On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote: > Verisign is really two entities wrt .com/net - it is the registry and the > registrar. As a registrar it occupies the same position as the many other > registrars.. tucows, melbourne, joker etc .. as a registry it occupies a > privileged position in that it is the only entity responsible for managing and > maintaining the gtld servers and zonefiles. >
Verisign sold off NetSol to Pivotal Private Equity last year for 100 million, which takes them out of the registrar space and leaves them as the registry. -mark -- Mark Jeftovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Co-founder, easyDNS Technologies Inc. ph. +1-(416)-535-8672 ext 225 fx. +1-(416)-535-0237