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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 		 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
MCLAUGHLIN MARK D
(Last) (First) (Middle)
487 EAST MIDDLEFIELD ROAD
(Street)
MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/17/2004 		3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VERISIGN INC/CA [ VRSN ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President
 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy) 04/15/2001(1) 04/15/2007 Common Stock 3,066 97.7969 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 05/24/2003(2) 05/24/2009 Common Stock 18,750 10.08 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 09/26/2004(3) 09/26/2010 Common Stock 49,500 12.88 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 03/15/2002(4) 03/15/2008 Common Stock 6,250 13.79 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 09/06/2002(5) 09/06/2008 Common Stock 25,000 13.79 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 02/21/2003(6) 02/21/2009 Common Stock 50,000 13.79 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 08/31/2005(7) 08/31/2011 Common Stock 72,000 17.36 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 04/15/2001(1) 04/15/2007 Common Stock 21,934 97.7969 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 08/01/2001(1) 08/01/2007 Common Stock 50,000 151.25 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Immediately
2. 25% of the options vested and became exercisable on 05/24/03, and thereafter with respect to 6.25% of the shares each quarter from the date of grant.
3. 25% of the options vested and became exercisable on 09/26/04, and thereafter with respect to 6.25% of the shares each quarter from the date of grant.
4. This is an option regrant under the VeriSign Offer to Exchange Outstanding Options to Purchase Common Stock dated November 27, 2002. Twenty-five (25%) percent of the total option vested and became exercisable on March 15, 2002 and vests thereafter with respect to 6.25% of the option each quarter until fully vested.
5. This is an option regrant under the VeriSign Offer to Exchange Outstanding Options to Purchase Common Stock dated November 27, 2002. Twenty-five (25%) percent of the total option vested and became exercisable on September 6, 2002 and vests thereafter with respect to 6.25% of the option each quarter until fully vested.
6. This is an option regrant under the VeriSign Offer to Exchange Outstanding Options to Purchase Common Stock dated November 27, 2002. Twenty-five (25%) percent of the total option vested and became exercisable on February 21, 2003 and vests thereafter with respect to 6.25% of the option each quarter until fully vested.
7. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the total options granted vest and become exercisable one year after the date of grant and thereafter with respect to 6.25% of the shares each quarter until fully vested.
By: Donald T Rozak Jr, as attorney-in-fact For: Mark D. McLaughlin 12/20/2004
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of James M. Ulam and/or Donald T. Rozak, Jr., and the persons
holding the positions of General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, Associate
General Counsel, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of VeriSign, Inc. (the
"Company") from time to time, acting singly, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5, and
any successor forms thereto, (each, a "Form" and collectively, the "Forms")
and any amendment or amendments to any such Form, in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such Form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or market or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or the rules thereunder.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities (including
derivative securities) issued by the Company and security-based swap
agreements involving such securities, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 17th day of December 2004.


/s/ Mark D. McLaughlin
Signature

Mark D. McLaughlin
Printed Name