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Verisign scraps .name bulk deletion plan, saving about 22,000 domains from mass shutdown

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ICANN announced on November 9 that domain management company Verisign has withdrawn its plan to terminate .name third-level domain services. Existing users can continue to renew and keep email forwarding for their registered addresses, but Verisign plans to stop accepting new domain registrations. Verisign applied in April to discontinue the service, citing declining usage and limited registrar support, affecting about 22,000 registered third-level domains; after users including Neil Fraser, who has used such a domain since 2002, filed appeals with ICANN, Verisign changed course on November 5 and ICANN confirmed the withdrawal on November 9, voiding the earlier notice that allowed the shutdown to proceed.

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"First.Last.name" Survives: Verisign Cancels Bulk Deletion Plan, Roughly 22,000 Domains Spared From Uniform Deactivation

IT之家 November 12 news: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) issued an announcement on November 9 confirming that domain management company Verisign has withdrawn its plan to terminate the .name third-level domain service. Existing users will be able to continue renewing and retain the email forwarding function for their registered addresses, but Verisign plans to stop accepting new domain registration applications.

Citing a blog post, IT之家 explains that .name is mainly aimed at individual users who want to register domains using their names—for example, "neil.fraser.name" is a third-level domain in the "first.last.name" format, and the related service can also forward email received at "[email protected]" to a designated mailbox.

In April this year, Verisign applied to discontinue the service, citing declining usage and the limited number of registrars supporting the business, affecting about 22,000 registered third-level domains. The shutdown plan quickly drew user opposition after it was announced. Neil Fraser has used the relevant domain since 2002, hosting a website, email and IoT device connections; his domain is valid until January 2036, yet it could have become invalid about nine years early.

He also worried that if the parent domain were later registered by a third party, emails sent to his old mailbox could fall into someone else's hands, thereby threatening the security of associated accounts. He and other users applied to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for reconsideration. Verisign changed its stance on November 5, and ICANN confirmed on November 9 that the original application had been withdrawn and that its earlier notice allowing the shutdown to proceed had been voided.

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