[98573] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [policy] When Tech Meets Policy...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Atkins)
Mon Aug 13 17:07:32 2007
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0708131523200.2496@clifden.donelan.com>
From: Steve Atkins <steve@blighty.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:17:18 -0700
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Aug 13, 2007, at 12:28 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
>
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2007, Chris L. Morrow wrote:
>> but today that provision is: If you buy a domain you have 5 days to
>> 'return' it. The reason behind the return could be: "oops, I
>> typo'd" or
>> "hurray, please refund me for the 1M domains I bought 4.99 days
>> ago!". The
>> 'protect the consumer' problem is what's enabling tasting.
>
> So combine these ideas with the possibility that someone will claim
> various consumer protection laws apply to these transactions and
> want to cancel the contract within three days.
The whole "consumer protection" thing is bit of a red herring.
>
> Instead, why don't we have a three day waiting period when the
> domain is
> "reserved" but not active. Grandma could notice her typo, credit
> card processor's could notice fake card numbers, and so on and
> rescind the registration.
The typo-or-whatever is likely not to be noticed until the domain is
actually in use, assuming
that such a thing ever actually happens.
>
> After three days the sale is "final." Only then the name is made
> active in the zone files.
>
> Do people really not plan that far ahead, that they need brand new
> domain names to be active (not just reserved) within seconds?
Yes. Legitimately so, too. Sometimes because of mistakes, sometimes
because someone sees
a need for a new domain name, and is ready to use it the same day.
The problem is not instant registrations. The problem is free
registrations.
Cheers,
Steve
