Report of AIN Audit
Date: 19 June 2002

June 19, 2002

We, as members of management VeriSign Inc., (the "Company") are responsible for complying with the requirements of Appendices H and I of both Section 23 of the .com Registry Agreement and Subsection 3.5 of the .net and .org Registry Agreements (collectively the "Requirements") executed by and between VerSign, Inc. and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. We also are responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over compliance of the Requirements. We have performed an evaluation of the Company's compliance with the Requirements as of December 31, 2001 and for the year then ended. Based on this evaluation, we assert that for the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company complied with the requirements of Appendices H and I of Section 23 of the .com Registry Agreement and Subsection 3.5 of the .net and .org Registry Agreements.

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Rusty Lewis
General Manager
VeriSign Global Registry Services

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Charles A. Gomes
Vice President, Policy & Compliance
VeriSign Global Registry Services