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New Rules Make Domain Hijacking Easier

Posted by timothy on from the and-ease-of-use-is-important dept.

Tanktalus writes "Netcraft seems to have a little ditty about new rules from ICANN that take effect on Friday making it easier to hijack domain names. Essentially, if someone tries to take your domain, and you don't answer within 5 days, they now assume you are okay with the transfer. Previously, the default answer was no, and you had to explicitly state your acceptance of the domain transfer. Owners of small domains, beware: no more computerless vacations that last more than 4 days at a time!"

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  1. Re:Some registrars will protect you by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah, and GoDaddy also OWNS the domain name.

    If they dont like the color of your money, they knock you off.
    If they dont like the content you point your domain address at, they knock you off.
    If you say something bad about them,.. you get the picture.

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