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ICANN approves Verisign’s termination of all third-level .name domains in February
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Verisign’s ICANN-approved plan will delete all third-level .name domains, including long-term registrations, in February 2026.
Engineers relying on stable .name domains for personal or IoT infrastructure face abrupt service disruption. The change also creates a risk of domain hijacking once second-level names become available for re-registration. No grandfathering or migration path is provided.
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All third-level .name domains will be terminated in February 2026, regardless of registration expiry dates.
Affected domains include personal websites, email addresses, and IoT endpoints tied to those domains.
Second-level .name domains may be re-registered by third parties, enabling potential account and device hijacking.
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