Transferring a domain from one registrar company to another typically entails the use of a special transfer authorization code, which different registrar companies call an EPP authentication code, a domain password or an Auth code. This code can be used as a safety mechanism against unsolicited transfers with all generic and with most country-code extensions. It can be obtained only by the owner of the particular domain name and is provided by the current registrar company. It must be given to the new domain registrar company because the transfer process cannot be started without it. The code is case-sensitive and traditionally contains digits and special characters, so as to hinder unauthorized people from deciphering it. Some registrars even alter the codes of domain names registered through them after a particular period of time for better safety.

EPP Transfer Protection in Website Hosting

If you have a Linux website hosting, you’ve registered a domain through us and you wish to transfer it away, you can get its EPP authorization code with less than a couple of clicks of the mouse. When you log in to your Hepsia hosting Control Panel and go to the Registered Domains section, you will see all the domain names that you have registered with us displayed alphabetically. Next to each domain name, you will notice a small EPP icon for all TLD extensions that require an EPP code in order to be transferred between registrars. Clicking on the icon will email the EPP code to the domain registrant’s email address straight away. In the same section you can also see and ultimately modify the email address, if the one there is no longer valid.