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Dot-com domain control stays in VeriSign's hands

News In a 12-3 vote, the directors of ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) allowed Verisign to continue its dual function for a further six years, with certain stipulations. In a significant development for the internet as a... [03 Apr 2001]

VeriSign granted dot-com til 2012

News The decision follows a lawsuit settlement reached back in March, when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), which oversees the net's address infrastructure, gave VeriSign the right to raise fees on dot-com domains by... [05 Dec 2006]

Dot-mobi: Follow operator code or you don't get a URL

News Dot-mobi domain names are expected to become available from early 2006, with trademark holders the first to be allowed to register for URLs.mTLD officially won the right to administer the dot-mobi domain in July from Icann - the Internet... [24 Oct 2005]

Icann still can

News Icann has come under fire for several recent actions, including a reform plan that involved the elimination of publicly elected board members and its process of selecting a successor to run the .org domain when VeriSign relinquishes control. [23 Sep 2002]

Stamp out dodgy domain registration, Icann told

News A study three years ago found Icann policies encouraged but did not require registration organisations - such as Go Daddy or VeriSign - to verify information from people who have submitted false information. [08 Dec 2005]

For sale: Dot-org domains, one careful owner

News Previous owner Verisign surrendered control of the domain in exchange for an extension to its control of the far more lucrative dot-com domains. The US government had grown concerned that Verisign was enjoying too much control over the whole... [25 Jun 2002]

VeriSign to restart controversial '404' redirect service

News VeriSign's Matt Larson, who spoke at the meeting organized by the Security and Stability Advisory Committee of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), said a poll paid for by his company showed 84 per cent of US citizens... [16 Oct 2003]

Junked: Is this the end of spam and spoof email?

News Other advocates so far include anti-spam vendors and frequent email senders: AOL, Cox Communications, EarthLink, IBM, IronPort Systems, Trend Micro and VeriSign. By restricting spammers to a limited set of domain names, however, Yahoo! [23 May 2007]

German registrar deletes US website

News Chuck Gomes, a vice president at VeriSign, which runs the dot-com registry, said he is not familiar with the Ogrish.com dispute but the transfer could be in the middle of the standard five-day process. [12 Feb 2003]

Dot-com domain control up for grabs

News When Verisign bought US government backed registrar Network Solutions in 1999, it agreed to sell off either its registry services or its registrar operations, to ensure competition in the domain name market. [02 Apr 2001]

Icann signs off controversial budget

News The highest profile of these, by Verisign, was thrown out of federal court in August and immediately revived in California state court. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers hammered out the agreement late last week after... [14 Oct 2004]

VeriSign criticised over accents and foreign characters

News The system, which will enable non-English/ASCII characters to be included in domain names, has been attacked by industry watchers who warn that the use of such characters currently has no standard classification. [27 Feb 2001]

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