Hi James

Luke Kee from Connect.com has confirmed, on this list, that there is no risk,
at least for .net.au domain names, if the terminate and re-apply is performed
in a single operation.

I see the main danger as lack of co-ordination between the two parties.  A
silly seller could just fax in a "terminate" without the "re-apply" being
processed.

Just like playing ball.   If I throw, you had better be ready to catch.

Oops, dropped it !!

Regards
Patrick Corliss


----- Original Message -----
From: james gamm <jagam&#167;bigpond.com>
To: <dns&#167;auda.org.au>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 5:21 PM
Subject: [DNS] Terminate and Re-apply


> Ive been informed that a Terminate and re-apply form carries very little
> risk of the domain name being registered by a third party.
> Is this the case or have there been cases to anyones knowledge of the loss
> of a domain name due to this process.
> james