{"id":2699,"date":"2012-09-13T16:10:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T20:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=2699"},"modified":"2012-09-13T16:17:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T20:17:05","slug":"plain-text-passwords-in-emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/plain-text-passwords-in-emails\/","title":{"rendered":"Plain text passwords in emails?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An <strong>ICANN accredited registrar<\/strong> affiliated with <strong>SnapNames<\/strong>, is currently sending usernames and passwords in plain text &#8211; <strong>via email, no less.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SnapNames is using several small registrars to split its drop-catching resources, and this particular registrar clearly violates security procedures.<\/p>\n<p>After winning a domain with that registrar, I received two consequent emails; the first one contained my new username, and the second one the password.<\/p>\n<p>I guess they thought that by splitting the info in two, they are lessening the odds of eavesdropping. But that&#8217;s a<strong> big security risk<\/strong>, regardless.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So what is the proper method?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When using a registrar for the first time that was utilized to capture a domain, the procedure should be as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>An email is sent to the holder, inviting them to create an account; the link includes a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unique_key\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>hash key<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The account holder creates their own password, over a secure connection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On a side note, I don&#8217;t keep domains in random registrars; I transfer them to my main registrar after the 60 day lockdown period expires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ICANN accredited registrar affiliated with SnapNames, is currently sending usernames and passwords in plain text &#8211; via email, no less. SnapNames is using several small registrars to split its drop-catching resources, and this particular registrar clearly violates security procedures. After winning a domain with that registrar, I received two consequent emails; the first one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,769,193,10,37,68,777,893,453],"class_list":["post-2699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domains","tag-acro","tag-acro-blog","tag-acronet","tag-acroplex","tag-acroplex-llc","tag-acroplexcom","tag-domain-investor","tag-plain-text-passwords","tag-security","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Plain text passwords in emails?  - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/plain-text-passwords-in-emails\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Plain text passwords in emails?  - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An ICANN accredited registrar affiliated with SnapNames, is currently sending usernames and passwords in plain text &#8211; via email, no less. 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