[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Strange Godaddy Email

[Burton M. Strauss III]

It turns out to be a legit warning - ICANN has changed their policies (it
hit Slashdot this morning -
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/11/10/0425218.shtml?tid=95&tid=17) and not in
a way friendly to the domain owner.

Assuming you have a domain registered through GoDaddy (as I do), it's
actually a timely warning.

-----Burton

> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Bryan J. Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:09 PM
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> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Strange Godaddy Email
>
>
> On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 22:50, Chuck wrote:
> > I have a website on my Linux box at home, and I got the domain
> name from
> > Godaddy.com.  The following email just came.  It seems very
> odd, and I can't
> > find any cooroberation.  Has anyone heard of this, or is this
> some kind of
> > phishing thing?
>
> To start, most registrars do not lock domains by default, and you must
> explicitly enable locking.  I use OpenSRS and I explicitly lock my
> domains.  This means only myself and myself alone (or my designated
> administrative/support contacts) can change my registrar and other
> details.  Sounds like ICANN is just changing its default policy to be
> uniform with most established registrars it recognizes.  In general,
> explicitly locking your domain is a Good Idea(TM), because then it
> doesn't depend on the default policy of ICANN and/or your registrar.
>
> BTW, I assume this message was originally HTML?  If so, did the actual
> URL link in the underlying HTML code match the URL listed?  If it did
> not, then it's probably a phishing thing.  Regardless of the reality of
> any ICANN announcement, you _never_ want to trust HTML send via e-mail.
> I.e., should probably _never_ click on a link sent via e-mail that goes
> to a site that ultimately requires a login.  You should _always_ and
> _manually_ type in a _pre-known_ address in your browser where you would
> normally login.
>
> -- Bryan J. Smith
>    Original InterNIC Handle:  BJS12
>
> --
> Bryan J. Smith                                  b.j.smith at ieee.org
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