> 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.
OpenSRS has a procedure for this. It's called compliance. > 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. It's a registry lock. Items maintained by the registry are lock. As a quick overview, the registry maintains the registrar of record and the name servers. SO you can't change either while the domain is locked.
