Managing Mission - Critical Domains and DNS

The registrant contact set

It cannot be overemphasized how important it is that your organization gets this part right, especially given how many times over the years I've seen companies get this part wrong, sometimes with catastrophic results. Any other mistake we can make when it comes to the administration of the registration details of our domain portfolio is fixable. Sometimes this one isn't. When that happens, it can result in a permanent "lock out" condition.

The listed registrant for a domain must be the legal name of your business, organization, or the ultimate user of the domain.

Too often, it is one of the following:

• An employee of the organization (using the employee's own name)
• An outside consultant
• "Fake" data of a nonexistent ...