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Stockholders' (Deficit) Equity (Narrative) (Details) (Two Thousand Fourteen Share Buyback Program [Member], USD $)
1 Months Ended
Jan. 30, 2015
Jul. 23, 2014
Two Thousand Fourteen Share Buyback Program [Member]
   
Treasury Stock Repurchase Programs [Line Items]    
Additional share repurchase amount authorized $ 452,900,000vrsn_Additionalsharerepurchaseamountauthorized
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$ 490,600,000vrsn_Additionalsharerepurchaseamountauthorized
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Common stock authorized to repurchase 1,000,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
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1,000,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
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Remaining common stock available for repurchase $ 547,100,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1
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$ 509,400,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1
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