Charles Daminato [mailto:chuck@tucows.com] wrote:
> There isn't anything in place within OpenSRS to provide that manner of
> authorization for transfers. Definitely a good idea for a product
offering,
> but it's not something we'll be able to "turn on" any time soon (i.e.
in
> time to save this particular domain).
OK.
<memory type=fond>
David thinks back to when the transfer auth bounce messages contained
the transfer approval password. Ah the responsibility; the power to
better serve our customers...
</memory>
> But I do like this idea, even as a last alternative....
I called Domain Discover (www.domaindiscover.com) and they said that
they could do this. I remember that they used to do transfer exclusively
through photo-id forms instead of e-mail to the administrative contact.
Now they do e-mail to the administrative contact just like OpenSRS, but
they still have the photo-id form and the inhouse process, so they can
still process transfer orders that way.
They told me that it takes a little bit longer than a normal transfer,
which I can accept/understand.
However, the guy I talked to said that this was because they had to send
the photo-id paperwork to the registry, Network Solutions. I explained
that the registry was a thin registry and didn't store contact
information. But it seemed like we were talking past each other a bit on
that point. This makes me hesitant. I could call back and try to talk to
someone else at Domain Discover who might know the process better, but I
haven't.
Can you shed any light on this? Does this sound as strange to you as it
does to me?
> Of course, for those registrars that require administrative
intervention to
> approve the transfer AWAY, this won't help there.
Right, right. That's partly why the transfer AWAY intervention is so
_evil_. That's why the registry/registrar contracts call for an auto
ACK. The gaining registrars should fully control the authentication, so
they can innovate! :-)
(*shudder* I almost sound like a Microsoft lawyer: "freedom to
innovate." More like "freedom to have a strangle hold.")
David Harris
President, DRH Internet Inc.
dharris@drh.net
http://www.drh.net/
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