VERISIGN

Verisign runs core pieces of the internet's naming system. It keeps the registry for two very widely used domain endings and supports the infrastructure that lets people reach websites by name.

What Verisign offers

• Domain registry services — it handles name registration and authoritative lookups for the .com and .net domains.
• Root zone maintenance — it maintains the DNS root zone under an agreement with ICANN.
• Root servers — it operates two of the thirteen global internet root servers.
• DNS security and resilience — a purpose-built registration and resolution system designed for reliability.

Who it works with

Domain registrars and the businesses and individuals who hold names under its domains.

Key facts

• Community programme: Verisign Cares, covering giving, volunteering and internet safety
• Information resources: DNS education pages and a regular domain name industry brief