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...]
Verisign Vs ICANN Round 3
In a letter sent to ICANN yesterday by Verisign's Chuck Gomes, Vice President, Policy of VeriSign, Inc. responded to the response he received from his initil letter to ICANN seeking to "set the record straight" As the previous two letters its worth a read: Dear Cyrus, I was disappointed by your October 3, 2013, response to my August 30 letter to Fadi. But before I tell you why, let me … [Read more...]
Verisign Launches of DomainScope: Domain Discovery Tool To Find Available .Com. .Net & .Tv Domains
Verisign launched DomainScope.com today which they say "a new domain name discovery tool designed to enhance the search for unique, relevant domain name choices in the .com, .net, .tv and .cc top-level domains", for which it is the registry for. "Incorporating the same functionality found in our DomainFinder, DomainScore and DomainCountdown tools, DomainScope replaces these tools and allows … [Read more...]