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Report on Domain Hijacking Gets Mixed Reaction
July 2005
A report by an Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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Strategies - from domain name selection to site promotion. hijacking
that was intended to raise a red flag in the Internet community about
the practice has been met with mixed reaction, leaving at least one
victim seeing red.
The Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) report was issued
last week during ICANN's annual meeting in Luxembourg, along with 10
recommendations for thwarting domain robbers. ICANN is the group that
governs the Internet.
The recommendations ranged from circulating "best practices"
information to domain registrars to suggesting ICANN investigate
"whether stronger and more publicly visible enforcement mechanisms are
needed to deal with registrars that fail to comply with the transfer
policy, and to hold registrars accountable for the actions of their
resellers."
Tougher Penalties Sought
However, Alexis Rosen, president of the Public Access Networks
Corporation (Panix), an Internet service provider (ISP) in New York
City whose domain was hijacked earlier this year, contended that even
if the committee's recommendations were followed, they would do little
to deter domain thieves. He called for tougher penalties for domain
registrars.
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