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[[VeriSign]] is an Internet infrastructure service providing company. It is s based in Mountain View, CA and was founded in 1995. VeriSign has offices in California, DC, Indiana and also Europe, Japan, India, Brazil, China, Australia, Switzerland, UK etc.
[[VeriSign]] is an internet infrastructure service provider. It is s based in Mountain View, CA and was founded in 1995. VeriSign has offices in California, Washington D.C., Indiana ,and also Europe, Japan, India, Brazil, China, Australia, Switzerland, and the UK.
VeriSign provides naming services and authentication services. The registry services include the provision of authoritative directory of:
VeriSign provides naming services and authentication services. The registry services include the provision of authoritative directory of:
* .tv
* .tv
* .name
* .name
* .jobs and
* .jobs
* .edu
* .edu
The authentication services includes business authentication services such as implementing and operating secure networks, utilizing [[SSL]] protocol, encrypting transactions and communications and User authentication such identity protection , fraud detection, and public key infra structure etc.<ref>[http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=VRSN Yahoo! Finance]</ref>
The authentication services includes business authentication services such as implementing and operating secure networks, utilizing [[SSL]] protocol, encrypting transactions and communications, and user authentication such identity protection , fraud detection, and public key infrastructure.<ref>[http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=VRSN Yahoo! Finance]</ref>
==History==
==History==
* 1995 [[RSA]] pioneered two-factor authentication and encryption and VerSign was founded as a 'spin-off' of the RSA security technology to act as an certificate authority (CA). <ref>[http://www.rsa.com/press_release.aspx?id=10462 RSA]</ref>
* 1995 [[RSA]] pioneered two-factor authentication and encryption and VeriSign was founded as a 'spin-off' of the [[RSA]] security technology to act as an certificate authority (CA).<ref>[http://www.rsa.com/press_release.aspx?id=10462 RSA]</ref>
* 1995/June VeriSign announced partnerships with [[Apple]] Computer Inc. and [[Netscape]] Communications Corp to implement VeriSign's Digital IDs in their software product. <ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1995_June_22/ai_17098458/ bnet]</ref>
* 1995/June VeriSign announced partnerships with [[Apple]] Computer Inc. and [[Netscape]] Communications Corp to implement VeriSign's Digital IDs in their software product. <ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1995_June_22/ai_17098458/ bnet]</ref>