Web Domain Owners

Whilst on our domain name registrar's page I noticed the following notice, which is applicable to anyone who owns a registered domain:

We are sending customers an email regarding a new ICANN-enforced domain name transfer policy, effective 11-12-04. It dictates that IF WE RECEIVE A TRANSFER REQUEST (and your domain names are not locked) we must honor the transfer, even if you do not confirm it. You can eliminate ANY chance of your domain names being transferred away without your permission by locking your domains.

Our registrar, godaddy.com, provides a way for us to lock the domain, which does the following according to their site:

Locking your domain prevents changes to contacts and name servers. It also prevents the domain name from being transferred to another registrar. You may lock or unlock your domain at any time by using this page.

Those of you who have domains registered elsewhere, you might want to see if your registrar has emailed you about this change, and whether or not they have a similar measure in place to disallow transferral of your domain without your verification. ICANN's measures are global, and not just limited to any one country or registrar.

Thanks again ICANN, assholes.