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VeriSign to keep control of .net?
News Icann, the international body that manages the domain name system, appears to be on track to hand VeriSign control of the .net top-level domain registry until the middle of 2011. But Icann's announcement has caused confusion within the domain name... [30 Mar 2005]
Icann getting heavy with VeriSign
News Icann is giving VeriSign 15 days to correct the problems or face the prospect of losing its ability to sell domain names. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) yesterday accused VeriSign of breaching its contract because... [04 Sep 2002]
VeriSign and Icann: Operating "protection racket"?
News The US registrars have apparently been doing a brisk trade in snapping up and reselling expired domain names - but they believe that Icann (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and VeriSign's plan to create a 'waiting list' for... [02 Mar 2004]
'Villainous' VeriSign to sue Icann
News Under its contract with Icann, VeriSign operates the master database of all .com and .net domains and collects a few dollars a year for each domain name from the scores of Icann-accredited registrars that sell domain names to the public. [27 Feb 2004]
Dot-com domain price hike sparks angry debate
News The settlement, approved by Icann's board by a 9-5 vote, ended a legal spat that started with VeriSign's controversial move to take control of all unassigned dot-com and dot-net domain names in 2003. The dispute arises out of a lawsuit settlement... [08 Jun 2006]
VeriSign suit not about 'control of the internet' says ICANN chief
News The main resolution gave the go-ahead for ICANN to press ahead with the process of finding a "successor operator" for the dot-net domain by June - ahead of the original contract with VeriSign, signed in 2001, expiring. [08 Mar 2004]
Icann dot-com handover backed by court ruling
News The charges were filed after Icann said it would hand over the management of expired domain names ending in .com and .net, called the Wait-Listing Service, to online security company VeriSign. VeriSign, which has a government-granted monopoly as... [17 Nov 2003]
VeriSign drops Site Finder
News In a letter sent to VeriSign on Friday, ICANN CEO Paul Twomey told the domain name registrar that it had until 6 p.m. Russell Lewis, executive vice president of VeriSign's Naming and Directory Services Group, said in a statement: "Without so much... [06 Oct 2003]
Icann "disappointed" in VeriSign
News VeriSign on Thursday sued the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) in federal court in Los Angeles, claiming it was unlawfully prevented from adding new features to the domain name database it has a contract to run. [01 Mar 2004]
VeriSign holds firm on 404 scrap
News VeriSign Vice President Russell Lewis said in a Sunday letter to the internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann): "All indications are that users, important members of the internet community we all serve, are benefiting from the... [23 Sep 2003]
Will .net fees rise after 2006?
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the not-for-profit organisation responsible for internet addresses, quietly agreed to lift wholesale price restrictions on dot-net registry fees last month when it renewed a contract... [11 Jul 2005]
VeriSign enforces the Icann't party line
Comment We're talking about VeriSign and Icann, the people who decide who gets to be a dot-com. Icann is widely believed to be in the pocket of VeriSign. So we can have a catchy domain name for our Icann hate site - Icann.sux. [25 May 2001]
VeriSign told to pull '404' redirect service
News The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Friday posted a notice on its web site discussing its response to the so-called wildcard service, which launched on 15 September and sends users to a VeriSign page with search... [22 Sep 2003]
Domain names skyrocket - just don't mention the dot-com boom
News VeriSign collects a few dollars a year for each domain name from the approximately 200 ICANN-accredited registrars that sell domain names to the public. Under a contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), VeriSign... [15 Sep 2004]
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. But despite this, VeriSign still has fingers in both... [03 Apr 2001]
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