Why “Verisign” is being discussed
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This feels insane to me. Like, they're just terminating existing registrations? As the article says, this is a massive security problem waiting to happen, and there will be a lo…
by CM30 · Sep 4, 2026
Your solution seems tangential to the problem brought evident here, with how ICANN and VeriSign are able between themselves, to turn 22,000 or so tangible name registrations int…
by hackrmn · Sep 4, 2026
>> In light of the fact that Verisign and ICANN are in the process of discussing the upcoming renewal of the .NAME Registry Agreement, ICANN is issuing Verisign this letter in l…
by palemoonsinking · Sep 4, 2026
I understood by just looking at the title and after reading what is going on I am still concerned and not for some .name domains but I've .net and .com domains. The main issue h…
by shelled · Sep 4, 2026
I think the point is that currently if anyone .fraser.name is registered, then fraser.name cannot be registered. The change that Verisign is making is to deregister all the *.fr…
by marcus_holmes · Sep 4, 2026
No they didn't. The only way to interpret it that way is to only read the title (i.e., be a typical HN denizen) and stop there, not even getting to > On 15 April 2026 Verisign p…
by jibal · Sep 4, 2026
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Verisign, Inc. is an American company based in Reston, Virginia, that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure, including two of the Internet's thirteen root nameservers, the authoritative registry for the .com, .net, .web and .name generic top-level domains and the .cc country-code top-level domains, and the back-end systems for the .jobs and .edu sponsored top-level domains. Read more on Wikipedia