Hey guys,

The real issue problem is not Netsol dragging their feet with Transfers --
which I agree they do -- but lack of any authority to override bad actions.
Other Registrars are doing the same with domain locks. Just today,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] presented a bad action and there's no one to appeal to
really! Jamie gives up. Marilyn offers "sunshine." It's the wild west out
here. 

In the SMS/800 world where two-party consent works fast and well, there is a
Help Desk. Got problem? Appeal; done! A help desk would be supported at the
Registry level. SMS/800 gets only $4/year for about 20,000,000 toll-free
numbers and they have a staff of 10-14 to take care of these kind of problems,
always are the Registrar level. End users cannot directly access this
resource.

Verisign Registry, in contrast, has no override and and it seems no oversight.
No wonder they have their way with us. WLS anyone?

Best, Loren


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> It is only because the gaining Registrar has the ungodly powers to TAKE
your
> domains that this lock-down becomes a norm. This lock makes you own
transfers
> difficult. The default is one-party consent where all it takes is for the
> gaining Registrat to "fall for the scam." Do anyone think that the scams
are
> just going to stop happening??!!

The only thing that will stop it is if the scammers are punished severly.  
Until that time, this is our only defense against them.  At least we have
a defense.
 
> Don't get me wrong here. Until the system is fixed -- and we have two-
party
> consent -- locks are the best way to protect yourself from theft. But that
> forces two-party consent with hassle of a manual on-lock. My point is that
we
> DESERVE -- did eveyone get that -- DESERVE two-party consent where a manual
> lock down is optional. Given that, if I were ebay.com I would lock it down
as
> well!

"Two-party consent" is what Netsol has implemented on their
own, and we can all see where that has gotten us.  

If we all will remember, the gaining registrar authentication scheme came
about due to competing registrars' fears that Netsol would do their best
to impede transfers.  As we all know, Netsol made sure that the process
was left open ended so they could still impede transfers all they wanted
to.



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