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News VeriSign has settled charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission that the company's Network Solutions unit tricked consumers into registering internet domain names with its service. The settlement, made public Wednesday by the FTC, concludes...
[25 Sep 2003]
News That suit comes on the back of plans proposed by VeriSign for it to offer accredited registrars the option of paying to be on a 'waiting list' for expired domain names they can resell as they become available, instead of being able to snap them up...
[08 Mar 2004]
News A pair of Washington state politicians, on behalf of a collection of companies that register domain names, said they intend to block a controversial procedure that would establish VeriSign as a central place to buy all expiring dot-com and dot-net...
[20 Jun 2003]
News Icann is giving VeriSign 15 days to correct the problems or face the prospect of losing its ability to sell domain names. Of the 150 domain name companies, VeriSign is the most popular, registering .com, .net and .org domain names.
[04 Sep 2002]
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]
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. WHOIS was pioneered by Network Solutions, the US...
[03 Apr 2001]
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]
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]
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]
News The US government had grown concerned that Verisign was enjoying too much control over the whole spectrum of domain naming. Previous owner Verisign surrendered control of the domain in exchange for an extension to its control of the far more...
[25 Jun 2002]
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]
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]
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