BP-FORUM.COM dates back to April 3, 2018; its registration is valid until April 3, 2019. That is around 8 years of continuous registration. Cronon AG (IANA ID 141) manages the name, which is past its expiry date at the moment. The registrant country on record is Germany. Its nameservers are ns3.stratoserver.net and ns4.stratoserver.net. 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. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. 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.
The record was updated in 38 fields between March 6, 2015 and April 4, 2018. The domain moved from Tucows Domains Inc. to Cronon AG. DNS moved from ns1.renewyourname.net and ns2.renewyourname.net to ns3.stratoserver.net and ns4.stratoserver.net. It was renewed: the expiry date went from March 2, 2016 to April 3, 2019. Select any snapshot below to see the exact record that was captured on that date.
For BP-FORUM.COM, Whois Data Center keeps 7 historical WHOIS snapshots. The newest snapshot was taken on April 4, 2018. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked. Each snapshot is a dated copy of the public WHOIS record as it looked when it was collected.
WHOIS Record