Revised VeriSign Registry Agreements

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Revised VeriSign Registry Agreements

(16 April 2001)

Note: The agreements on this page differ from those that were ultimately adopted and signed. Indices to the final agreements appear here:

.com Registry Agreement

.net Registry Agreement

.org Registry Agreement

On 2 April 2001 the ICANN Board of Directors approved revisions to the existing registry agreement with VeriSign, Inc., under which the .com, .net, and .org top-level domains are operated. The Board's approval was based on extensive discussions within the ICANN community (see the VeriSign revisions information page for background) and on improvements and clarifications offered by VeriSign in an exchange of letters between its CEO, Stratton Sclavos, and ICANN's CEO, Stuart Lynn.

The necessary updating of the agreement documents was completed and, on 16 April 2001, they were delivered to the US Commerce Department, which must ratify them. The submission to the Commerce Department consisted of the following materials:

Cover letter from Stuart Lynn to Commerce Department

ICANN-VeriSign Restructured Relationship Agreement

Description	.com	.net	.org
Registry Agreement	Registry Agreement	Registry Agreement	Registry Agreement
Format and Technical Requirements for Requests to Change TLD Nameservers	Appendix A	Appendix A	Appendix A
Format and Technical Requirements for Requests to Change TLD Contact Information	Appendix B	Appendix B	Appendix B
Functional Specifications	Appendix C	Appendix C	Appendix C
Performance Specifications	Appendix D	Appendix D	Appendix D
Service-Level Agreement	Appendix E	Appendix E	Appendix E
Registry-Registrar Agreement	Appendix F	Appendix F	Appendix F
Fees for Registry Services	Appendix G	Appendix G	Appendix G
Equivalent Access Certification	Appendix H	Appendix H	Appendix H
Registry Code of Conduct	Appendix I	Appendix I	Appendix I
Start-Up Plan	n/a	n/a	n/a
Names Reserved from Registration	Appendix K	Appendix K	Appendix K
Registration Restrictions	n/a	n/a	n/a
Enforcement of Registration Restrictions	n/a	n/a	n/a
TLD Zone-File Access Agreement	Appendix N	Appendix N	Appendix N
Whois Specification—Public Whois	Appendix O	Appendix O	Appendix O
Whois Data Specification—Whois Provider	Appendix P	Appendix P	Appendix P
Whois Data Specification—ICANN	Appendix Q	Appendix Q	Appendix Q
Data Escrow Specification	Appendix R	Appendix R	Appendix R
Data Escrow Agreement	Appendix S	Appendix S	Appendix S
Monthly Registry Reports	Appendix T	Appendix T	Appendix T
Proof-of-Concept Reports	n/a	n/a	n/a
Initial Consensus Policies	Appendix V	Appendix V	Appendix V
Additional Covenants	Appendix W	Appendix W	Appendix W
Registry Operator's Domain Names	Appendix X	Appendix X	Appendix X
Sanctions Program	Appendix Y	Appendix Y	Appendix Y

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