EXHIBIT 23.02

                               Consent of KPMG LLP


The Board of Directors
VeriSign, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement on
Form S-8 of VeriSign, Inc. of our report dated January 23, 2001, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December
31, 2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' equity, comprehensive income (loss) and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000, which report appears in
the December 31, 2000 annual report on form 10-K of VeriSign, Inc.

                                  /s/ KPMG LLP

Mountain View, California
December 13, 2001



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