]
] On 15 September 2003, VeriSign, Inc. changed the way that
] NET and COM registries responded to lookups on
] nonexistent -- or uninstantiated -- domain names. In so
] doing, the company changed the way that the domain name
] system (DNS), a fundamental component of the Internet
] architecture, provides services for two large top-level
] domains. VeriSign's action was aimed at the World Wide
] Web but had unexpected effects on the other parts of the
] Internet.