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Domain Name Hijacking: Is your name safe?

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Lee Underwood: ICANN's transfer policy changes "...seem to have generated a wave of paranoia due to the news stories connected to it."

InternetNews is running a decent overview of ICANN's new domain name transfer policy that outlines exactly why the hysteria generated by the Netcraft report was overblown and unnecessary.

See this post as it first appeared on Blogware.

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  1. Chris Scott, January 6, 2005

    I like that Lee tries to explain the policy, however he harps on this point twice: "this policy affects only the change of registrars, not the ownership of the domain name itself". While technically correct, it is misleading. If I manage to transfer someone else's domain to the registrar of my choosing using my account with that registrar, then I can change the ownership of the domain.

  2. Ross, January 12, 2005

    You can change the record, but you don't really change the ownership. Under the new policy, this transaction would simply get disputed and ownership be reverted to the former owner. This type of "undo" wasn't possible under the old policy - names were stolen all the time. Sex.com anyone?