We designed it this way to allow resellers to offer it with more security. If we were going to allow it, it would be optional.
sA At 10:25 AM 4/23/02 -0500, Mike Allen wrote: >We vote to leave it out in-house ;) > >We have weighed the advantages/disadvantages for the past hour and just feel >better with it out. As you said, it can be handled on ind. basis and I don't >think that would be very often if all OpenSRS reps are good/fair/honest >resellers. > >-- >Mike Allen, 4CheapDomains.Net >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.4CheapDomains.Net >(812) 275-8425 - Office >(815) 364-1278 - Fax > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ken Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Mike Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Derek J. Balling" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 10:16 AM >Subject: RE: Locking and Unlocking Domains > > > > Well, there you go...some negatives to one positive. > > > > If anymore would care to chime in on this, it will help. > > > > I'm currently swayed by the notion that we leave this OUT of our manage > > client for added security....we can deal with situations where a Reseller >is > > not around to unlock domains another way. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ken > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Allen > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 10:58 AM > > > To: Derek J. Balling; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: Locking and Unlocking Domains > > > > > > > > > That is one of the main purposes of domain locking. To prevent someone > > > (Hacker) from changing name servers and interrupting your traffic ;) > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Mike Allen, 4CheapDomains.Net > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.4CheapDomains.Net > > > (812) 275-8425 - Office > > > (815) 364-1278 - Fax > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Derek J. Balling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 8:55 AM > > > Subject: Locking and Unlocking Domains > > > > > > > > > > I put this out to the community for discussion: > > > > > > > > The manage.opensrs.net web interface does not seem to allow users any > > > > ability to actually change their lock/unlock status, presumably > > > > because not all resellers offer lock, and OpenSRS doesn't want to > > > > have folks locking domains that are with resellers that don't offer > > > > locking. > > > > > > > > However... the manage interface CERTAINLY SHOULD have the ability to > > > > UNLOCK a domain if the domain is locked. > > > > > > > > Consider the case where "reseller goes belly-up", or "reseller has a > > > > password-protected web interface and revokes the domain-holder's > > > > access". In both of those cases, the domain-holder needs to have the > > > > ability, independent of the reseller in question, to free up their > > > > domain to move it elsewhere. > > > > > > > > Also, I noticed that you can't change the nameservers under a domain > > > > if it is in the locked state? Was this mentioned somewhere I didn't > > > > notice? I thought all locking did was prevent "domain slamming", not > > > > also prevent NS changes. > > > > > > > > D > > > > > > > > -- > > > > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ > > > > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Thou art the ruins of the noblest man | > > > > | Derek J. Balling | That ever lived in the tide of times. | > > > > | | Woe to the hand that shed this costly | > > > > | | blood" - Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene 1 | > > > > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ > > > > > > > > > > > Scott Allan Director OpenSRS [EMAIL PROTECTED]
