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VeriSign records hundreds of thousands of changes to the .com and .net zone file every day. In aggregate, these changes create a rich insight into what is happening with .com and .net. Companies concerned about phishing, online fraud, identity theft, and brand infringement may use the alerts to create rapid detection and response services. Registrars can subscribe to alerts about the domain names they manage to facilitate administration and improve customer service.
- DNS update data helps companies address phishing, fraud, identity theft and brand infringement.
- More accurate local zone file look-ups result in faster domain name availability checks.
| Contact Customer Support at 703-925-6999 or info@verisign-grs.com. Standard Service: Available to .com and .net registrars for the limited internal purpose of facilitating the administration of .com and .net domain name registrations. Premium Service: Available to registrars as well as other interested parties for use in connection with, or as part of, certain value-added service offerings. |
Unmatched Intelligence
As the exclusive domain name registry for.com and .net, VeriSign manages more than 90 million domain names and 900 registrars in 61 countries. Every few minutes, every day, VeriSign propagates Domain Name System (DNS) updates to the .com and .net zone files. VeriSign Domain Name Zone Alerts makes those changes available to subscribers for secure ftp download as an aggregated data file with consecutive files of incremental data changes.
Instant Insight into Security Threats
Updated approximately every five minutes, VeriSign Domain Name Zone Alerts track additions, deletions, and modifications of domain names, name servers and IP addresses for all .com and .net domain name registrations. Online security companies, ISPs, search engines, and financial service companies have integrated data from VeriSign Domain Name Zone Alerts into products and services to protect against phishing, fraud and identity theft as well as brand infringement. By tracking near real-time changes in the .com .net zone file these service providers can detect domain names that may be used illegally.
Global Online Brand Protection
Protecting brands and trademarks online is essential for companies today. Misuse of a brand can damage carefully established brand equity. Data from VeriSign Domain Name Zone Alerts can be used to develop products and services that identify and detect domain names that may infringe on brand names.
Why VeriSign?
VeriSign is the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world. Billions of consumers and businesses worldwide rely on VeriSign every day for access to commerce and communications. With 100% uptime for 11 years, VeriSign has unmatched reliability for DNS resolution services.
