News tagged “verisign” · tldlog

Verisign traces digital signature history as it promotes real-time certificate checks

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:06:13 GMT

Verisign's blog revisits the 1976 origins of digital signatures and 1978 digital certificates to explain the motivation behind Verisign Informed, its service for checking the current validity of digital certificates in real time.

Source: Verisign

.Com wholesale prices rise 7% on November 1

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:47:11 GMT

Verisign will raise the wholesale price of .com domains by 7% to $10.97 plus ICANN’s 20-cent fee starting November 1. Registrars charging near-cost prices, including Cloudflare, NameBright, Porkbun, Unstoppable Domains, Spaceship and GoDaddy’s Domain Discount Club Pro, are expected to pass on the increase. Registrants can renew or transfer domains for up to 10 years before the deadline to lock in current pricing, and many registrars currently offer transfer specials below the upcoming renewal fee.

Source: Domain Name Wire

Industry groups propose rival DNS schemes to identify AI agents

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:42:24 GMT

Several domain industry players have put forward competing proposals to make artificial intelligence agents discoverable and accountable through the Domain Name System, according to domainbrief.de. Verisign and Identity Digital are among the companies involved, alongside former Tucows chief executive Elliot Noss. The proposals reportedly differ in approach but share the goal of giving AI agents a verifiable presence within existing internet addressing infrastructure. The report did not specify timelines or which proposal, if any, is gaining traction among standards bodies.

Source: domainbrief.de

Verisign launches certificate status service and applies for .pki domain

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:30:49 GMT

Verisign has announced Verisign Informed, a new security product aimed at preventing reliance on outdated certificate information, and confirmed it has applied for the .pki top level domain. The company says the service addresses what it calls stale trust, where systems make decisions based on cached or old certificate data. Verisign Informed works as a certificate status service, returning a cryptographically signed OCSP response that shows whether a certificate has been revoked. The product is currently in limited beta, with a general launch planned for the first half of 2027, while ICANN is due to reveal all new TLD applications, including Verisign's bid for .pki, on Wednesday.

Source: Domain Name Wire

Verisign move to cancel 22,000 .name registrations draws SSAC criticism

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:26:39 GMT

Verisign has told holders of roughly 22,000 existing .name domain registrations that their registrations will be terminated, according to a report by domainbrief.de. The report says ICANN's review of the plan was limited to checking whether it matched terms already set out in Verisign's registry agreement, rather than assessing the impact on registrants. A former chair of ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee has publicly objected to the decision, arguing that affected registrants deserve stronger protection. The case raises questions about what guarantees domain owners actually have when a registry operator decides to discontinue a service.

Source: domainbrief.de