Transferring a domain name from one company to another typically entails the use of a special domain authorization code, which different registrar companies call an EPP authentication code, a domain password or an AuthInfo code. This code can be used as a safety mechanism against unwanted transfer attempts with all generic and with most country-code extensions. It can be obtained only by the owner of the given domain name and is provided by the present registrar. It must be given to the new registrar company because the transfer cannot be initiated without it. The code is case-sensitive and normally contains numbers and special characters, so as to stop unauthorized people from cracking it. Some domain registrars even alter the codes of domain names registered through them after a given interval of time for even greater safety.

EPP Transfer Protection in Web Hosting

In case you’ve got a Linux web hosting packages, you have registered a domain name through us and you want to transfer it away, you can get its EPP authentication code with less than several mouse clicks. When you sign in to your Hepsia hosting Control Panel and go to the Registered Domains section, you will see all the domain names that you’ve registered with us displayed in alphabetical order. Next to each domain name, you’ll see a tiny EPP icon for all domain extensions that need a code in order to be transferred between registrars. Clicking on the icon will email the EPP code to the domain name owner’s email address instantaneously. In the same section you can also see and eventually edit the email address, if the one there isn’t valid any longer.