Earlier this month three domain name registrars lost their ICANN accreditation. What is interesting is that one of them (South American Domains dba NameFrog.Com) lost it because they had not provided a valid port 43 whois server and an interactive web page for whois queries.

According the letter from ICANN, South American Domains did restore the port 43 whois server but not the web based query tool.

Read the original letters sent by ICANN.

[via < Domain Name News < DNXpert.Com]