Name Intelligence Free Domain Name Transfer Lock Monitoring Suite Empowers Registrants Against Loophole in New ICANN Policy
Domain Registrants may be learning of a new ICANN Domain Name transfer policy the hard way – by losing their domain name – unless they either set their domain names to registrar-lock, or proactively monitor and respond “NO” to transfer requests.
(PRWEB) November 13, 2004 -- Name Intelligence, is making available, for
free, a suite of domain name tools to help registrants watch their domain names,
in an effort to protect against the negative impacts of a new ICANN domain
transfer policy change which puts domain registrants at risk of losing their
name if they are not locked and monitored closely.
Many Domain Name
registrants and domain managers are not aware of a loophole in the updated ICANN
domain name transfer policy (going into effect 11/12/2004) which could allow
someone to transfer your domain away from your registrar without
consent.
Although a person may have some recourse to regain their domain
name, correcting such changes could mean days, weeks, months, or years time may
pass -- during which the actual registrant may have no control over their domain
name.
If you own one or more domain names, you need to be aware that
those domain names are potentially exposed to unauthorized transfer under a new
ICANN policy.
“Critical Policy changes in the handling of Domain Name
transfers go into effect on November 12, 2004. These changes may expose your
domain names to unauthorized transfer if they are not locked. We have a free
domain monitoring tool that can help a registrant to review their portfolio and
take appropriate action”
“The Whois Source website (http://www.whois-source.com) operates free services where
Domain Managers can easily and quickly monitor and validate one or thousands of
their Domain Names and improve their peace of mind against unauthorized
transfers.”, said Jay Westerdal, President and CEO of Name Intelligence,
operators of Whois Source. “A registrant can monitor their domain name(s) easily
through the free tools available on the web site, and there are daily email
alerts that can proactively announce changes to a domain’s status, such as a
registrar transfer taking place.”
“People are not aware of the magnitude
of the impact of this policy change and what it means to domain name
registrants. Names that are not registrar-locked are at risk.”, said Jerome
Gagner, Senior Developer at Name Intelligence. “Previously, a registrant’s name
would be safe from someone taking it away from them, because a transfer simply
could not happen without their explicit approval. The new policy makes transfers
require that the current registrant explicitly decline the request. If the
current registrant fails to decline the transfer, the transfer will go through.
”
“Whois Source has always maintained free tools to aid domain managers
in their efforts as a public service to the internet community. We encourage
people who use the site to contribute via upgrade to the paid subscription
model, as it allows our organization to improve the services we offer – clearly
this costs us money to operate, yet I am passionate about having useful
resources available at no cost, and I am also passionate about not hounding the
free member base to upgrade.” adds Westerdal.
To use this free service,
visit the Whois Source, at http://www.whois-source.com and set up a free account. Once
signed up, log in, and click the “My Monitoring List” section of the Main
Control Panel, and start adding domains through the simple
interface.
About Name Intelligence.
Name Intelligence is a privately
held corporation with headquarters in Seattle. Founded in 1999, Name
Intelligence provides tools and utilities that help extend domain organizations
of any size from world leading registrars to corporate IT lawyers and individual
domain name holders any size. Whois Source, http://www.whois-source.com
is the #1 domain name whois search engine, and is now being licensed by some of
the fastest growing ICANN registrars.
Name Intelligence has more than
100,000 customers worldwide, including Microsoft, Google, AT&T, Amazon.com,
Yahoo!, eNom, GoDaddy, Network Solutions, Affinity, NetFirms, DomainSponsor,
Spry, Web.com, Aplus.net, and others.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb178006.htm