Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy: Difference between revisions
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The IRTP was developed through a consensus building process. In early 2003, the [[Transfer Task Force]] presented a report to the [[GNSO]] council. The report had 29 policy recommendations, which were accepted by the [[GNSO]] and were adopted by [[ICANN]]. ICANN coordinated with the [[TAG|Transfer Assistance Group]] (TAG) and [[GNSO]] to implement the transfer procedure. This policy | The IRTP was developed through a consensus building process. In early 2003, the [[Transfer Task Force]] presented a report to the [[GNSO]] council. The report had 29 policy recommendations, which were accepted by the [[GNSO]] and were adopted by [[ICANN]]. ICANN coordinated with the [[TAG|Transfer Assistance Group]] (TAG) and [[GNSO]] to implement the transfer procedure. This policy has been required to be followed by all ICANN-accredited registrars throughout the world since November 12th, 2004.<ref>[http://ip-updates.blogspot.com/2004/07/icann-announces-inter-registrar.html IP-Updates Blog]</ref> The background documents and [[GNSO]] reviews on IRTP can be downloaded from [http://www.icann.org/en/transfers/ here]. | ||
In November, 2008, certain changes were made to the policy following advice from the [[ICANN Board]].<ref>[http://www.namesmash.com/icann-at-work-on-inter-registrar-transfer-policy/ NameSmash]</ref><ref>[http://192.0.43.22/en/announcements/announcement-17mar08.htm ICANN Announcements]</ref> | In November, 2008, certain changes were made to the policy following advice from the [[ICANN Board]].<ref>[http://www.namesmash.com/icann-at-work-on-inter-registrar-transfer-policy/ NameSmash]</ref><ref>[http://192.0.43.22/en/announcements/announcement-17mar08.htm ICANN Announcements]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 03:17, 1 December 2011
IRTP is the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy developed by ICANN for the safe, straight-forward transfer of domain names from one registrar to another.[1] The policy contains information about the method of transferring a domain name, dispute resolution mechanism and the method of undoing the transfer if it was done as a result of an error.[2]
Development
The IRTP was developed through a consensus building process. In early 2003, the Transfer Task Force presented a report to the GNSO council. The report had 29 policy recommendations, which were accepted by the GNSO and were adopted by ICANN. ICANN coordinated with the Transfer Assistance Group (TAG) and GNSO to implement the transfer procedure. This policy has been required to be followed by all ICANN-accredited registrars throughout the world since November 12th, 2004.[3] The background documents and GNSO reviews on IRTP can be downloaded from here.
In November, 2008, certain changes were made to the policy following advice from the ICANN Board.[4][5]
As of 2011, the GNSO is again reviewing the policy with respect to the issues of domain hijacking, the urgent return of an inappropriately transferred name and "lock status". On May 31st, 2011, the IRTP Working Group submitted a report featuring 9 suggested changes to the policy.[6] The revised policy was open for comments from July 8th, 2011, to August 8th, 2011.[7]
Initial Issues
While the policy was under development ICANN raised few issues and requested for public to give their comments so that an effective policy can be made. These questions published by ICANN were:
- Should registrars keep the email address of registrant in their database, so that he can be easily contacted when needed?
- Should the security of registrant data be increased in order to prevent hacking and spoofing? Should there be a Form of Authorization present to apply a double check?
- Should there be a provision for handling partial bulk transfers? Partial bulk transfers are those in which a registrar transfers some of its domains and not every domain.