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Commitments And Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Minimum Payments Required Under Purchase Obligations

The following table represents the minimum payments required by Verisign under certain purchase obligations, leases, the .tv Agreement with the Government of Tuvalu, and the interest payments and principal on the Subordinated Convertible Debentures and the Senior Notes:

	Purchase Obligations				.tv Agreement				Senior Notes				Subordinated Convertible Debentures				Total
	(In thousands)
2018	$	33,175			$	5,000			$	87,063			$	1,279,388			$	1,404,626
2019	4,893				5,000				87,063				—				96,956
2020	806				5,000				87,063				—				92,869
2021	612				5,000				87,063				—				92,675
2022	301				—				87,063				—				87,364
Thereafter	—				—				2,030,938				—				2,030,938
Total	$	39,787			$	20,000			$	2,466,253			$	1,279,388			$	3,805,428

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