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VeriSign to raise domain fees

April 5, 2007 Controversial price increases mean VeriSign will charge 7 percent more for .com domains, 10 percent more for .net. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., price increase, Microsoft .NET, domain, domain name, DNS

Price hikes for .com could be curbed

January 31, 2006 ICANN, VeriSign come up with a revision to a deal that caps .com domain price rises at 7 percent for four years. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., price increase, domain name, agreement, settlement, document

Playing chess with hackers

June 15, 2006 Former Congressman Rick White says a deal giving Internet operators flexibility to raise domain name prices within reason makes sense. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., Internet-infrastructure, increase, domain name, chess, infrastructure, hacker, attack, flexibility, community, New Orleans, dollar, agreement

The price to pay for Net stability

March 16, 2006 VeriSign advisory board member Rick White says the Internet's operational security is well worth the investment. TAGS: Internet-infrastructure, VeriSign Inc., domain name, investment, effect, security

Domain name price hikes come under fire

June 8, 2006 A proposal would let VeriSign charge billions more for .com domains, but some are skeptical about its continued monopoly. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., hike, settlement, domain name, dispute, domain, Rep., Microsoft .NET, small business, Washington, Republican, CEO

VeriSign to battle rivals for .net domain control

January 19, 2005 Domain registry giant will face competition for first time, as four other companies vie for spot as operator of .net domain. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., Microsoft .NET, operator, domain name, domain, registry

ICANN to lift price caps on .net domains

July 9, 2005 Group agrees to lift price restrictions on .net domains starting in 2007--a signal that ICANN will cease regulating domain name pricing? TAGS: VeriSign Inc., Microsoft .NET, domain name, restriction, domain

ICANN, VeriSign make strange bedfellows

November 21, 2005 Tucows exec Ross Rader says proposal to end ICANN-VeriSign dispute could mean end of Net community's role in determining its future. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., community, settlement, proposal, RFC, litigation, administrator, domain name, DNS

Senators question .com price increases

September 20, 2006 At Senate hearing, politicians ask about VeriSign's guaranteed price increases for .com, call for .xxx domain. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., price increase, registrar, GoDaddy, domain name, agreement, domain, Microsoft .NET, senator, Bush Administration

ICANN board approves settlement, price hikes

March 1, 2006 Deal extends VeriSign's lucrative monopoly over .com domain, with price hikes. But feds could still block it. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., settlement, monopoly, domain, agreement, proposal, favor, domain name, U.S.

Neither safe nor secure on the Internet

October 4, 2006 Jerry Archer asks whether Congress has the stomach to tackle big problems looming in cyberspace. TAGS: DNS, domain name, VeriSign Inc., pharming, safe, denial of service, DNS server, road, rule, agreement, phishing, security, server

VeriSign to put more backbone into the Net

May 19, 2005 It plans a significant increase in the number of DNS servers, which should make the Internet's naming system more resilient to attacks. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., DNS server, Internet-infrastructure, data center, DNS, infrastructure, SSL, server, domain name, location, California

Cameroon registry accused of typo-squatting .com

August 8, 2006 Lawyer claims Cameroonian Net authorities are cashing in on fact that .cm domain is one letter shy of .com, which often gets mistyped. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., domain name, registry, traffic

DNS servers do hackers' dirty work

March 24, 2006 New twist on denial-of-service attacks could intensify cybercriminals' threat to online business. TAGS: DNS server, Nominum Inc., DNS, VeriSign Inc., distributed denial of service, chief scientist, assault, denial of service, attack, target, server, domain name, IP address, IP

Guilty plea in Al Jazeera site hack

June 12, 2003 A central California man pleads guilty to two charges stemming from an attack on the Web site of the Arab news service Al Jazeera during the early days of the Iraq conflict. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., Iraq, California, war, domain name, attorney, account, password, U.S., e-mail

DNS service promises safer, faster browsing

July 11, 2006 OpenDNS to look up Web sites and block dangerous URLs, but it'll display ads if you enter a nonexistent Web address. TAGS: DNS, phishing, phishing Web site, VeriSign Inc., domain name, expert, service provider, server, Internet Service Provider

Getting real about RFID

April 6, 2005 VeriSign's Brian Matthews says an open, standards-based approach will be the key to matching the reality with the hype. TAGS: EPCGlobal Inc., RFID, infrastructure, DNS, supply chain, VeriSign Inc., domain name, mobile phone, reader, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., PC
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