> 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.
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