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Line 47: − + − + − + − * 2005/November, VeriSign's payment gateway business, [[paypal]], was sole to [[ebay]] for approximately $370 million cash and acquisition costs. <ref>[https://www.paypal-media.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=180329 Paypal-Media.com ]</ref>. − − * 2006/March VeriSign anounced acquisition of Kontiki for 62 million.<ref>[http://www.zdnet.com/news/verisign-to-acquire-kontiki/147195 ZDNet.com]</ref>. Acquisition of GeoTrust Inc., for $125 was announced in May 2006. <ref>[http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/05/17/verisign_to_buy_geotrust_combining_top_ssl_providers.html Net Craft.com]</ref>. Versign aquired inCode wireless in November, 2006.<ref>[http://complianceandprivacy.com/News-Verisign-buys-inCode-Wireless.asp Compliance and Privacy]</ref>. Line 71:
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* October, 1998 VeriSign released a fully integrated PKI platform, OnSite 4.0.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/VeriSign+Expands+PKI+Training+and+Consulting+Services-a053079815 The Free Library ]</ref>
* October, 1998 VeriSign released a fully integrated PKI platform, OnSite 4.0.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/VeriSign+Expands+PKI+Training+and+Consulting+Services-a053079815 The Free Library ]</ref>
* November, 1998 VeriSign offered Y2k testing certs for free. In December, 1998, VeriSign introduced digital certificate service for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) servers and gateways. <ref>[http://www.wapforum.org/new/122199_verisign.htm Wap Forum.org ] </ref>
* November, 1998 VeriSign offered Y2k testing certs for free. In December, 1998, VeriSign introduced digital certificate service for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) servers and gateways.<ref>[http://www.wapforum.org/new/122199_verisign.htm Wap Forum.org ]</ref>
* 2005/May VeriSign introduced a new 2048 bit VeriSign Class 3 Secure Server CA which was used to sign Secure Site Certificates obtained from thier website for IIS web servers.<ref>[http://www.verisign.com/support/advisories/page_029264.html VeriSign]</ref>
* May, 2005 VeriSign introduced a new 2048 bit VeriSign Class 3 Secure Server [[CA]] which was used to sign Secure Site Certificates obtained from thier website for IIS web servers.<ref>[http://www.verisign.com/support/advisories/page_029264.html VeriSign]</ref>
* 2005/July VeriSign aquires security intelligence specialist [[iDefense]] for $40 Million. <ref>[http://www.silicon.com/technology/security/2005/07/14/verisign-boosts-security-with-idefense-acquisition-39150362/ Silicon.com ]</ref>.
* November, 2005 VeriSign's payment gateway business, [[Paypal]], was sold to [[eBay]] for approximately $370 million.<ref>[https://www.paypal-media.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=180329 Paypal-Media.com ]</ref>.
* 2006/December VeriSign Introduces Extended Validation SSL Certificates, standard practices for certificate validation and display approved by a group of leading SSL Certificate Authorities (CAs) and browser vendors.<ref>[http://www.verisign.com/ssl/ssl-information-center/extended-validation-ssl-certificates/ VeriSign.com]</ref>.
* 2006/December VeriSign Introduces Extended Validation SSL Certificates, standard practices for certificate validation and display approved by a group of leading SSL Certificate Authorities (CAs) and browser vendors.<ref>[http://www.verisign.com/ssl/ssl-information-center/extended-validation-ssl-certificates/ VeriSign.com]</ref>.
* 2005/May Verisgn buys [[Lightbridge]], an ecommerce company.<ref> [http://newsblaze.com/story/2005061413302800001.mwir/topstory.html News Blaze.com]</ref>.
* 2005/May Verisgn buys [[Lightbridge]], an ecommerce company.<ref> [http://newsblaze.com/story/2005061413302800001.mwir/topstory.html News Blaze.com]</ref>.
* 2005/July VeriSign aquires security intelligence specialist [[iDefense]] for $40 Million. <ref>[http://www.silicon.com/technology/security/2005/07/14/verisign-boosts-security-with-idefense-acquisition-39150362/ Silicon.com ]</ref>.
* March, 2006 VeriSign anounced acquisition of Kontiki for 62 million.<ref>[http://www.zdnet.com/news/verisign-to-acquire-kontiki/147195 ZDNet.com]</ref>. Acquisition of GeoTrust Inc., for $125 was announced in May 2006. <ref>[http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/05/17/verisign_to_buy_geotrust_combining_top_ssl_providers.html Net Craft.com]</ref>. Versign aquired inCode wireless in November, 2006.<ref>[http://complianceandprivacy.com/News-Verisign-buys-inCode-Wireless.asp Compliance and Privacy]</ref>.
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