> > > What this all boils down to again is that it
> > > is up to the gaining registrar to take the necessary
> > > precautions prior to making a transfer request,
> > > and that you can't restrict this to a strict definition
> > > of who has the authority to agree to make these changes.
>
There's some truth in this. I think the only way to solve this for
the future in a manner which fits all parties is to establish
authority at the time of the domain registration or re-establish at
the time of a transfer. That is: the registration form (or the data
sent to the registrar) would need to have information about who has
authority, f.i. checkboxes for these:
[ ] admin contact
[ ] anyone in the registrant's company
[ ] tech contact
[ ] billing contact
[ ] ISP/RSP who actually processed the form to the registrar
An RSP could bind his clients per contract to accept having him as an
additional authority instead of providing the above list of choices.
I assume this won't fit well in the current infrastructure of Whois
data etc., though.
Kai
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