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    Paul Watson
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    Domain Transfers (and Hijackings) to Become Easier. The gist of it is that if you don't respond to a domain transfer request within 5 days then it is automatically approved as opposed to denied as it used to be. Completely and utterly daft. 'jackers are going to just start spamming domain requests for all they are worth, betting on a percentage of owners not responding in time and so taking control of many domains. Don't go taking any holidays longer than 5 days anymore if you own a domain, folks. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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      Domain Transfers (and Hijackings) to Become Easier. The gist of it is that if you don't respond to a domain transfer request within 5 days then it is automatically approved as opposed to denied as it used to be. Completely and utterly daft. 'jackers are going to just start spamming domain requests for all they are worth, betting on a percentage of owners not responding in time and so taking control of many domains. Don't go taking any holidays longer than 5 days anymore if you own a domain, folks. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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      benjymous
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      I'll have to take this up with my hosting company, and find out if they have the authority to give an automated NO if *they* don't hear from me. I wonder how many domain transfer requests will get sent over the Christmas holiday when everyone shuts down? -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Phoenix Paint - back from DPaint's ashes!

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        Domain Transfers (and Hijackings) to Become Easier. The gist of it is that if you don't respond to a domain transfer request within 5 days then it is automatically approved as opposed to denied as it used to be. Completely and utterly daft. 'jackers are going to just start spamming domain requests for all they are worth, betting on a percentage of owners not responding in time and so taking control of many domains. Don't go taking any holidays longer than 5 days anymore if you own a domain, folks. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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        Michael P Butler
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        What a fucked up system. There is no logical sense to it. What happens if the transfer request goes missing and the domain owner never gets it. So who do I complain to. My MP, the UN, President Bush? Michael CP Blog [^]

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          Domain Transfers (and Hijackings) to Become Easier. The gist of it is that if you don't respond to a domain transfer request within 5 days then it is automatically approved as opposed to denied as it used to be. Completely and utterly daft. 'jackers are going to just start spamming domain requests for all they are worth, betting on a percentage of owners not responding in time and so taking control of many domains. Don't go taking any holidays longer than 5 days anymore if you own a domain, folks. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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          Steve McLenithan
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          This is bull$%!&. I wonder if there is anything I can have my registrar do...

          This demographic will quite happily click on shiny things however:laugh:

          Found on Bash.org [erno] hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.

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            This is bull$%!&. I wonder if there is anything I can have my registrar do...

            This demographic will quite happily click on shiny things however:laugh:

            Found on Bash.org [erno] hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.

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            Paul Watson
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            The article mentions one domain company suggesting to it's customers they "lock" their domains. Any idea how that is achieved? I have never heard of locking a domain. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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              The article mentions one domain company suggesting to it's customers they "lock" their domains. Any idea how that is achieved? I have never heard of locking a domain. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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              tyfy
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              I have a couple of domains registered through 123-reg and they have Domain locking management in their control panel. This is what they say. Domain locking allows you to lock a domain against transfers and nameserver changes. This prevents accidental changes to the important details of your domain name, as it will need to be unlocked (an easy process) before modifications will be accepted. This is a registry lock, not a 123-reg lock. This means it won't prevent transfers to another 123-reg user, only to another registrar, e.g Network Solutions. I think I will go lock my domains now. Just tried this and it is available on my .net but not .org.uk

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                Domain Transfers (and Hijackings) to Become Easier. The gist of it is that if you don't respond to a domain transfer request within 5 days then it is automatically approved as opposed to denied as it used to be. Completely and utterly daft. 'jackers are going to just start spamming domain requests for all they are worth, betting on a percentage of owners not responding in time and so taking control of many domains. Don't go taking any holidays longer than 5 days anymore if you own a domain, folks. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                Corinna John
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                AFAIK DeNIC (registry for the .de TLD) has handled transfer requests like that for years. The providers answer "NO" automatically, if they don't know about a planned transfer. The Admin-C doesn't have to do anything. If you're managing your domains yourself, configure an auto-responder :) _________________________________ nur Idioten brauchen einen Führer

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                  Domain Transfers (and Hijackings) to Become Easier. The gist of it is that if you don't respond to a domain transfer request within 5 days then it is automatically approved as opposed to denied as it used to be. Completely and utterly daft. 'jackers are going to just start spamming domain requests for all they are worth, betting on a percentage of owners not responding in time and so taking control of many domains. Don't go taking any holidays longer than 5 days anymore if you own a domain, folks. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                  netclectic
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                  Finally i might be able to get my domains transferred away from Joker :) Windows NT crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams.

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                    The article mentions one domain company suggesting to it's customers they "lock" their domains. Any idea how that is achieved? I have never heard of locking a domain. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                    I emailed My host[^] and here's what they had to say: Bytemark Hosting said: In response to this I think we will simply mark all domains as locked from transfer as Joker and some other registrars do. This means that we must unlock domains before you can request a legitimate transfer. So sounds like locking is the way forward - whatever it is! -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Phoenix Paint - back from DPaint's ashes!

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                      I emailed My host[^] and here's what they had to say: Bytemark Hosting said: In response to this I think we will simply mark all domains as locked from transfer as Joker and some other registrars do. This means that we must unlock domains before you can request a legitimate transfer. So sounds like locking is the way forward - whatever it is! -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Phoenix Paint - back from DPaint's ashes!

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                      Paul Watson
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                      I asked my domain host, REgisterFly, and here is their response: We have locked your doamin to prohibit unauthorized transfer. We will unlock the domain only if the owner will confirm the user name and password so please dont worry about hijacking of your domain. So seems alright. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                        Domain Transfers (and Hijackings) to Become Easier. The gist of it is that if you don't respond to a domain transfer request within 5 days then it is automatically approved as opposed to denied as it used to be. Completely and utterly daft. 'jackers are going to just start spamming domain requests for all they are worth, betting on a percentage of owners not responding in time and so taking control of many domains. Don't go taking any holidays longer than 5 days anymore if you own a domain, folks. regards, Paul Watson South Africa Michael Dunn wrote: "except the sod who voted this a 1, NO SOUP FOR YOU" Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                        El Corazon
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                        does microsoft have a long Christmas holiday? ;) I will double check with my domain provider that they know I want to keep it. I believe as mentioned, that the domain providers will auto-respond no as long as you pay your bill (just don't forget). _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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