INTERNET DOMAIN REGISTRY and security specialist VeriSign has entered into an agreement with RealNames to offer the latter's address services through VeriSign's network of domain name registrars, the companies announced Wednesday.

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VeriSign and its registrars are responsible for the registration and administration of Internet addresses ending in .com, .org, and .net. The addition of the RealNames services will allow users to register Internet "keywords," which are basically simplified and easy-to-remember Internet addresses.

As part of the deal, for which terms were not disclosed, VeriSign's 90 domain name partners can resell RealNames keywords, VeriSign and RealNames said in a joint statement.

The addition of the keywords will complement VeriSign's current services, the company said.

The keyword system allows users to type, for instance, "ebay antiques," instead of http://pages.ebay.com/catindex/antiques.html into the address bar of Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE), the companies said. Keywords are integrated into IE. (A similar feature is part of Netscape's browser.)

In June, RealNames and Microsoft announced they had teamed up on a keyword-based searching service for the UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration) registry in an attempt to simplify the process for businesses to provide information about their products and services on the Web.