HOSTER.CHRISTMAS dates back to December 20, 2016; its registration is valid until December 20, 2024. Its age is about 9 years. Reliable Software, Ltd (IANA ID 3246) manages the name, which is past its expiry date at the moment. The registrant is listed in Canada. 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. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. 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. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services.
We have collected 11 historical WHOIS snapshots for HOSTER.CHRISTMAS. The newest snapshot was taken on January 8, 2024. 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. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website. 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. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first.
The record was updated in 12 fields between November 11, 2022 and January 8, 2024. The registrar name was reformatted from "Reliable Software Ltd" to "Reliable Software, Ltd", which is the same registrar. Status flags were updated: ok was removed. The expiry date moved from December 20, 2023 to December 20, 2024, which shows the domain was renewed. Scroll down to see the full current record and the complete list of historical snapshots.
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