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The company also offers Email Package, website hosting, website developing, security solutions, internet marketing etc services. The headquarter of Register.com is in New York city and it has has branches in Baltimore and Halifix, USA, in London, England and in Nova Scotia, Canada.  

The company also offers Email Package, website hosting, website developing, security solutions, internet marketing etc services. The headquarter of Register.com is in New York city and it has has branches in Baltimore and Halifix, USA, in London, England and in Nova Scotia, Canada.  

==History==

==History==

Kutscher served as CEO of Register.com until July 2010<ref>[http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/press/larry-kutscher-new-ceo,1506537.html Earth Times ]</ref>. In July 2010, Register.com was acquired by [[Web.com]] for about $135 million.<ref>[http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/web-com-register-com/19520249/ Daily Finance ]</ref>

Kutscher served as CEO of Register.com until July 2010<ref>[http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/press/larry-kutscher-new-ceo,1506537.html Earth Times ]</ref>. In July 2010, Register.com was acquired by [[Web.com]] for about $135 million.<ref>[http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/web-com-register-com/19520249/ Daily Finance ]</ref>

==ICANN Registrar Accreditation==

==ICANN Registrar Accreditation==

On April 21, 1999, ICANN announced Register.com was one of the first five testbed registrars for the competitive Shared Registry System. On June 7, the company began operations under this name as a paid registrar in the .com, .net and .org domains along with [[AOL]], [[CORE]], [[France Telecom]]/[[Oléane]] and [[Melbourne IT]]. Register.com is the first registrar to come online on 7 June. <ref>[http://www.wallonie-isoc.org/Internet_Documents-en-francais/Hobbes_Internet-Timeline_trad.htm Robert H'obbes' Internet Timeline ]</ref>

On April 21, 1999, ICANN announced Register.com was one of the first five testbed registrars for the competitive Shared Registry System. On June 7, the company began operations under this name as a paid registrar in the .com, .net and .org domains along with [[AOL]], [[CORE]], [[France Telecom]]/[[Oléane]] and [[Melbourne IT]]. Register.com is the first registrar to come online on 7 June. <ref>[http://www.wallonie-isoc.org/Internet_Documents-en-francais/Hobbes_Internet-Timeline_trad.htm Robert H'obbes' Internet Timeline ]</ref>

==Vector's acquisition of Register.com==

==Vector's acquisition of Register.com==

On August 9, 2005, Register.com announced that they signed a merger agreement for an acquisition by Vector Capital Corporation, a San Francisco-based private equity firm. <ref>[http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1022837/registercom-bought-out-by-vector-capital The Inquirer]</ref>Public share holders of Register.com receive cashed consideration of $7.81 per share in the merger. Following the merger, Register.com was once again privately held and was no longer listed on The Nasdaq National Market.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-138062292.html highbeam Research]</ref>

On August 9, 2005, Register.com announced that they signed a merger agreement for an acquisition by Vector Capital Corporation, a San Francisco-based private equity firm. <ref>[http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1022837/registercom-bought-out-by-vector-capital The Inquirer]</ref>Public share holders of Register.com receive cashed consideration of $7.81 per share in the merger. Following the merger, Register.com was once again privately held and was no longer listed on The Nasdaq National Market.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-138062292.html highbeam Research]</ref>

==DDoS Attacks==

==DDoS Attacks==

On April 1, 2009, Register.com suffered another major DDoS attack, disruptingthousands of web sites. <ref>[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/04/web_sites_disrupted_by_attack.html The Washington Post]</ref>FBI and The Department of Homeland Security were engaged to help register.com to solve the issue.<ref>[http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/04/regitsercom_suf.html;jsessionid=HIULXEGJM5SXDQE1GHPSKH4ATMY32JVN Information week's Security Web Blog]</ref> Services experienced different kind of problems for almost three days and the system was restored through counter-measures and minimized the disruption.<ref>[http://www.network-box.com/aboutus/news/registercom-affected-massive-ddos Network Box]</ref> Their CEO, Larry Kutscher, explains "For the past three days Register.com has been experiencing intermittent service disruptions as a result of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack – an intentionally malicious flooding of our systems from various points across the internet. We know the disruption of business this has caused our customers is unacceptable, and we are working round the clock to combat it."

On April 1, 2009, Register.com suffered another major DDoS attack, disruptingthousands of web sites. <ref>[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/04/web_sites_disrupted_by_attack.html The Washington Post]</ref>FBI and The Department of Homeland Security were engaged to help register.com to solve the issue.<ref>[http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/04/regitsercom_suf.html;jsessionid=HIULXEGJM5SXDQE1GHPSKH4ATMY32JVN Information week's Security Web Blog]</ref> Services experienced different kind of problems for almost three days and the system was restored through counter-measures and minimized the disruption.<ref>[http://www.network-box.com/aboutus/news/registercom-affected-massive-ddos Network Box]</ref> Their CEO, Larry Kutscher, explains "For the past three days Register.com has been experiencing intermittent service disruptions as a result of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack – an intentionally malicious flooding of our systems from various points across the internet. We know the disruption of business this has caused our customers is unacceptable, and we are working round the clock to combat it."

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