[IP] Proposed ICANN Changes to Make Domain Hijacking Easier
Begin forwarded message:
From: Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: November 11, 2004 8:17:13 AM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: ken_i_m@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] Proposed ICANN Changes to Make Domain Hijacking Easier
For IP, if you wish, although I'm sure someone else can answer better.
About the new ICANN policy:
Default yes? This is the same as automatic "opt out" policies. Dress
them up and spin however, they just are not in the interest of the
individual on the receiving end.
What possible rationality is there is justify this policy?
In the past, if you wanted to transfer your domain(s) away from a
certain well-known registrar, the message from that registrar was often
lost on its way to you. Since you did not reply to the message
allegedly sent to you, your domain(s) could not be transferred to your
preferred registrar, and you had to keep suffering the old registrar's
poor customer service.
Keep in mind that while the policy applies by default to .com/.net/etc
domains, it does not apply to all domains. Any domain owner can enable
a "registrar lock", which prevents that/those domains from being
transferred until it's disabled again. (In theory, the registrar itself
should not enable registrar lock on its customers' domains.)
Arnt
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