VeriSign may lose dibs on domain sales
By Wylie Wong
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: September 3, 2002, 5:33 PM PDT
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The Internet's governing body has threatened to pull VeriSign's contract to sell Web addresses unless the domain name company maintains more accurate records of its customers.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Tuesday accused VeriSign of breaching its contract because it failed to correct inaccurate customer information in a timely fashion.

At issue is the Whois database, which contains personal contact information of people who register Web sites. ICANN cited 17 specific violations over the past 18 months that have yet to be corrected, including one customer who registered a domain name using the fictitious name of "Toto" with the fake address of "Yellow Brick Road" in "Oz, Kansas." ICANN is giving VeriSign 15 days to correct the problems or face the prospect of losing its ability to sell domain names.

(More at http://news.com.com/2100-1023-956433.html)

wow i actually use this as the go-to for my domain reg checks.
anybody have a better whois link?