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NEW YORK — The oversight body for Internet names voted Monday to give VeriSign Inc. longer rights to manage “.com” addresses in exchange for turning “.org” over to another organization.
Vinton Cerf, chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, called the deal “a significant improvement over the original agreement negotiated in 1999.”
Approval came in a conference call that was not open to the public. The vote was 12-3, with one abstention.
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