A troll once tried to take one of my websites off-line by reporting to ICANN that the whois info was fake: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/compliance/complai

A troll once tried to take one of my websites off-line by reporting to ICANN that the whois info was fake: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/compliance/complaints/whois/inaccuracy-form http://www.icann.org/en/resources/compliance/complaints/whoi... That was... interesting. Good timing on the troll's part as I was migrating from 123-reg to Gandi at just that moment and had to persuade both of them that I was who I said I was and that the info was correct. If I recall correctly it involved proof that there was a company behind it (company registration documents), proof that the address for the company was correct, and proof that I worked for the company and had the right to represent it. It's pretty scary to think that your domain might be pulled, and the web properties and email with it, based on a third party report. At least with this proposal a 15-day window to verify details when you change info is an expected thing. Oh, and ICANN sent the notification via the registrar to the admin email on the domain... make sure you're monitoring all of those email addresses.