It previously was famous for its authentication services, which included business authentication services such as implementing and operating secure networks, utilizing [[SSL]] protocol, encrypting transactions and communications, and user authentication services such as, identity protection , fraud detection, and public key infrastructure.<ref>[http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=VRSN Yahoo! Finance]</ref> Those services were sold to [[Symantec]] in 2010.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1816653320100518 Reuters]</ref> | It previously was famous for its authentication services, which included business authentication services such as implementing and operating secure networks, utilizing [[SSL]] protocol, encrypting transactions and communications, and user authentication services such as, identity protection , fraud detection, and public key infrastructure.<ref>[http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=VRSN Yahoo! Finance]</ref> Those services were sold to [[Symantec]] in 2010.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1816653320100518 Reuters]</ref> |