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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: panix hijack press
> Upon what verifiable facts do you base your endless speculation? > > (1) Stop blaming the victim! > > (2) Registrants can't "lock" domains, it's a registrar-lock. Users > can only ask that domains be locked. Stupid policy, bad results. > > (3) This is a red-herring issue anyway, since there is no evidence > that Mel-IT ever sent notification, or even waited 5 days for a > response. The domain was hijacked in the middle of the night, in the > middle of a weekend -- a very odd time for confirming responses by a > staff that wasn't in the office answering the phones.... > > (4) Mel-IT has admitted it "failed to properly confirm", and a > "loophole" caused the error. > > (5) Mel-IT has an executive and a lawyer that were both notified about > the problem, and refused to mitigate the damage. > > (6) Stop blaming the victim! i dont think anyone is blaming the victim...what evidence do you have to support the domain being locked? a user can lock a domain..they can login to the control panel for there registrar and select registrar lock, registrar-lock, or lock and i am sure there are other registrars that word it even differently. once you select that it effectively locks your domain so it cant be transfered.
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