According to its WHOIS record, MCGRATHENGINEERING.COM was created on October 26, 2020 and expires on October 26, 2023. This gives it about 6 years of history. It is registered through TurnCommerce Inc. DBA NameBright.com and is past its expiry date. Unauthorised transfer are prevented by its status flags. The registrant country on record is Costa Rica. DNS is served by buy.dnx2.com and sell.dnx2.com. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry. 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. 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. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. 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.
In the period from September 8, 2022 to December 1, 2022, 3 fields of the record were modified. The same nameservers stayed in place, only their order changed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from October 26, 2022 to October 26, 2023. Scroll down to see the full current record and the complete list of historical snapshots.
The Whois Data Center archive contains 11 historical WHOIS snapshots for MCGRATHENGINEERING.COM. The most recent capture is from December 1, 2022. 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. 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. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains.
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