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ICANN/Domains
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:49:11 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: November 11, 2004 1:06:27 PM EST To: Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt () gulbrandsen priv no>Cc: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>, neumann () vortex com, dave () farber net
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 howthis ICANN policy was developed, when was the public comment period, etc.?
Somehow this one slipped under my radar. --Lauren-- ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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