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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…

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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Question

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

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • B
    96% (25)
  • C
    4% (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.

AProxy server

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.

BDomain tastingCorrect

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.

CNMap

Nmap is an open-source network discovery and port scanning tool used for host enumeration, completely unrelated to domain registration practices.

DPsPasswd

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

Topics

#domain tasting#ICANN#DNS abuse#Add Grace Period

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