[IP] ICANN/Domains
Begin forwarded message:
From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: November 11, 2004 1:06:27 PM EST
To: Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@xxxxxxxxxx>, neumann@xxxxxxxxxx,
dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: ICANN/Domains
Well... I know several people who've been in deep deep trouble because
netsol wouldn't transfer or otherwise change their domains, so a policy
change to castrate recalcitrant registrars is necessary.
I agree, penalties applied to registrars would be appropriate,
but insane "OK" defaults and 5 day timeouts are not!
Here's how to check whether your domains are locked using whois.
For .com and .net, there should be a line saying "Status:
REGISTRAR-LOCK". For .org you should see "Status:CLIENT TRANSFER
PROHIBITED". If you see OK or ACTIVE instead, the domain is open to
transfer.
This apparently only works for the Web-based WHOIS queries.
That status line does not seem to appear on the command line WHOIS
output.
I just checked and indeed my .COM and .NET domains are all locked
by NetSol. The .ORGs are not, as one might expect.
The effects of a false transfer would almost always be much worse
than the effects of a delayed transfer. I'd like to know how
this ICANN policy was developed, when was the public comment period,
etc.?
Somehow this one slipped under my radar.
--Lauren--
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