Indeed, on the proactive bit. *.uk transfers work along a similar basis, and I am sure that many who have have to deal with getting tags changed when a domain is changing providers will realize that that's even less of a workable solution at times. I can recall many times where the domain owner had to go through Nominet directly to get the tag changed to my previous employer here in the UK, due to the current tag holder effectively holding it for ransom. After weeks of discussion back and forth between the old provider, us, and possibly Nominet, they may have gotten it transferred, if they didn't just give up in disgust (thinking that we were incompetent) and leave it where it was.
So no, the current situation isn't ideal, but it could be worse. Imagine having to contact VGRS (or whatever they're called these days) directly to get a domain transfer pushed through, regardless of the current registrar... Mark. On Wed, 5 May 2004, Ross Wm. Rader wrote: > Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 06:22:59 -0400 > From: Ross Wm. Rader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Simon Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: 60 day rule for transfers in upcoming policy, et al > > On 5/5/2004 3:01 AM Simon Waters noted that: > > > Domain locking is a fudge because the basic model is wrong, transfer of a > > domain should only ever have been permitted through a positive action on the > > part of the registrant with their current supplier. Domain locking is an > > extra step that makes the process liveable, but it doesn't fix a broken > > process, and won't until it is the default everywhere. > > > Unfortunately its not quite that simple Simon. Imagine a world in which > customers had to work with their current suppliers to transfer their > domains to a new supplier. How many people on this list, for instance, > have had to work with TotalNIC and try to get their names transferred to > Tucows. Its impossible. > > Putting the "losing registrar" in control of the transaction is an > invitation to disaster. I've been working on this issue for the past > four <sigh> years and it is incredibly clear to me that clarity, > enforcement and balance in the obligations of both registrars are the > only way that transfers can be effectively handled in this system. You > should check out the pending regs - they come pretty close to achieving > the flexibility and security that the system needs... > > > > -- > Regards, > > > -rwr
