It is true that the responsibility for transfer verification lies with the
gaining registrar.
Practically speaking, it appears that we will have to implement a mechanism
on our side to verify these actions, as the reality is other registrars do
not always do their homework.
It is on the list.
Regards,
sA
At 10:20 AM 9/16/00 -0700, you wrote:
>On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Swerve wrote:
> > I am wondering if someone could comment how this could have occurred if the
> > owner of the domain at opensrs did Not authorize the transfer??
>
>Per ICANN, the "gaining" registrar verify that the transfer request is
>valid. This is what OpenSRS does when transferring a domain to
>OpenSRS. Some other registrars may not be performing the proper checks
>and verification, instead they just blindly transfer the name. These
>registrars should be brought to the attention of ICANN to have their
>accrediation revoked.
Scott Allan
Director OpenSRS
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