On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 05:04:00PM -0700, Jim McAtee wrote: > > It's an imperfect system, but I don't see what requesting a domain transfer > violates. > > If I call you on the telphone and ask you to transfer the title to your car > to me, you're likely to tell me to go to hell. If you're really stupid and > say yes, without my deceiving or threatening you, then guess what? The car's > mine. > > I would think approximately the same applies with domain names. If you're > deceived into approving a transfer, you have recourse to get the domain back, > though I highly doubt you have recourse beyond that. Like the letter said, > it's up to you to reject the request.
Sorry for the late reply. My point is not that the system allows legitimate domain name transfers, or even mistakes by people who don't know they are doing something wrong. It's not even that I can prevent it, which I can and did. The point is that there is a wall between people who are knowingly attempting to gain a domain name by tricking people-- between those people and their victims. As I mentioned in my initial posting, you used to be able to tell who it was who initiated the request. I'd like to see that information be made available to the victim, or at the very least, I'd like to see some kind of policy that would provide even a little amount of punishment or any disincentive to the people who attempt these things. A further aggravation (as I said) is that very pointed comments to NSI to this effect get only replies to things I didn't say. "Can you either tell me who did this, or do some kind of followup yourselves?" "we recommend that you refuse the request." "that wasn't the question; what about some kind of followthrough against these scammers?" "we recommend that you lock your domain." like, argh. George Kirikos's reply was to the point: > A system that would help identify more thieves would scare most of > them away --- let them go back to selling crack or other illicit > behaviour, instead of stealing domains. Anyway, enough on that. I fully expect somebody else to now tell me to lock my domain and refuse the transfer. mm
