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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 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 provides naming services and authentication services. The naming services include the provision of authoritative directory of various .com, .net, .cc, .tv, .name, .jobs, and .edu domain names.  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>

VeriSign provides naming services and authentication services. The registry services include the provision of authoritative directory of:

 

* .com

* .net

* .cc

* .tv

* .name

* .jobs and

* .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>

==History==

==History==

In 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 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>  

In 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>

In 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>