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Subject: Re: [9fans] Verisign's new "all your unregistered domains belong
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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:48:49 -0400
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David Presotto wrote:

>I'm actually mailing everyone I know to get it to stop.  Anyone
>know the reason for it?  Is verisign incompetent, hacked, or
>trying to circumvent something?
>

it's a top story on google news.  apparently they're
trying to get extra web traffic?