nepten.com

NEPTEN.COM dates back to January 4, 2017; its registration is valid until January 4, 2024. This gives it about 9 years of history. Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) (IANA ID 1599) manages the name, which is past its expiry date at the moment. Its nameservers are ns1.sedoparking.com, chan.ns.cloudflare.com, ns2.sedoparking.com and cody.ns.cloudflare.com, hosted with Cloudflare. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. 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. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider. The creation date shows when the name was first registered, while the expiry date shows how long the current registration has been paid for. 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. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. 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.

The record was updated in 40 fields between October 13, 2022 and February 18, 2023. The domain moved from DNC Holdings Inc to Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn). DNS moved from ns1.sedoparking.com and ns2.sedoparking.com to ns1.sedoparking.com, chan.ns.cloudflare.com, ns2.sedoparking.com and cody.ns.cloudflare.com. Status flags were updated: ok was added and clientDeleteProhibited, clientTransferProhibited, autoRenewPeriod and clientUpdateProhibited were removed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from January 3, 2023 to January 4, 2024. Each change listed here can be checked against the original snapshots further down the page.

The Whois Data Center archive contains 10 historical WHOIS snapshots for NEPTEN.COM. The newest snapshot was taken on February 18, 2023. 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. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. 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. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time.