Verisign Published its final part of its 4 part series on domain collision and the new gTLD program entitled "SLD Blocking Is Too Risky Without TLD Rollback"on the final day of the ICANN Meeting in Argentina. Here it is: "ICANN’s second level domain (SLD) blocking proposal includes a provision that a party may demonstrate that an SLD not in the initial sample set could cause “severe harm,” … [Read more...]
265 Million Domains: We Asked What Happened To The Verisign Report & Tonight Verisign Answered With The Numbers
Earlier today we asked what happened to the Verisign Quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief that has been missing for 2013 and tonight Verisign answered us. In in a post on the company blog Verisign releasing an series of three infographics showing that current worldwide domain name registrations sit at 265 Million domains as of the end of the 3rd quarter of 2013, up from 252 million reported by … [Read more...]
What Happened To Verisign’s Quarterly Domain Name Industry Report?
Verisign which had been releasing a quarterly report on the domain name industry seems to be Missing in Action. The last Domain Name Industry Report was published for the quarter ending December 31, 2012. Verisign had been issuing quarterly reports containing the number of total domain names registrations with a break down ccTLD's has been a no show in 2013. Verisign's last … [Read more...]
Verisign Publishes 3rd Part of Four Part Series On Name Collisions
Verisign publishes the 3rd part of a new 4 part series on name collisions last night. "Blocking a second level domain (SLD) simply on the basis that it was queried for in a past sample set runs a significant risk of false positives. SLDs that could have been delegated safely may be excluded on quantitative evidence alone, limiting the value of the new gTLD until the status of the SLD can be … [Read more...]
Verisign Publishes 2nd Part of 4 Part Series On Why Domain Blocking Of New gTLD’s Isn’t Good Enough
Verisign just released the second in a four part series of why ICANN's effort to fix the potential collision issue caused by the release of new gTLD's, by blocking domain registrations, isn't good enough to fix the potential problems Here is the second post of the promised four part series: For several years, DNS-OARC has been collecting DNS query data “from busy and interesting DNS name … [Read more...]
Verisign Rolls Out 4 Part Series On Why Second Level Domain Blocking For New gTLD’s Isn’t Good Enough
Verisign just published the 1st of a new 4 part series on the potential collision issue arising from new gTLD's this one authored by Burt Kaliski. Verisign message is "the introduction of a new generic top-level domain (gTLD) at the global DNS root could result in name collisions with previously installed systems" and that ICANN “alternate path” for new gTLD's to launch of blocking any SLDs … [Read more...]
Verisign Reports: 125.9 Million .Com/.Net Domains Registered Up 5% From Last Year
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), reported financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2013 reporting revenue of $244 million up 9% from the same quarter in 2012. Verisign reported net income of $81 million and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.53 for the third quarter of 2013, compared to net income of $78 million and diluted EPS of $0.47 in the same quarter in 2012. The … [Read more...]