Comments on: On ICANN’s new transfer policy

By: Frish.nl - As frish as it gets - Rogier Strobbe

Frish.nl - As frish as it gets - Rogier Strobbe — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:03:21 +0000

Toch niet (?) Het bericht dat ik (en meerdere mensen) de afgelopen week plaatste over de regels voor domeinverhuizingen blijkt niet helemaal correct te zijn geweest.

Michael Moncur legt het op z'n site eens goed uit:

This policy is for registrar transfers...

By: Roland Tanglao's Weblog

Roland Tanglao's Weblog — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 19:59:24 +0000

Your domains at are NOT at risk unless you lock them down
Update:Like Jason, my a*s is also a little sore from being fact checked. There is no conspiracy :-) as Ross pointed out in a comment The policy is for registrar transfers NOT domain transfers! See Ross’s blog post, Jason’s…

By: Webjunkies

Webjunkies — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:39:37 +0000

Domain Transfers (and Hijackings) to Become Easier Jason Kottke (via an Informative shack post) has pointed out that ICANN has brought in a stupid new policy regarding domain transfers. Basically, domain transfer requests will be automatically approved in five days unless they are explicitly denied by ...

By: Random Bytes

Random Bytes — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 01:21:44 +0000

Netcraft, Slashdot Enlist as NetSol Flacks
Earlier this morning I caught wind of a Netcraft reporting indicating that ICANN’s new transfer policy was a domain hijacker’s dream. As one of the primary architects of this policy, I thought to myself “Hmmm, I’ve heard this before. Oh yeah, this …

By: kottke.org

kottke.org — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:41:13 +0000

ICANN’s stupidity and what to do about it
Update: It looks like Netcraft was a little overzealous in reporting the dangers this policy change poses and I misunderstood what is at issue here. Michael Moncur explains: 1. This policy is for registrar transfers, not ownership transfers. It doesn’…