ICANN institutes a new transfer policy-ATTENTION!

2004-11-09

Today I got this from GoDaddy:

Effective November 12, 2004, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will institute a new transfer policy for all accredited domain name service providers.

The previous ICANN policy allowed us to deny requests to transfer your domain names to another registrar unless you explicitly confirmed to us your intent to transfer. The new ICANN policy removes that protection. Starting November 12, when we receive a request to transfer your domain name to a new registrar, we will still attempt to contact you to confirm that you authorized the request. However, if you do not respond, or are not able to respond within 5 days, your domain name WILL be transferred.

I've bolded the important part. What does this mean? This means that there are going to be tons of idiots out there trying to steal domains. Pay attention to your email from your domain provider. If you do have an account with Godaddy, you can 'lock' your domain so that only people with YOUR contact information can control it.

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Jason · 2004-11-09 #2

What a load of crap, you can bet there will be people out there trying to steal domains. This could get real ugly....

webRat · 2004-11-09 #3

Agreed, that's why I'm posing this in the news.

netweight · 2004-11-09 #4

How long have I been waiting for that?

/me wants netweight.com

MUHUAAAAHUAAAAAAHUUAAAAAA

Sorry. Ignore me

war2 · 2004-11-09 #5

owh, hmm ... well not the smoothest move i´ve heard of, as mentioned this will bring out a new can of worms.

5 days is alittle on the low side of things, one hickup and you´re toast as far as your domain name goes.

DavidNetk · 2004-11-09 #6

May the lord have mercy on us all

nunomira · 2004-11-09 #7

I find that really strange...

I haven''t received anything from godady.com and If http://www.icann.org/ is the icann's main website, I can't find anything there about this matter.

Is there a press release somewhere?
Is there anything about it, except for this post?

war2 · 2004-11-10 #8

yep it´s for real, read more about it here on icann´s own website.

icann info

Basta · 2004-11-10 #9

it's not that bad, from /.:

Nothing has changed really. This has ALWAYS been the way the system ran, only some registrars choose to ignore it, and setup abusive transfer blocking mechanisms, and called them "Safety" measures for their customers instead of the lock-in attempts they really were. The problem with the old way was that some unscrupulous registrars (NetSol for instance)made it harder to get your domains away from them, forcing you to jump through hoops, and making them harder and harder to accomplish, and then deny them for wrong reasons. The new policy only sets out EXPLICIT rules about what are allowed reasons for a domain transfer to be rejected by the current registrar, and a process by which disputes over transfers will be handled. Other than that, nothing has changed really at all, and any news articles saying otherwise are less than properly informed, and listening to alarmist rhetoric instead of understanding how the system worked until now, and how it will work in the future. As a previous poster pointed out, the best thing to do is to lock your domains with your current registrar, just make sure that they provide an easy means to unlock them when you need to make changes, or when you really do want to go to a new registrar.

DavidNetk · 2004-11-17 #10

I'll try to get microsoft.com macromedia.com yahoo.com and google.com i think with that I can retire early.

justmaster · 2004-11-19 #11

Can anu body explains to me what "Domain transfer" is?

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	Jason	2004-11-09 #2
	What a load of crap, you can bet there will be people out there trying to steal domains. This could get real ugly....

	webRat	2004-11-09 #3
	Agreed, that's why I'm posing this in the news.

	netweight	2004-11-09 #4
	How long have I been waiting for that? /me wants netweight.com MUHUAAAAHUAAAAAAHUUAAAAAA Sorry. Ignore me

	war2	2004-11-09 #5
	owh, hmm ... well not the smoothest move i´ve heard of, as mentioned this will bring out a new can of worms. 5 days is alittle on the low side of things, one hickup and you´re toast as far as your domain name goes.

	nunomira	2004-11-09 #7
	Strange... I find that really strange... I haven''t received anything from godady.com and If http://www.icann.org/ is the icann's main website, I can't find anything there about this matter. Is there a press release somewhere? Is there anything about it, except for this post?

	war2	2004-11-10 #8
	yep it´s for real, read more about it here on icann´s own website. icann info

	Basta	2004-11-10 #9
	it's not that bad, from /.: Nothing has changed really. This has ALWAYS been the way the system ran, only some registrars choose to ignore it, and setup abusive transfer blocking mechanisms, and called them "Safety" measures for their customers instead of the lock-in attempts they really were. The problem with the old way was that some unscrupulous registrars (NetSol for instance)made it harder to get your domains away from them, forcing you to jump through hoops, and making them harder and harder to accomplish, and then deny them for wrong reasons. The new policy only sets out EXPLICIT rules about what are allowed reasons for a domain transfer to be rejected by the current registrar, and a process by which disputes over transfers will be handled. Other than that, nothing has changed really at all, and any news articles saying otherwise are less than properly informed, and listening to alarmist rhetoric instead of understanding how the system worked until now, and how it will work in the future. As a previous poster pointed out, the best thing to do is to lock your domains with your current registrar, just make sure that they provide an easy means to unlock them when you need to make changes, or when you really do want to go to a new registrar.

	DavidNetk	2004-11-17 #10
	I'll try to get microsoft.com macromedia.com yahoo.com and google.com i think with that I can retire early.

	justmaster	2004-11-19 #11
	Can anu body explains to me what "Domain transfer" is?