Registered on October 31, 2024, KIAA.INFO is paid up until October 31, 2027. This gives it about 2 years of history. Key-Systems GmbH (IANA ID 269) is the registrar of record, and the domain is currently active. The registrant country on record is Germany. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. Domains that are not renewed before their expiry date normally enter a grace and redemption period before they can be registered again. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. Status flags such as transfer or delete locks are set by the registrar or registry to protect a domain from unauthorised changes. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry.
Comparing November 1, 2024 with November 1, 2026 shows 9 fields changed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from October 31, 2025 to October 31, 2027. The full record, including every stored snapshot, can be downloaded in JSON, XML or CSV.
The Whois Data Center archive contains 9 historical WHOIS snapshots for KIAA.INFO. The newest snapshot was taken on November 1, 2026. 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. 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.
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