Verisign
Verisign is an operator of critical infrastructure within the domain name system, or DNS. As the registry for some of the world's most popular TLDs, .com and .net, Verisign directs DNS resolvers to the appropriate registry where IP addresses are stored. Verisign's control over its TLDs is regulated by ICANN and the NTIA and are subject to contract renewal every six years. The company generates revenue through annual subscriptions allowing customers to use .com and .net as their TLD of choice for their respective websites.www.verisign.com
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Sep 13, 2026
Steve D.HOST
When we turned down at the beginning of the year, Steve.
Steve D.HOST
Gilead, 18.75. Citigroup, 18.63. VeriSign, which I think you've covered before, Steve, I think.
Steve D.HOST
18? Yeah,
Steve D.HOST
and I owned Citigroup for a long time as well.
ArifGUEST
I don't know.
ArifGUEST
I think that the big one you already covered on Tuesday for me was the lawsuit against ICANN and VeriSign.
ArifGUEST
That to me is a pretty big deal.
ArifGUEST
But you covered that on Tuesday while I was sleeping.
SamitGUEST
The reason he bowed down is because Verisign's got a billion-dollar watch list.
SamitGUEST
You really want to go head-to-head with a company that's got a billion-dollar watch list.
SamitGUEST
And they're not stupid, right? Phil Corbin went from being ICA counsel to being VeriSign counsel, I think, overnight.
ArifGUEST
And I'm pretty sure...
Stanley DruckenmillerGUEST
So one of the things I did was hire two people in their 20s who were sort of gunslingers because I knew gets back to Bitcoin now.
Stanley DruckenmillerGUEST
I knew the younger people knew the new companies like Veritas and Verisign and that kind of stuff.
Stanley DruckenmillerGUEST
I didn't know how to spell them.
Stanley DruckenmillerGUEST
So we then I'm down like 16% or something.
Vincent JongGUEST
I was based in Vienna at the time.
Vincent JongGUEST
And this was a company that was run by a serial entrepreneur who had sold a business to VeriSign in the U.S. And was one of the more experienced people in Vienna.
Vincent JongGUEST
And that's why I thought this is a good place to learn.
Vincent JongGUEST
I spent three years there and I was like...
Alec HoggHOST
2U, five years later, was bankrupt.
Alec HoggHOST
to Falk Shuttleworth, although Verisign didn't go bankrupt, but they hit it at the best possible time.
Alec HoggHOST
I'm going to talk about him a little bit later because your story to me is almost a cautionary tale for entrepreneurs.
Alec HoggHOST
It's come across as the entrepreneurial dream, start something, sell it, make a lot of money and go off into the sunset.
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including as CEO.
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Before joining Informatica, he was in executive roles at Symantec, VeriSign, and McKinsey & Company.
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Chakravarti received a Master's of Science and PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990-1995, and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from the Institute of Technology, Varanasi, India, 1985-1990.
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He lived in Basavannagudi, Bangalore, India, from 1983 to 1985.
Errol WeissGUEST
Yeah, so I think I will start with a little bit of a story there because I think it is inspirational.
Errol WeissGUEST
Back in 2010, 11, I remember reading a news story about how VeriSign had worked with Microsoft at the time to take down all these domains that were part of criminal networks.
Errol WeissGUEST
And I remember thinking that, wow, that was such a cool story.
Errol WeissGUEST
I wonder how they did that.
Errol WeissGUEST
at Citibank.
Errol WeissGUEST
So I wonder how all that worked.
Errol WeissGUEST
I called somebody that I knew at VeriSign, Rick Howard, who probably many of your listeners know of.
Errol WeissGUEST
But I called Rick and I said, hey, how did this work? And he said, well, let me introduce you to the team at Microsoft.
denolfeHOST
Source, neil.fraser.name.
denolfeHOST
The post detailed Neil Fraser's concern over the planned removal of the third level of the .name domain hierarchy, approved by ICANN and proposed by VeriSign.
denolfeHOST
Fraser explained that his domain Neil Fraser name, registered since 2002, would be discontinued in February 2027, leading to loss of the domain, associated email, and control over connected IoT devices.
denolfeHOST
He highlighted the risks of domain squatting and account hijacking if the second-level Fraser dot name becomes available for others to register.
denolfeHOST
Fraser expressed frustration over the process, which he saw as unfair and lacking transparency, and warned about the broader implications for thousands of other domain owners.
denolfeHOST
In the comments, the community mostly supported Fraser's stance, criticizing VeriSign and ICANN for their handling of the change.
denolfeHOST
Many discussed the technical and legal difficulties, such as the deprecation of third-level domains and potential domain squatting.
denolfeHOST
Several users pointed out the flawed trust model of leased domains and the risks of losing digital identity and control.
Stephen SimsGUEST
And it's I think I tweeted something about this the other day where like I used to sell a lot of exploits to ethical buyers.
Stephen SimsGUEST
And by ethical, I mean, you know, there's companies in the past like iDefense that was under Verisign and acquired by Accenture.
Stephen SimsGUEST
I don't know what's going on now with them, but then there's ZDI.
Stephen SimsGUEST
There are ethical companies that they buy the vulnerability from the researcher.
Andrew AllemannHOST
Let's go through some news in the domain business from the past week.
Andrew AllemannHOST
First up, Verisign announced a .NET price increase.
Andrew AllemannHOST
It's increasing the wholesale price of .com domains by 10% on March 1st of next year.
Andrew AllemannHOST
That means it'll go from $10.91 to $12 per year.
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