How can you even "lose" it. Don't know if this differs for other domains, but for .de-domains you do need an auth code for the transfer. This code is only gene

How can you even "lose" it. Don't know if this differs for other domains, but for .de-domains you do need an auth code for the transfer. This code is only generated once you initiate the transfer of a domain to another hoster. Not sure about the mechanics behind it, but if you enter a wrong auth code with the new hoster, the domain will not be transferred. Not sure if you could bruteforce those codes, but that would still need somebody to start the transfer... So what happened here? Did he get hacked? Or did he just forget to pay for the domain name and it expired? edit: If he forgot to pay I can't really feel sorry. If you don't pay for stuff, you'll get it taken from you.