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VeriSign Global Registry Services<a style="mso-endnote-id:edn1" href="#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title><span style="mso-special-character:footnote" class="MsoEndnoteReference">[i]</span></a> is the exclusive registry for the .com, .net and .org top level domains". According to the abovementioned quote, the only accredited registrar for gTLDs<a style="mso-endnote-id:edn2" href="#_edn2" name="_ednref2" title><span style="mso-special-character:footnote" class="MsoEndnoteReference">[ii]</span></a> is Network Solutions, which was acquired by VeriSign and renamed to VeriSign Global Registry. However, there are registrars, accredited by ICANN<a style="mso-endnote-id:edn3" href="#_edn3" name="_ednref3" title><span style="mso-special-character:footnote" class="MsoEndnoteReference">[iii]</span></a>, which have legal right to use the Global Directory and can also be called accredited (please <a href="http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html">CLICK HERE</a> to see a complete list of ICANN accredited registrars). There are also registrars accredited through a CORE<a style="mso-endnote-id:edn4" href="#_edn4" name="_ednref4" title><span style="mso-special-character:footnote" class="MsoEndnoteReference">[iv]</span></a> system, which are able to perform domain registration and are not affiliated with larger registrars.</p> <div style="mso-element:endnote-list"> <br clear="all"> <hr align="left" size="1" width="33%"> <div style="mso-element:endnote" id="edn1"> <p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a style="mso-endnote-id:edn1" href="#_ednref1" name="_edn1" title><span style="mso-special-character: footnote" class="MsoEndnoteReference">[i]</span></a> VeriSign Global Registry Services maintains the definitive directory of over 24 million Web addresses and is responsible for the infrastructure that propagates this information throughout the Internet and responds to over 1.5 billion DNS look-ups daily. As the exclusive provider of registry services to <i>.com</i>, <i>.net</i>, and <i>.org</i>, VeriSign Global Registry Services currently supports 70 active ICANN accredited registrars operating in 18 countries around the globe.</p> </div> <div style="mso-element:endnote" id="edn2"> <p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a style="mso-endnote-id:edn2" href="#_ednref2" name="_edn2" title><span style="mso-special-character: footnote" class="MsoEndnoteReference">[ii]</span></a> gTLD is an acronym for generic top level domain (e.g. .com, .net and .org)</p> </div> <div style="mso-element:endnote" id="edn3"> <p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a style="mso-endnote-id:edn3" href="#_ednref3" name="_edn3" title><span style="mso-special-character: footnote" class="MsoEndnoteReference">[iii]</span></a> The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the non-profit corporation that was formed to assume responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management functions previously performed under U.S. Government contract by IANA and other entities.</p> </div> <div style="mso-element:endnote" id="edn4"> <p class="MsoEndnoteText"><a style="mso-endnote-id:edn4" href="#_ednref4" name="_edn4" title><span style="mso-special-character: footnote" class="MsoEndnoteReference">[iv]</span></a> CORE is a non-profit membership association of domain names registrars founded as result of a plan initiated by the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) in Fall 1996 to add new structure, free enterprise and competition to the Internet Domain Name System (DNS) when the monopoly on .com, .org and .net was to end in 1998. The plan was worked out by an ad hoc working group called the <a href="http://www.iahc.org">IAHC</a> and formalized as the socalled "Generic Top-Level Domains Memorandum of Understanding" (<a href="http://www.gtld-mou.org">gTLD-MoU</a>) for which the International Telecommunication Union (<a href="http://www.itu.int">ITU</a>) acted as the depository.</p> </div> </div> <p> </td> <td width="10%" height="20"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="14%" height="17"> </td> <td width="76%" height="17"> </td> <td width="10%" height="17"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td </td bgcolor="#FFFFCC" height="21"> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFCC" height="21" > <table border="0" width="780" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="1"> <tr> <td width="8%" height="22" valign="bottom" align="left"><img border="0" src="../../images/botLeftCorner.gif"></td> <td width="84%" height="1"> <center><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#666666"> [<a href="../../default.asp" style="color: #666666">Home</a>] [<a href="/Names/names.asp" style="color: #666666">Advanced Baby Naming Service</a>] [<a href="../../multiQuery.asp" style="color: #666666">Multiple Query</a>] [<a href="../../customQuery.asp" style="color: #666666">Custom Query</a>] [<a href="../../Resources.asp" style="color: #666666">Domain Resources</a>] <br> [<a href="../../Contact.asp" style="color: #666666">Contact Us</a>] [<a href="../../Terms.asp" style="color: #666666">Terms & Conditions</a>] [<a href="../../Advertising.asp" style="color: #666666">Advertising</a>] [<a href="../../Help.asp" style="color: #666666">Help and Information</a>] <br> <br> <font size="1" color="#c0c0c0">© Copyright 2000 DomainFellow.com. 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