Verisign VRSN

Verisign Inc. is an American technology company and a global provider of domain name and registry services. The firm was founded in 1995, when it was spun off from RSA Data Security Inc. as a private company. The firm is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. It operates as a global domain name registry services and Internet security company, involved in the management and protection of the Domain Name Server (DNS) infrastructure for over millions of .com and .net domain names.

The firm’s unique, proprietary DNS registration and resolution infrastructure is a purpose-built network of hardware and specialized software, distributed globally across hundreds of points of presence. The company operates two of the world's 13 root zone servers, which assign internet protocol (IP) addresses to internet-connected devices.

Verisign has grown over the years, with a number of high-profile acquisitions. The company acquired Signio Inc. for $800 million in 1999, and acquired Network Solutions Inc for $21 billion in 2000. The firm became a public company in 1998, and its stock is traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange where it is listed under the ticker VRSN.

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