All generic Top-Level Domain extensions and some country-code ones support a security lock option whose function is to block unsanctioned transfers of active domain names. Lots of domain registry organizations that supervise country-code TLDs that do not support this option are in the process of introducing it for greater security and for the convenience of the domain name owners. A domain name can be transferred only on the condition that it is unlocked and only a registrant who has access to the account with the current domain name registrar can accomplish that. New domains are registered with the lock option enabled deliberately, so as to stop any unwanted transfer attempts. The lock feature is one of the security measures for regulating the transfer of existing domain names between registrars that have been adopted over the years.