2 of Verisign's 17 snapped

[Anthony Ng]

At least 2 of Verisign's 17 were snapped, probably manually.

[beatz]

From the thread:

"It appears as if ICANN's new interest in enforcement of the 15 day "bed check" for inaccurate WHOIS data will work quite well as a predictable method for obtaining domain names.

Step 1: ICANN Complains to Verisign, Sept. 3

"7. visosite.com: On 15 May 2002, we forwarded to you a report concerning inaccurate data for visosite.com."

Step 2: Verisign Responds, Sept. 11

"We also have deleted 3 of the domain name registrations for not timely complying [...]"

Step 3: Domain Name Drops, Sept. 18

Domain Name: visosite.com
Registrant: John Berryhill
Date Registered: Sep 18 2002

Hats off to Mr. Touton and Mr. Mitchell for their hard work in providing me with visosite.com (and for providing Bret Fausett with fufus.net)."

Indeed a "technique" that looks worth trying - simply complain at Icann, keep an eye on it and chances are the respective domain is going to drop - with you catching it as only you and a few others know its going to drop.

Another intersting excerpt from the same thread:

"...And from this exercise one might assume that if VeriSign were to ensure that the WHOIS data of all its registrants was valid and 'delete' all those that aren't, it will greatly help SnapNames and eventually WLS, that is, VeriSign. One minute VeriSign escapes threatened ICANN dis-accreditation by the skin of its teeth through updating less than a score of thousands of incorrect WHOIS entries, the next minute they're making even more money through ICANN giving VeriSign the keys to a monopoly to resell pre-used names for more than their original price, including those that they will no doubt eventually flush out for incorrect WHOIS data. Thanks ICANN, your record of being either incompetent or corrupt continues unbroken. "

I absolutely agree.