I concur with these sentiments. Especially in terms of dishonest
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----- Original Message -----
From: "George Kirikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 9:54 AM
Subject: RE: Domain Renewal of CPANIC.com (OpenSRS Ticket #166891)
> Hello,
>
> --- Ken Joy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > ETA is mid June......for details, please check out:
> > http://partner.tucows.com/tribune/archives/edition2/bestbus.html
> > > > There's no lockdown coming in the approaching enhancements;
> > > however, we are
> > > > considering it. We are adding a a security check from our side
> > > (enabled at
> > > > the RSPs option).
>
> That security enhancement looks pretty good, however if someone is on
> holiday or ill for a few days and isn't checking their email, they
> could miss the notices. For those of us who are keen, we're checking
> email every 10 mins, etc., but not all of our clients would be as keen.
> Many would be passive users, using the internet for only a few hours
> per month.
>
> In the event of a malicious domain name hijacking, someone who is
> *passive* can lose the name, as they didn't actively reject the
> transfer. With a lockdown procedure, though, the passive individual is
> protected, as the transfer won't go through unless they actively
> approved it.
>
> I hate to side with Register.com on this one, but I think they have it
> right, that one should have the option of rejecting all transfers by
> default, unless they're actively accepted (as opposed to doing nothing,
> i.e. not rejecting). I guess it's all a matter of trust -- I trust
> OpenSRS more than some "gaining" registrar, who says that a transfer
> request has been made. With over 100 approved registrars at
> http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html it could be
> hellish navigating the undoing of a transfer for some minor registrars
> who might not even do business in English, for instance.
>
> Of course, thankfully there's the 60-day period after a transfer where
> it can't change hands again to another registrar, so one can appeal to
> get the domain name back if it's a hijacking. But, one's business could
> be disrupted and it would be a pain in the butt to go through the
> process of reversing a malicious domain name hijacking. I hope the
> folks who started this thread (cpanic.com case) are successful in
> quickly undoing the transfer.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> http://www.kirikos.com/
>
>
>
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