ICANN Responds to VeriSign Suit
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The domain name oversight body says it is "disappointed" that VeriSign chose litigation and questions the timing of the lawsuit.
A day after VeriSign--the company that manages the Internets most popular domains—sued the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization offered a short response. In a statement released on Friday, ICANN said it has worked closely with VeriSign in recent years and is "disappointed that VeriSign has again chosen confrontation over consensus." "It is ironic that VeriSign has decided upon this path at the beginning of a week where the Internet community is convening in Rome for inclusive bottom-up discussions on issues of importance to registries," the statement continued.ICANN on Tuesday opens a series of wide-ranging public meetings in Italy. Part of the discussions are expected to cover reform efforts, along with trying to improve the process for registries such as VeriSign to introduce new services.
As an online reporter for eWEEK.com, Matt Hicks covers the fast-changing developments in Internet technologies. His coverage includes the growing field of Web conferencing software and services. With eight years as a business and technology journalist, Matt has gained insight into the market strategies of IT vendors as well as the needs of enterprise IT managers. He joined Ziff Davis in 1999 as a staff writer for the former Strategies section of eWEEK, where he wrote in-depth features about corporate strategies for e-business and enterprise software. In 2002, he moved to the News department at the magazine as a senior writer specializing in coverage of database software and enterprise networking. Later that year Matt started a yearlong fellowship in Washington, DC, after being awarded an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship for Journalist. As a fellow, he spent nine months working on policy issues, including technology policy, in for a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He rejoined Ziff Davis in August 2003 as a reporter dedicated to online coverage for eWEEK.com. Along with Web conferencing, he follows search engines, Web browsers, speech technology and the Internet domain-naming system.
