Re: 60 day rule for transfers in upcoming policy, et al

From: bill@daze.net
Date: Tue May 04 2004 - 12:42:30 EDT

That has always been the way transfers function.

This is *after* the gaining registrar has positively confirmed the intent
of the domain registrant.

The losing registrar has five calendar days to decline a transfer. If the
losing registrar does nothing, the transfer will automatically be
completed.

On Tue, 4 May 2004, Fagyal, Csongor wrote:

> Erm.
>
> We - I mean our clients - have started to receive transfer messages
> including this:
>
> >IF YOU DO NOT DECLINE THE REQUEST WITHIN 5 CALENDAR DAYS OF 01-Apr-2004
> >03:36:31, YOUR DOMAIN WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRED TO xxxxx
> >
> >
>
> Is this serious? ["I must have missed the memo." :-)] I mean, I create a
> new profile at TuCows, issue a transfer for a, say, Register.com domain,
> and if the owner of the domain is on a vacation, then I have a rather
> good chance to get the transfer go through - without any authorization??
>
> ...or do I misunderstand something??
>
> - Csongor Fagyal
> ps: Sorry, I know, RTFM, but...
> 

--
"If Verisign is the 'Value of Trust',
  then trust ain't worth *ANYTHING* any more." - me

 <=> ASK and you shall receive <=>

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