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[PLUG] Fwd: Domain Transfers (and Hijackings) to Become Easier
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While slightly off topic, this is an issue that will potentially bite
many of the SysAdmins on this list.
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From: Educational CyberPlayGround <admin@edu-cyberpg.com>
Date: 11 November, 2004 13:19:57 EST
To: nethappenings@freelists.org
Subject: Domain Transfers (and Hijackings) to Become Easier
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From Netcraft
<http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/11/09/
domain_transfers_and_hijacking
s_to_become_easier.html>
Domain names could become easier to hijack as a change in domain
transfer
rules takes effect Friday. Under new rules set by the Internet
Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), domain transfer requests will
be
automatically approved in five days unless they are explicitly denied
by the
account owner. This is a change from current procedure, in which a
domain's
ownership and nameservers remain unchanged if there is no response to a
transfer request.
This could mean trouble for domain owners who don't closely manage
their
records. Domains with incorrect e-mail addresses and outdated
administrative
contact information are at particular risk, as the domain's WHOIS
database
information will be used to inform domain owners of transfer requests.
A
non-response becomes the equivalent of answering "yes" to a transfer
request, according to the ICANN policy change.
"Failure by the Registrar of Record to respond within five (5)
calendar days
to a notification from the Registry regarding a transfer request will
result
in a default 'approval' of the transfer," the new rules state. "In the
event
that a Transfer Contact listed in the Whois has not confirmed their
request
to transfer with the Registrar of Record and the Registrar of Record
has not
explicitly denied the transfer request, the default action will be
that the
Registrar of Record must allow the transfer to proceed."
snip
T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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