosx/features/finder (862 words)

	The cranky user: The recent brouhaha with Site Finder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When Site Finder was active, any attempt to query an address anywhere in the "dorkslayers.com" domain came back with VeriSign's address.
		Executives at the company stated they were "...considering turning on Site Finder again, but disabling the 'wild card' service for e-mail deliveries to nonexistent domains, which could solve many of the e-mail problems that ICANN [Internet Committee for Assigned Names and Numbers] described." This is curious, because Site Finder was never email-specific to begin with.
		Worse, the site's policies said that, by using the site, you agreed to its terms.
	www-128.ibm.com /developerworks/web/library/wa-cranky33.html (1605 words)

	SSRN-Site Finder and Internet Governance by Jonathan Weinberg
		Site Finder was highly undesirable from a technical standpoint; it contravened key elements of Internet architecture.
		The arguments that Site Finder violated VeriSign's contractual obligations are plausible, but they don't derive their force from Site Finder's architectural or stability consequences.
		Part of the lesson of Site Finder is that there needs to be an effective institutional mechanism for protecting the domain name space infrastructure from unilateral, profit-driven change that bypasses the protections and consensus mechanisms of the traditional Internet standards process.
	papers.ssrn.com /sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=475281 (405 words)

	The Site Finder Reprise
		All that VeriSign’s Site Finder did was to turn many more domains into the equivalent of “live domains”, in other words ones which behave like many of the 63 million domains already active.
		As to Keith’s argument that an equivalent of Site Finder could be implemented in DNS without resorting to a DNS wildcard, it neglects several important facts.
		First off, the site finder affair was one borne of ideology rather than of technical error or incorrectness.
	www.circleid.com /posts/the_site_finder_reprise (5353 words)

	VeriSign calls halt to .com detours \| CNET News.com
		The registrar plans to shut down its controversial Site Finder service, which redirects mistyped and misspelled URL requests to its own site, after ICANN orders a probe.
		Site Finder, introduced Sept. 15, includes a "wildcard" feature that redirects all misspelled or unassigned.com and.net domain names to a search page owned by VeriSign.
		Site Finder Web pages generated when Web users reach inactive domains offer a search box and a "Did You Mean ?" listing of similar domain names to users who mistyped a domain name.
	news.com.com /2100-1032_3-5086101.html (785 words)

	Spa Finder Web Site User Agreement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		You have read the Spa Finder Privacy Policy, the terms of which are incorporated herein, and agree that the terms of such policy are reasonable.
		This site may contain links to other Web sites that are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by Spa Finder of the contents of such other Web sites.
		The relationship between Spa Finder and you will be that of independent contractors, and neither of us nor any of our respective officers, agents or employees will be held or construed to be partners, joint ventures, fiduciaries, employees or agents of the other.
	www.spafinder.com /Company/useragreement.jsp (1616 words)

	VeriSign's Site Finder is undead \| The Register
		VeriSign suspended Site Finder earlier this month, following an order from ICANN, the Net governing body, which claimed the company was in breach of its terms of operation.
		Site Finder was launched in September when VeriSign applied a "wildcard" entry into the.com and.net Top Level Domain zones.
		Critics of Site Finder argue that Verisign is abusing its position as custodian of the.com and.net domain registry.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2003/10/16/verisigns_site_finder_is_undead (561 words)

	Site Finder
		This is important if you are not using a hotel or restaurant that has a kitchen on site, but bringing in a caterer.
		Review the site at the time you are planning your wedding and reception.
		If you can’t be there in person, ask the site coordinator for information about sun set times for the time of your wedding.
	www.cathleenoconnell.com /site_finder.htm (849 words)

	OpenCourseWare Finder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The OCW Finder is based on the succulent del.icio.us direc.tor, © 2005 Johnvey Hwang and released under the GPL.
		The OCW Finder was remixed by David Wiley © 2005 and is also released under the GPL.
		Version 0.9 of the OCW Finder was unleashed on the world on July 13, 2005.
	opencontent.org /ocwfinder (190 words)

	Netcraft
		Each phishing site that is reported vastly reduces the number of victims falling prey to fraudulent activity on the Web.
		In the December 2006 survey we received responses from 105,244,649 sites, an increase of 3.8 million hostnames from last month, when the survey topped 100 million sites for the first time.
		On Tuesday, bloggers who were among the early adopters to GridServer were airing their grievances as their sites were slowed by performance problems.
	www.netcraft.co.uk (997 words)

	PC World - ICANN Investigates Site Finder
		ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee is calling for public comments and reports on Site Finder and has scheduled a "fact-gathering meeting" for October 7 in Washington, D.C., ICANN said.
		Site Finder has drawn a storm of criticism from both technical and commercial fronts.
		ICANN has already called on VeriSign to suspend Site Finder pending a review of the system, but VeriSign rejected that request.
	www.pcworld.com /news/article/0,aid,112712,00.asp (655 words)

	Site > Blog \|\| Fagan Finder
		This was going to be part of the new feature set when I unveiled the new design of Fagan Finder, several thousand years from now.
		Big new feature today, the Fagan Finder Translation Wizard goes live in beta status.
		I have been working on this tool for some weeks and it is by far the largest and most complex tool on Fagan Finder.
	www.faganfinder.com /blog (1080 words)

	ICANN seeks views on VeriSign's Site Finder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee is calling for public comments and reports on Site Finder and has scheduled a "fact-gathering meeting" for Oct. 7 in Washington, ICANN said yesterday.
		ICANN has already called on VeriSign to suspend Site Finder pending a review of the system, but VeriSign rejected that request (see story).
		Comments about Site Finder can be sent to the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee at secsac-comment@icann.org.
	www.computerworld.com /developmenttopics/websitemgmt/story/0,10801,85567,00.html (1132 words)

	ITworld.com - VeriSign shuts down Site Finder
		ICANN said it is responding to complaints that Site Finder, and the technology behind it, makes unstable the Domain Name System (DNS), which is crucial to the Web's workings.
		They pointed out that Site Finder essentially makes every.com and.net domain name legitimate, which wreaks havoc on programs like spam filters that rely on knowing if a domain name exists or not.
		VeriSign has put together a technical review committee that "will assistï¿½in the long-term implementation of Site Finder." "The next several weeks will be a test as to whether innovation will occur within the Internet infrastructure," Lewis said.
	www.itworld.com /Man/2681/031006sitefinder/pfindex.html (561 words)

	VeriSign Sticks To Its Guns On Site Finder Battle - Technology News by TechWeb
		When Web surfers type an incorrect.com or.net URL they are now sent to Site Finder, a VeriSign site that offers tips for finding the intended destination.
		The site also suggests alternative sites and links to ad-sponsored sites, which has critics on a tear.
		Meanwhile, VARs are saying that VeriSign's Site Finder has set up a chain reaction that's rippling throughout the Web and disrupting DNS lookups that would tag incorrect domain names.
	www.techweb.com /wire/story/TWB20030926S0003 (764 words)

	ICANN panel condemns Site Finder \| Tech News on ZDNet
		In September, VeriSign, through the new Site Finder program, temporarily redirected domain lookups for misspelled or nonexistent names to its own site.
		VeriSign has defended Site Finder by saying it offers a better way to handle nonexistent or misspelled domain names than the unhelpful error messages that some Web browsers currently provide.
		Karl Auerbach, a former ICANN board member and a critic of Site Finder, was skeptical of the committee's report, saying its logic seeks to lock in today's technology and that it could impede innovation.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-3513_22-5267759.html (914 words)

	Wired News: ISC to Cut Off Site Finder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		VeriSign's controversial "typo-squatting" Site Finder service is about to be bypassed by an emergency software patch to many of the Internet's backbone computers.
		However, the ISC is about to undercut the Site Finder service with a patch to its BIND software.
		Instead of generating errors, the spam filter checks are instead being rerouted to the Site Finder service, and therefore appear to originate from a legitimate domain.
	www.wired.com /news/technology/0,1282,60473,00.html (566 words)

	Site Finder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This site has been developed by Empire State Development to facilitate the site selection process in New York State.
		In partnership with local and regional economic development agencies, utility companies, commercial realtors, and other economic development professionals, we are able to provide you with the most extensive and current inventory of industrial sites and buildings.
		New York Site Finder will allow you to customize your search to yield results that meet your project specifications.
	www.catskill.net /delcodp/depts/ecodev/site_finder.htm (193 words)

	TGIF-Contents of The Great Idea Finder site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		We want your visit to our site to be as pleasant as possible.
		Some important information you need to know or may want to know while visiting our site and tools we provide to make your visit more meaningful.
		The remaining three hundred, have a graphic (HOME) or a graphic (The Great Idea Finder) in the top left hand corner that when clicked on while take you to the home page.
	www.ideafinder.com /site/contents.htm (455 words)

	Site Finder: The Technical, Legal & Privacy Concerns
		VeriSign actively monitors all traffic associated with Site Finder, including DNS queries matching the wildcard entries in.com and.net and associated responses, and all traffic sent to the response server.
		A further worry for users is the privacy policy and terms of service posted on the Site Finder service.
		To the contrary, there is no doubt in my mind that individually identifying information will be collected as part of an active monitoring and archival system, once again, as disclosed by VeriSign themselves in the Implementation document.
	circleid.com /posts/site_finder_the_technical_legal_privacy_concerns (2057 words)

	'Sitefinder' Mobile Phone Base Station Database
		Ofcom is not responsible for planning or health issues relating to mobile phone base stations and masts.
		For details of the appropriate contacts within Government for general enquiries relating to these issues go to the related sites area.
		All efforts have been made to ensure that the information provided on the database is as accurate as possible.
	www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk (118 words)

	PC World - VeriSign Sued Over Site Finder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Popular Enterprises of Orlando, operator of the Netster.com search site, is seeking an injunction barring VeriSign from running the Site Finder as well as damages of up to $100 million, it said in a statement Thursday.
		VeriSign's Site Finder has drawn a storm of criticism and caused some antispam filters to malfunction.
		However, spokesperson Brian O'Shaughnessy did say that although VeriSign has no intention of pulling the Site Finder service, the company is actively engaging with the industry to listen to what the issues and concerns are and improve the service.
	www.pcworld.com /news/article/0,aid,112557,00.asp (525 words)

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