Thursday, 11 November 2004
ICANN't believe their moronic policy
Now with ICANN's moronic policy about domain transfer requests, you had better get off your ass and make sure your domains are locked. Here's the relevant policy change information.
Fortunately, GoDaddy offers domain transfer locking. I've registered all my domains with GoDaddy and I'd swear by them. They have the best prices for domain registration and they're extremely pro-active with regards to letting you know when your domains are going to expire. They send you e-mails at 90, 60, 30, 15, and 5 days (if I remember correctly) before your domain is up for expiration. They also hold it locked for you for a period of time after its expired so that if you do miss one of those e-mails, you can still call them up and get your domain. via Dave via Jason. Update: OK, so maybe it's not that bad. But still, the part about the no means yes above is troubling. Either way, my domains are locked and locked they shall stay.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 Domains with incorrect e-mail addresses and outdated administrative contact information are at particular risk, as the domain's WHOIS database information will be used to inform domain owners of transfer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.
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