According to its WHOIS record, ALMASKAVIRCARPET.COM was created on October 24, 2019 and expires on October 24, 2020. That is around 7 years of continuous registration. It is registered through OnlineNIC Inc. (IANA ID 82) and is past its expiry date. The registrant country on record is United States. DNS is served by ns17.yakarim.com and ns18.yakarim.com. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. The creation date shows when the name was first registered, while the expiry date shows how long the current registration has been paid for. 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. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. Nameservers decide where a domain's DNS is hosted, so a change of nameservers usually means the website or email moved to a new provider. Domains that are not renewed before their expiry date normally enter a grace and redemption period before they can be registered again. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details.
In the period from April 26, 2016 to October 25, 2019, 53 fields of the record were modified. The domain moved from GoDaddy.com LLC to OnlineNIC Inc.. DNS moved from ns7.rookdns.com and ns8.rookdns.com to ns17.yakarim.com and ns18.yakarim.com. Status flags were updated: OK was added and clientDeleteProhibited, clientRenewProhibited, clientTransferProhibited and clientUpdateProhibited were removed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from April 21, 2017 to October 24, 2020. The full record, including every stored snapshot, can be downloaded in JSON, XML or CSV.
For ALMASKAVIRCARPET.COM, Whois Data Center keeps 8 historical WHOIS snapshots. The most recent capture is from October 25, 2019. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars. Each snapshot is a dated copy of the public WHOIS record as it looked when it was collected. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains.
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