Stephen Knilans wrote:
> Last I knew, there was NO SUCH THING as a "transfer lock". There IS a
> "MODIFICATION lock" that happens to prevent transfers.
There are a few different mechanisms that can technically prevent
transfers. I was simply using "the marketing term of the month" that
seems to be reverberating around registrardom lately.
> That is ENTIRELY
> different. If you want to change ANYTHING, you have to REMOVE THE LOCK.
> That is dangerous. Somebody COULD concievably pick THAT time to issue the
> transfer request, or you may forget to set it back. It is appalling that
> such an IMPORTANT thing can be stolen with NO culpability. Someone could
> actually ACCIDENTALLY transfer a domain, and NOBODY has to do anything
> about it.
The infrastructure doesn't work like that. Transfers do not occur
instantaneously. There is a better chance that someone is going to steal
your lawnmower while you are backing your car out of the garage than
there is of someone transferring your name as it sits unlocked while you
make a change to your nameserver records.
---rwr
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