ACK is short for "ACKnowledge"...it's shorthand that was carried over from
teletype communications...
And this does sound a lot like the lockdown concept...it's a neat idea.
Regards,
Eric Longman
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Swerve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Derek J. Balling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Suggestion for "losing-registar ack'ing"
Is this ACK (what is an ACK?)like the lockdown concept?
swerve
> From: "Derek J. Balling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 11:01:54 -0700
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Suggestion for "losing-registar ack'ing"
>
> OK, I read that OpenSRS is planning to implement "losing registrar
acking".
>
> May I request that part of the record (Available via manage.opensrs.net,
or
> via the client code) be a checkbox saying
>
> /_/ Auto-NAK any request to transfer this domain to another registrar
>
> -or-
>
> /_/ Require explicit ACK before transferring this domain to another
registrar
>
> If I'm on holiday for a week, I don't want a "default value" to have my
> domain end up in China. ;-)
>
> D
>
