Transferring domains should be an easier task.
Every time the media cover the wonderful world of domaining, we read about “cybersquatting” and other such complicated terms.
Even seasoned domainers make mistakes, but we are here to help (re)define domaining!
Domain Name Jargon is the ultimate open reference to terms related to domaining, something that no other dictionary or domain education course can provide for free. 😀
Authorization code : A long, incomprehensible and prone to mistype string of characters, without which a domain name is supposedly locked in place.
First introduced by the PIR registry for .ORG domains, it has helped complicate the life of many a domain administrator, as obtaining the authorization code from certain domain registrars can often be a herculean task.
Authorization codes, or “auth codes” and even “EPP codes” for short, tend to incorporate every illegible character known to man, from tildes to interpuncts.
In essence, an authorization code might as well be a real set of words and numbers, such as “friedsheepbologna1948” but unfortunately domain registrars believe that approach is far too insecure to implement.
Quite often, certain combinations of characters found in authorization codes, have broken the web forms of the domain registrar that requires them for the domain transfer, causing chaos and frustration.
Example: “The Indian domain registrar that I tried to get the authorization code from, sent me “X()^}z[3P.D>·.” but GoDaddy doesn’t like that second dot!”
