According to its WHOIS record, ADCK.INFO was created on July 2, 2016 and expires on July 2, 2023. That is around 10 years of continuous registration. It is registered through Stichting Registrar of Last Resort Foundation (IANA ID 2482) and is past its expiry date. Status flags block unauthorised transfer and deletion. The registrant country on record is Cyprus. DNS is served by sc-a.sinkhole.shadowserver.org, sc-b.sinkhole.shadowserver.org, sc-c.sinkhole.shadowserver.org and sc-d.sinkhole.shadowserver.org. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks.
In the period from May 24, 2020 to August 6, 2022, 31 fields of the record were modified. Status flags were updated: autoRenewPeriod was added and serverUpdateProhibited was removed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from July 2, 2019 to July 2, 2023. The full record, including every stored snapshot, can be downloaded in JSON, XML or CSV.
For ADCK.INFO, Whois Data Center keeps 9 historical WHOIS snapshots. The most recent capture is from August 6, 2022. These records help track changes in registration details, ownership signals and DNS over time. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed.
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