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VeriSign has temporarily suspended SiteFinder:

"During the more than two weeks that Site Finder has been operational, there is no data to indicate that the core operation of the DNS or stability of the Internet has been adversely affected. ICANN is using anecdotal and isolated issues to attempt to regulate non-registry services, but in the interests of further working with the technical community we will temporarily suspend Site Finder."

Key word here is "temporarily":

"The next several weeks will be a test as to whether innovation will occur within the Internet infrastructure. The fact is that while the Internet has been used for innovative purposes over the last decade, the core infrastructure has suffered from a lack of innovation. VeriSign will argue vigorously for innovation because it not only improves the Internet user experience but has implications for the vitality of the DNS system and economic competitiveness and job growth."

Of course issues are neither anecdotal nor isolated, and of course this is not about innovation. This is (again) about the future of ICANN, a possibly massive economic and tactical advantage for VersiSign and about broken infrastructure for the rest of us. If you like to play with high stakes, this must be a fun game for VeriSign.