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=== 2005: Retains {{mono|.net}} domain === In mid-2005, the existing contract for the operation of {{mono|[[.net]]}} expired and five companies, including Verisign, bid for management of it. Verisign enlisted numerous IT and telecom heavyweights including Microsoft, IBM, Sun Microsystems, MCI, and others, to assert that Verisign had a perfect record operating {{mono|.net}}. They proposed Verisign continue to manage the {{mono|.net}} DNS due to its critical importance as the domain underlying numerous "backbone" network services. Verisign was also aided by the fact that several of the other bidders were based outside the United States, which raised concerns in national security circles. On June 8, 2005, ICANN announced that Verisign had been approved to operate {{mono|.net}} until 2011. More information on the {{mono|.net}} bidding process is available at [[ICANN]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icann.org/tlds/dotnet-reassignment/dotnet-general.htm|title=ICANN - Archives - General Information Regarding Designation of the Subsequent .net registry Operator|website=icann.org|access-date=December 4, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204105517/http://icann.org/tlds/dotnet-reassignment/dotnet-general.htm|archive-date=December 4, 2004|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> On July 1, 2011, ICANN announced that VeriSign's approval to operate .net was extended another six years, until 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title = ICANN|url = https://www.icann.org/resources/unthemed-pages/net-2012-02-25-en|website = www.icann.org|access-date = 2015-10-01|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151003005044/https://www.icann.org/resources/unthemed-pages/net-2012-02-25-en|archive-date = October 3, 2015|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}}</ref>
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