[AusNOG] .au Domain Registrations

[Matthew VK3EVL]

Submit feedback to auDA.
I’m sure if enough people feel the same way things may change back to how it was.
I’ve done my bit. 
I’ve just received a renewal letter for a .au domain at $job for $275 for two years through a registrar that the company does not normally use and sounds very scammy so looks like I’m about to go through the same process :(

Cheers
Matthew

> On 11 Jul 2018, at 20:20, Ted Cooper <ml-ausnog-xviii.ve at linuxwan.net> wrote:
> 
> It would be much better if we could return to the previous function of
> immediate email of the password to the registrant contact email address.
> There is no benefit to forcing engagement with the losing registrar,
> especially when they are non-cooperative or cactus.
> 
> Case in point - the "this is not an invoice" scams.
> 
> After 5 years of falling victim to the scam, the original scam company
> being closed down by ASIC or similar, all positive control over the
> domain was lost by the client. The contact email address was still valid
> but Afilias refused to pass on the password to it to allow me to fix the
> domain by transferring to a responsible registrar. The scam company
> refused to cooperate with the Afilias phone call, effectively blocking
> the ability get the password.
> 
> In the end I emailed _everyone_ in the chain (scam company, TuCows,
> Afilias, auDA) about the situation and _one_ of them did the deed and
> sent it to the contact address. A week after starting and the domain is
> finally transferred and fixed.
> 
> For the love of all things good, just send the damn password to the
> email address! Why does it have to be anything but automated?? I'll fix
> the contact information when it gets here.
> 
> 
>> On 11/07/18 16:37, Bryce Telfer wrote:
>> Unfortunately,  the new Domain Password Recovery system that Afilias
>> provide (https://afilias.com.au/about-au/domain-pw-recovery) is a poor
>> substitute for the previous AusRegistry system.
>> 
>> Rather than an immediate, automated email to the Registrant Contact, 
>> the new system involves someone at Afilias making a telephone call to
>> the Registrant Contact Phone Number sometime in the next 2 days.
>> 
>> Time to do a thorough clean-up of all the Registrant Contact Phone
>> numbers on all our domains.....
>> 
>> *Bryce Telfer*
>> 
>> p| 1300 720 790   e| brycetelfer at allinternet.com.au
>> <mailto:brycetelfer at allinternet.com.au>
>> 
>> 
>> On 21 June 2018 at 21:01, Nathan Brookfield
>> <Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au
>> <mailto:Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au>> wrote:
>> 
>>    Hi Chris,
>> 
>>    The .AU domain registration agency is changing from AusRegistry o
>>    Afilias but that’s all, no real changes to the community except
>>    dealing with a new registrar body, no changes to .au domains are
>>    coming on that date.
>> 
>>    Nathan Brookfield
>>    Chief Executive Officer
>> 
>>    Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd
>>    http://www.simtronic.com.au
>> 
>>    On 21 Jun 2018, at 20:50, Christopher Hawker <me at chrishawker.com.au
>>    <mailto:me at chrishawker.com.au>> wrote:
>> 
>>    Hi All,____
>> 
>>    __ __
>> 
>>    With the changes coming on 1^st July to the way .au domain
>>    registrations, is there a way to pre-register .au domains? Or is it
>>    a matter of “first in, first served”?____
>> 
>>    __ __
>> 
>>    Thanks,____
>> 
>>    CH.____
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