What is the Shared Registry System?
The Shared Registration System (SRS) was created in 1999 to help stabilize the Internet and protect consumers. SRS is a system of associated hardware and software developed by VeriSign that permits multiple registrars to provide Internet domain name registration services within the top-level domains (TLDs) administered by VeriSign. The SRS includes the following subsystems: a database server subsystem, a registration subsystem ensuring non-discriminatory access to the registry by all registrars; a billing subsystem; a systems development and testing subsystem; a TLD zone file generation subsystem; and a Whois subsystem. The SRS is consistent with, and supportive of, the provisions of the Statement of Policy on Domain Name System administration, Management of Internet Names and Addresses, 63 Fed Reg. 31741 (1998) (the “White Paper”), as well as the Cooperative Agreement NCR-92-18742 between the U.S. Government and VeriSign.
