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On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 09:57:08PM +0000, Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine wrote: > > Gadi, > > > The question that comes to mind is - what do you do to be prepared? > > Well, for a start you can put a comment into the ICANN comments on > the new xfr policy. I did earler today. Next, you can, as some today > did, decide that cache trumps authority under some conditions, and > ensure that cache is controlling when some conditions exist. > > There are so many structural things wrong with the mechanisms this is > about like asking how to write cat in perl. > > > I suppose that other than setting registrar lock in place, there is > > another thing one can do. > As soon as I saw the new transfer policy, as an OpenSRS reseller, I locked ALL the domains registered through me. I assumed (apparently incorrectly) that most resellers did the same. But, being a very leaf node, I do know ALL my customers, and they all agreed with my LOCK maneuver. > In terms of mechanism, this just undoes the latest change in xfr > policy in the ICANN gTLD market. Instead of opt-in-after-nack-delay > you go back to opt-out-after-nack-delay. It is a rational choice, > but since it is, you (plural) know that your interests were not the > controling ones when the policy change was debated. YUP > > There are edge-case registrants who are benefited by opt-in, but if > most of you (plural) opt-out, then the change in policy that affects > registrants, must either be an error, or benefit some parties other Ahh - who? -- -=[L]=-
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