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[pdf] Does this TLD Registrant Agreement allow the NICTL to hack my site?

by lobati on 11/13/13, 7:05 PM with 3 comments

I just registered a .tl domain and here's the registration agreement they're asking me to sign: http://coccaregistry.net/TL/TL-RA-NOV-2011.pdf

In particular, the highlighted section, (V), on page 3 spooks me out a bit. It sounds like by agreeing to this I am allowing NICTL full permission to hack my site. Am I reading this right?

  • by ddoolin on 11/13/13, 7:15 PM

    No. It's just you agreeing that the _contact_ information you provide to them in the exchange for buying the TLD is true/correct/current/etc, and that it will stay true/correct/current/etc in the future. It has nothing to do with the content being hosted or anything of that nature. This is just about the domain registrar.

  • by vectorbunny on 11/13/13, 7:22 PM

    I read the paragraph you highlighted to mean that they (NICTL) are denying any liability for damages to your site and/or data that may occur due to "NICTL and it’s agents" exercising whatever security procedures they feel necessary.

    Someday I would love to see a contract without a bunch of open-ended boilerplate.