Re: [ga] Stolen domains, transfers, WHOIS, audit trails, and system integrity

[Allan Liska <allan@allan.org>]

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Hello George,

Saturday, December 7, 2002, 1:35:25 AM, you wrote:


GK> If XYZ.com was hijacked tomorrow, how would the owners of XYZ.com have
GK> *proven* that they owned it today? The losing registrar's word? The
GK> gaining registrar would have a legitimate client who might say that
GK> they received the domain legitimately....let's make the chain of
GK> ownership stronger, and transparent, as it's not like that today. Now
GK> that .com is stabilizing, most of the action will be in "churn", not
GK> initial registrations, and if those movements aren't safe then it
GK> creates greater risk for the market participants.

While I completely agree with your statement, wouldn't the losing
registrar have a backup of their database?  This should be enough to
show they had ownership of the domain?  Perhaps ICANN should include
provisions in their registrar agreement for database backups?  There
are standards of backup required for data to be admitted as evidence
in court, ICANN can hold registrars to the same level?

allan
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Allan Liska
allan@allan.org
http://www.allan.org

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