For those of you who are fairly new to the domain industry, Verisign released a report which will help you understand the inner workings of the Domain Industry better. This report is called "The Domain Name Primer" and was released last month.
As the leading global domain name registry, VeriSign closely monitors the state of the domain name market through a variety of analytical and statistical research. The brief provides a primer on the Domain Name System (DNS), domain names and the key players in the industry.
Subjects covered are...
- Executive Summary
- The Domain Name System
- Registration of Domain Names
- The Top-Level Domain Names
- Internationalized Domain Names
- How Registration Works
- How Resolution Works
- A Bit of History
- Keeping the DNS Safe and Sound
- The Future
Read the full report here.
Source: Verisign Post - March 2008