BYHISTORIE.DK dates back to October 25, 2001; its registration is valid until December 31, 2022. That is around 25 years of continuous registration. The domain is past its expiry date. The registrant country on record is Denmark. Its nameservers are ns3.au.dk and ns4.au.dk. 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. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. 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. Domains that are not renewed before their expiry date normally enter a grace and redemption period before they can be registered again.
The two newest snapshots are identical, a sign of a stable registration. Select any snapshot below to see the exact record that was captured on that date.
For BYHISTORIE.DK, Whois Data Center keeps 8 historical WHOIS snapshots. The newest snapshot was taken on October 21, 2022. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed. 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. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains. Each snapshot is a dated copy of the public WHOIS record as it looked when it was collected. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time.
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