Re[3]: [ga] Domain Transfers

[k@widgital.com (Kristy McKee)]

At 10:36 PM 12/12/2001 -0800, William X Walsh wrote:
>Wednesday, Wednesday, December 12, 2001, 10:17:16 PM, Kristy McKee wrote:
>
> > At 10:01 PM 12/12/2001 -0800, William X Walsh wrote:
>
> >>Oh please, you want to make transfers impossible Kristy?
> >>
> >>Registrars employ secure means, and for almost all of them, the
> >>Administrative contact is the only one who is allowed to authorize a
> >>domain transfer from one registrar to another.
>
> > Well, personally, I agree that the Administrative Contact only should have
> > authorization for such a move.
>
>As do I.
>
> > I am absolutely opposed to the idea that any Registrar would not require
> > authorization from their client to modify any information concerning any
> > domain registered between them.  The power must reside in the consumer's
> > hands within this policy.
>
>They do.

I do not want this to change.

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>Don't believe what the Verisign Registrar tried to claim that
>transfers were taking place that were not authorized.  This claim has
>been refuted by EVERYONE but them, including the registrants they
>cited when asked for examples.
>
>This was nothing but an attempt by Verisign to slow the flow of
>outgoing transfers, by engaging in a practice that made if more
>difficult to transfer out and has permitted them to collect what must
>be huge renewal fees from registrants who have had their transfers
>blocked by this practice (which violates the
>registry/registrar/accreditation agreements) and have been forced to
>renew their domains with Verisign against their will.

This issue is indeed something I would prefer not come up again.  I have 
not accessed any proof of the details; but it seems awfully 
anti-competitive and mean-spirited.

:)

~k

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