Re: ICANN on the panix.com theft

[David Lesher <wb8foz () nrk com>]

Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
> nuance.
>
> > ICANN Blames Melbourne IT for Panix Domain Hijacking
>
> ICANN's current RAA (Registrar Accreditation Agreement) lacks a profound
> amount of teeth.


I make no judgement but do note:

http://www.icann.org/correspondence/tonkin-to-cole-27jan05.htm

        The CEO of Melbourne IT received a call from the the CEO
        of panix.com on Sunday. This was referred to the legal
        team which informed the CEO of panix.com that Melbourne
        IT staff would first need to investigate the authenticity
        of the claims made. Staff performed further checks to
        authenticate the request, and reverted the DNS information
        to its orginal state as stored in Melbourne IT's systems
        around 9:30am on Monday.  Melbourne IT also received
        calls from Verisign staff on Monday morning (AEST).

In other words, they delayed a full day before acting to mitigate
the damage.

I also don't see any discussion on what ICANN was during during the
hijack situation; maybe I missed that part.





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