At 2/26/02 2:02 PM, George Kirikos wrote: >What would the side effects be?
Well, the two already mentioned: it doesn't allow you a grace period to unlock the domain if you realize you forgot to do it before transferring (meaning you have to go back and resubmit the order from scratch at the other registrar), and it doesn't allow you to change the nameservers without unlocking it and remembering to relock it afterwards. As I said, these aren't a huge deal, and may actually be considered desirable side-effects in some cases. But I'm guessing they will sometimes lead to people who don't understand the system (or who have forgotten they locked their domain) writing for support about these things. Everything's got drawbacks, and direct access to the registry lock interface is much better than not being able to lock them at all, so I'm not complaining. It would be nice if registrar transfer systems (including the OpenSRS client) would detect that a domain name is locked at the registry during the transfer lookup phase, if that's possible (can registrars find out if a domain is locked by doing a query?). A quick survey I did of various registrars indicates that the majority don't check this -- all four I tried offered to sign me up for your locked domain tzq.com; I wouldn't have been told my transfer was rejected until after I'd placed the whole order. If they rejected it on lookup, it would eliminate the annoyance of having to place the order twice at the gaining registrar if you forget it's locked. -- Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies "The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was."
