Verisign Retains .com Control Until 2012

Protocolisation / institutionalisation.
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| Verisign Retains .com Control Until 2012 |
| from the same-as-the-old-boss dept. |
| posted by kdawson on Monday December 04, @14:39 (The Internet) |
| http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/04/1923218 |
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Several readers wrote to note that the U.S. Department of Commerce, in a
controversial deal, has [0]extended Verisign's control of the .com domain.
Verisign got the right to raise prices in four of the six years of the
contract, by up to 7% each time. From the article: "Verisign has control
of .com and .net locked up for the next several years, but there will
still be a modicum of oversight. [Commerce] retains final approval over
any price hikes, and has said that any subsequent renewal of the contract
will occur 'only if it concludes that the approval will serve the public
interest in the continued security and stability of the Internet domain
name system... and the provision of registry services at reasonable
prices, terms and conditions.'"

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Links:
0. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061204-8345.html