Verisign is just an evil company. In particular the part of Verisign that used to be Network Solutions, the .com registrar. Personally I think they started going by their parent company name when too many people were catching on to their evilness. Here's a quote from Doc:
"Network Solutions is evil."
Why are they evil? Well, they give customer "service" that only a monopolist could get away with. I had trouble getting my domains transferred from their wreched grasp. They've sold private info (as Doc was talking about), the did those really nasty "renewal" notices that changed you back to their registrar if you sent them in. (That would be illegal slamming if they were a phone company.)
Today's new evil tactic is their Sitefinder "service". If you misspell a domain name (try www.alskdjfsdf.com), you're taken to a page displaying Verisign content. Who died and let them be the default web page? Thankfully, the BIND people are patching BIND so that Sitefinder won't work. This Wired News story explains.
They are the only company that I actively discourage my friends from using. It is a shame that many people still think they're the only source of .com domains, since they see the ads on TV. If you have a domain with them, you should transfer them somewhere else before they screw up your service. I use EasyDNS, and have had a great experience with them, however they are expensive. Don't let your email or web provider host DNS for you either. That way, if either of those cop out on you, you can get a new provider and repoint your DNS service to them in a matter of hours.
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