Since december 2008, the DENIC provides an authinfo for domain transfers. This method is known from a lot top level domains. Befor december, the DENIC provided an asynchronous transfer method, which doesn’t need an authinfo.

Firstly, the registration agency allows to use both methods parallel. But the authinfo method is much more secure. It decreases the risk to transfer domains to unauthorized persons, because of the generated authinfo password.

How does it work:

If you are the owner of a .de domain and want to transfer it from a webhoster to another, than you have to follow these steps:

• Send your present hoster a notice of cancellation with the intention to do a provider change. The present hoster needs this sheet to get the admission for unlocking the domain.
• The present hoster will send you an automatic generated password (authinfo)
• Take the order at the future contractor with the note, that the domain isn’t a new one but a transfer domain
• Put the authinfo code wich got from present hoster into the appropriate order field of the future hoster.
• The transfer will be done, when the two passwords matches

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Helpful links:

• http://www.denic.de/de/denic/presse/press_91.html [german]
• http://www.denic.de/en/denic/presse/press_91.html [english]