In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Simon Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Why do transfer in emails to TUCOWS require the registrant to enter the domain >name and a password from the email? > >Couldn't this simply be encoded in the URL in the email? > >It annoys me every single time I see one. It's a good theory, but in practice, links get hit automatically all the time, especially with prefetchers and poorly thought out virus scanners this can include form submissions. Requiring the user to enter information from the email reduces the odds of a bot randomly hitting the right button and approving a transfer. Pre-filling the domain would be smart, but the confirmation code is a reasonable defense. -- Dave Warren, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: (403) 775-1700 / (888) 300-3480 _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
