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Guide to Domain Names, 2002 Cyberattack Are at Heart of Internet Dispute.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2004

By Jim Landers, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 2--DULLES, Va. -- Viruses have spread through personal computers like sniffles through a kindergarten. But at the Internet's foundations, a debate is underway about whether profit or prestige does a better job preventing more crippling diseases.

VeriSign Inc., a $1.2 billion telecommunications infrastructure company, argues for profit. ICANN -- the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a nonprofit coalition of businesses, academics and engineers -- argues for prestige.

Last week, Verisign took the argument to court and sued ICANN for blocking its commercial ambitions. ICANN responded by lamenting, "VeriSign has again chosen confrontation...

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