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Verisign to Terminate Third-Level .name Domains, Triggering Security and Digital Identity Concerns Verisign , the registry operator for the .name top-level domain (TLD), has received regulatory approval from ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to completely discontinue its legacy third-level domain registration service. When .name launched in 2002, it featured a unique personal naming structure in a [first].[last].name format (such as john.doe.name ). Unlike conventional web domains where subdomains are free add-ons controlled by a single registrant, .name allowed individual users to separately register and own distinct third-level addresses under shared surname domains. Under Verisign’s shutdown plan, all active third-level registrations will be permanently deleted from the global Domain Name System (DNS). ICANN Approval and Verisign’s Rationale Verisign formally requested the termination through ICANN's Registry Services Evaluation Policy framework, poi...

Major DNSSEC Misconfiguration Cripples Germany's .de Domains, Impacting Amazon, eBay, and Millions More DENIC , the central registry for Germany’s country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) .de , recently suffered a major DNSSEC misconfiguration. The error caused widespread resolution failures across the internet, particularly affecting domains that utilized DNSSEC for enhanced security. The "Security" That Led to a Shutdown For users relying on public DNS resolvers that strictly enforce DNSSEC validation such as Google (8.8.8.8) and Cloudflare (1.1.1.1)  the impact was immediate. These resolvers could not verify the authenticity of the records, leading to a complete inability to query any impacted .de addresses. Major global platforms, including amazon.de and ebay.de , were among those rendered inaccessible during the peak of the crisis. Technical Root Cause and Resolution The failure stemmed from an RRSIG (Resource Record Signature) update that failed to match the publish...