All generic domain name extensions and some country-code ones support a security lock option whose function is to stop unsolicited transfers of existing domain names. Lots of domain name registry operators that supervise country-code top-level domain names that don’t support this option are in the process of introducing it for better safety and for the convenience of the domain name registrants. A domain name can be transferred only on the condition that it is unlocked and only a registrant who has been given access to the account with the current registrar company can achieve that. New domains are registered with the lock option activated deliberately, so as to stop any unapproved transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the safety measures for regulating the transfer of active domain names between domain registrars that have been introduced over the years.