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sHome Domain Names Getting Online Security Verisign Blog A global provider of critical internet infrastructure and domain name registry services DNIB Quarterly Report Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report: DNIB.com Announces 359.8 Million Domain Name Registrations in the Fourth Quarter of 2023 Domain Names Open Source MTL Mode Verisign Provides Open Source Implementation of Merkle Tree Ladder Mode Security DNSSEC Algorithm Update Verisign Will Help Strengthen Security with DNSSEC Algorithm Update Security Post-Quantum DNSSEC Next Steps in Preparing for Post-Quantum DNSSEC Security Building a More Secure Routing System Building a More Secure Routing System: Verisign’s Path to RPKI Security Home Domain Names Getting Online Security About VERISIGN Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of critical internet infrastructure and domain name registry services, enables internet navigation for many of the world’s most recognized domain names. Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the Domain Name System and the internet by providing root zone maintainer services, operating two of the 13 global internet root servers, and providing registration services and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net top-level domains, which support the majority of global e-commerce. To learn more please visit verisign.com . Follow Us Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report: DNIB.com Announces 359.8 Million Domain Name Registrations in the Fourth Quarter of 2023 February 15, 2024 • By Verisign • Domain Names Today, the latest issue of The Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report was released by DNIB.com , showing the fourth quarter of 2023 closed with 359.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 0.6 million domain name registrations, or 0.2%, compared to the third quarter of 2023. Domain name registrations also increased by 8.9 million, or 2.5%, year over year. (more…) Read Article Share: Verisign Provides Open Source Implementation of Merkle Tree Ladder Mode January 4, 2024 • By Burt Kaliski • Security The quantum computing era is coming, and it will change everything about how the world connects online. While quantum computing will yield tremendous benefits, it will also create new risks, so it’s essential that we prepare our critical internet infrastructure for what’s to come. That’s why we’re so pleased to share our latest efforts in this area, including technology that we’re making available as an open source implementation to help internet operators worldwide prepare. (more…) Read Article Share: Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report: DNIB.com Announces 359.3 Million Domain Name Registrations in the Third Quarter of 2023 November 15, 2023 • By Verisign • Domain Names Today, the latest issue of The Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report was released by DNIB.com , showing the third quarter of 2023 closed with 359.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 2.7 million domain name registrations, or 0.8%, compared to the second quarter of 2023. Domain name registrations also increased by 8.5 million, or 2.4%, year over year. (more…) Read Article Share: Verisign Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month September 22, 2023 • By Ellen Petrocci • Security Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month reminds us how the wide range of perspectives and experiences among our employees makes us stronger both as a company and as a steward of the internet. In honor of this month, we are proud to recognize the stories of three of our Hispanic employees, and the positive impact they make at Verisign. (more…) Read Article Share: Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report: DNIB.com announces 356.6 Million Domain Name Registrations in the Second Quarter of 2023 September 7, 2023 • By Verisign • Domain Names Today, the latest issue of The Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report was released by DNIB.com , showing the second quarter of 2023 closed with 356.6 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 1.7 million domain name registrations, or 0.5%, compared to the first quarter of 2023. Domain name registrations also increased by 4.3 million, or 1.2%, year over year. (more…) Read Article Share: Verisign Will Help Strengthen Security with DNSSEC Algorithm Update August 10, 2023 • By Duane Wessels • Security As part of Verisign’s ongoing effort to make global internet infrastructure more secure, stable, and resilient, we will soon make an important technology update to how we protect the top-level domains (TLDs) we operate. The vast majority of internet users won’t notice any difference, but the update will support enhanced security for several Verisign-operated TLDs and pave the way for broader adoption and the next era of Domain Name System (DNS) security measures. (more…) Read Article Share: Next Steps in Preparing for Post-Quantum DNSSEC July 20, 2023 • By Burt Kaliski • Security In 2021, we discussed a potential future shift from established public-key algorithms to so-called post-quantum” algorithms , which may help protect sensitive information after the advent of quantum computers. We also shared some of our initial research on how to apply these algorithms to the Domain Name System Security Extensions, or DNSSEC. In the time since that blog post, we’ve continued to explore ways to address the potential operational impact of post-quantum algorithms on DNSSEC, while also closely tracking industry research and advances in this area. (more…) Read Article Share: Announcing the Launch of DNIB.com, a New Source for DNS News, Information, Research, and Analysis June 22, 2023 • By Verisign • Domain Names Verisign today announced the launch of DNIB.com , the new Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB) website. Sponsored by Verisign, DNIB.com is a source for insights and analysis from subject-matter experts on key topics relevant to the global Domain Name System (DNS). DNIB.com will offer insight on policy, governance, technology, security, and business trends relevant to analysts, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and anyone with an interest in the DNS. The website features a collection of new, searchable, and interactive dashboards tracking relevant DNS data and trends, that is designed to be a valuable day-to-day resource for industry stakeholders, and anyone interested in learning more about global domain name operations. (more…) Read Article Share: Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief: 354.0 Million Domain Name Registrations in the First Quarter of 2023 June 8, 2023 • By Verisign • Domain Names Today, we released the latest issue of The Domain Name Industry Brief , which shows that the first quarter of 2023 closed with 354.0 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.5 million domain name registrations, or 1.0%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2022. 1,2 Domain name registrations also increased by 3.5 million, or 1.0%, year over year. 1,2 (more…) Read Article Share: Building a More Secure Routing System: Verisign’s Path to RPKI June 5, 2023 • By Verisign • Security This blog was co-authored by Verisign Distinguished Engineer Mike Hollyman and Verisign Director – Engineering Hasan Siddique . It is based on a lightning talk they gave at NANOG 87 in February 2023, the slides from which are available on the NANOG website . At Verisign, we believe that continuous improvements to the safety and security of the global routing system are critical for the reliability of the internet. As such, we’ve recently embarked on a path to implement Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) within our technology ecosystem as a step toward building a more secure routing system. In this blog, we share our ongoing journey toward RPKI adoption and the lessons we’ve learned as an operator of critical internet infrastructure. (more…) Read Article Share: Posts navigation Older posts...