Good point

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ford" <djford&#167;prepaidonline.com.au>
To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 8:45 AM
Subject: [DNS] By passing name checks with ABN's for .au's


> Hello all,
>
>   It seems there is a flaw in name checks for allocating a .au domain.
>
>   auda currently allows an ABN listed trading name as sufficient proof of
> naming rights.
>
>   When registering for an ABN, trading names are NOT validated. The ATO
have
> no reason to, the ABN is only for tax purposes as far as they are
concerned.
> Ask the ATO (13 24 78) they will confirm this.
>
>   The Office of consumer and business affairs (08) 8204 9628 in South
> Australia, requires for a trading name to be recognized it must be
> registered as a business or company name. Yet the ATO will not check that
a
> trading name is registered.
>
>   So hypothetically speaking one could register an ABN with the ATO having
a
> trading name of Microsoft, INA, or MelbourneIT. The ATO would never
validate
> the trading name.
>
>   Then approach INA/melbourne IT and request the domain microsoft.com.au
or
> ina.com.au or melbourneit.com.au to be registered and it would approved
> based on the information from the ABN. This was put to the ATO and a
> representitive from melbourne IT - they agreed it was an absurd outcome,
but
> by current auda policies possible.
>
> A VERY similar thing is happening with a client at the moment, they own
the
> name by registration of company and business names, yet they have lost
their
> most deserving domain name due to an ABN trading name.
>
> Thoughts people?
>
> David Ford.
>
>
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