GSLC · Question #432
Which of the following is the practice of a domain name registrant using the five-day "grace period" (the Add Grace Period or AGP) at the beginning of the registration of an ICANN-regulated second…
The correct answer is B. Domain tasting. Domain tasting is the abuse of ICANN's five-day Add Grace Period to register domains, test their monetization potential, and delete them for a full refund if they prove unprofitable.
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Which of the following is the practice of a domain name registrant using the five-day "grace period" (the Add Grace Period or AGP) at the beginning of the registration of an ICANN-regulated second- level domain to test the marketability of the domain?
Options
- AProxy server
- BDomain tasting
- CNMap
- DPsPasswd
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(26 responses)- B96% (25)
- C4% (1)
Why each option
Domain tasting is the abuse of ICANN's five-day Add Grace Period to register domains, test their monetization potential, and delete them for a full refund if they prove unprofitable.
A proxy server is a network intermediary that forwards client requests on behalf of users and has no relationship to domain name registration or ICANN grace periods.
Domain tasting exploits the AGP - originally created by ICANN to allow registrants to correct legitimate mistakes - by registering large numbers of second-level domains and measuring ad-click revenue during the grace window. If a domain generates insufficient revenue within the five days, it is deleted before the period expires to claim a full refund, making the test essentially free. ICANN responded to widespread abuse of this practice in 2008 by introducing a per-deletion fee to make mass tasting economically unviable.
Nmap is an open-source network discovery and port scanning tool used for host enumeration, completely unrelated to domain registration practices.
PsPasswd is a Sysinternals command-line utility for changing Windows account passwords remotely and has no connection to domain name registration or ICANN policies.
Concept tested: ICANN Add Grace Period domain tasting abuse
Source: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/agp-2012-02-25-en
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