Verisign Commits to Support the Work of the Internet Engineering Task Force as an IETF Global Host

Sustaining partnerships with IETF Global Hosts ensure the continuity of the IETF as a unique, neutral venue for developing the technical foundations for the global Internet. In particular, Global Hosts provide critical support for IETF Meetings, which provide essential spaces for collaboration that allow the IETF to work smarter and faster. 

“I am very pleased that Verisign, a long-time leader in workings of the global domain name system, has chosen to become an IETF Global Host,” said Roman Danyliw, IETF Chair. “Their commitment at this high level to the continued success of the IETF community is a signal of the important role the IETF plays to improve and evolve a wide range of core Internet functions that serve billions of users around the world.”

Just as Verisign plays a critical yet mostly invisible role in helping maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet’s Domain Name System at the core of the Internet, the technical standards developed in the IETF form the foundation for online services and capabilities used by billions of people around the world every day.

“The IETF plays a valuable role in ensuring the continued security, availability, and interoperability of critical internet infrastructure,” said Danny McPherson, Executive Vice President, Technology and Chief Security Officer at Verisign.

This support from Verisign reflects the value of the IETF’s work across a wide range of industries that rely on core Internet technologies. Since its first meeting on January 16, 1986 in San Diego, California, the IETF has published more than 8000 documents that describe standards for the fundamental technologies and widely used services on the global Internet. Today, billions of users and millions of organizations rely on technologies developed in the IETF to connect, communicate, and collaborate.

About Verisign

Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of critical internet infrastructure and domain name registry services, enables internet navigation for many of the world’s most recognized domain names. Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the Domain Name System and the internet by providing root zone maintainer services, operating two of the 13 global internet root servers, and providing registration services and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net top-level domains, which support the majority of global e-commerce. To learn more please visit verisign.com.