RC> C>>> Oh, and the one I can (or at least can if GoDaddy still has the
RC> C>>> records) is the one where they actually did manage to hijack
RC> C>>> one of the domains (3harpiesltd.net...the one where my blog was
RC> C>>> hosted at the time) and changed the ownership of the domain. It
RC> C>>> took me 2 years to get it back. I now pay premium prices to
RC> C>>> prevent it happening again.

RC> RC>> If I didnt know any better, we are witnessing the return of
RC> RC>> Judith Bandsma?

RC> JB> Indeed.  How hard is it to hold onto an Internet domain name ?
RC> JB> I've had mine for 16+ years and never had an issue.

RC>Godaddy nags me to death 90 days prior to any expiration.

RC>I do believe though that she references someone hacking her registrar
RC>account? If someone was able to gain access to that, they could have
RC>done exactly what she said..

RC>Well wait a sec...

RC>I think when transferring domains to another registrar or owner, a
RC>domain key needs to be issued by the domain holder, so I am not sure
RC>how they might have pulled whatever they did to her off, since it
RC>also involves email exchanges.

I used to run an ISP and managed 100s of domains.  Where I work now we 
have over 5,000.  I've never had this happen.  I won't say it isn't 
possible for someone to to get the userid and password to the 
registrant's admin account at the registry service but all someone would 
need to do is contact the registry service.  They would want to 
investigate and resolve it quickly.  They don't take these things 
lightly.


Jeff

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