BENTU.ONLINE dates back to September 19, 2023; its registration is valid until September 19, 2026. That is around 3 years of continuous registration. Xin Net Technology Corp. (IANA ID 120) manages the name, which is past its expiry date at the moment. Status flags block unauthorised transfer. The registrant country on record is China. Its nameservers are ns3.volcdns.com, ns1.volcdns.com, ns2.volcdns.com and ns5.volcdns.com. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. Domains that are not renewed before their expiry date normally enter a grace and redemption period before they can be registered again. The creation date shows when the name was first registered, while the expiry date shows how long the current registration has been paid for. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. Renewals are usually made for one to ten years at a time, so an expiry date far in the future shows a long-term commitment to the name. 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. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. Status flags such as transfer or delete locks are set by the registrar or registry to protect a domain from unauthorised changes. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks.
The record was updated in 17 fields between December 25, 2022 and September 21, 2023. The domain moved from Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) to Xin Net Technology Corp.. DNS moved from expirens3.hichina.com and expirens4.hichina.com to ns3.volcdns.com, ns1.volcdns.com, ns2.volcdns.com and ns5.volcdns.com. Status flags were updated: addPeriod was added and redemptionPeriod, serverHold and pendingDelete were removed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from November 9, 2022 to September 19, 2026. Select any snapshot below to see the exact record that was captured on that date.
For BENTU.ONLINE, Whois Data Center keeps 14 historical WHOIS snapshots. The newest snapshot was taken on September 21, 2023. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time. Each snapshot is a dated copy of the public WHOIS record as it looked when it was collected. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website. These records help track changes in registration details, ownership signals and DNS over time. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked.
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