As I understand the protocols, the technical contact is to be the person who
has control of the nameserver for the domain.
I think this discussion is an example of the ideal hitting reality. In
reality a lot of clients(web site owners) know very little of how Domain
Name registration works and find the whole thing baffling. The number of
times I find the webhosting company listed as the administrative contact is
amazing to me. Every once in awhile I find that the webhosting company is
listed as the domain owner and the client thinks they own the domain.
Obviously many people have trouble managing their domains.
You Say - "Once you have transferred a domain name, there is nothing else
for you to do - you're no longer needed."
I just do not find that statement to be true - otherwise I would not get so
many request for assistance.
Your basic assumption is that if people can register a domain then they are
competant to manage it. In a perfect world that would be very true. In the
imperfect world that I work in, I find that people are always looking to us
to help them in managing their domain names - having access to managing the
domain really helps.
My prespective.
CJS
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Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: Updating Tech Contact Information
> Thanks for the reply...
>
> Why should you be able to change anything on a domain name
> which you do not own? The only reason I can think of is so that
> every time someone does a WhoIs search on the domain name,
> you get free advertising. Once you have transferred a domain name,
> there is nothing else for you to do - you're no longer needed.
>
> What if the owner wanted to use the website developer as the Tech
> Contact? After all, it's called a Tech Contact...not Reseller Contact.
>
> RS
>
>
