railroadprofessionals.org

RAILROADPROFESSIONALS.ORG has existed since October 25, 2009, with the present registration ending on October 25, 2018. That makes the domain about 17 years old. The registration is held with GoDaddy.com LLC (IANA ID 146); its status is past its expiry date. Its record is locked against unauthorised transfer and deletion. The registrant is listed in United States. It uses the nameservers ns39.domaincontrol.com and ns40.domaincontrol.com, hosted with GoDaddy. Changes to the registrant organisation can point to a sale, a merger or simply an update of company details. 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. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. 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. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. 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. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider.

Whois Data Center has 5 historical WHOIS snapshots for RAILROADPROFESSIONALS.ORG. The latest available snapshot is dated December 9, 2017. These records help track changes in registration details, ownership signals and DNS over time. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars. 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. 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. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed.

6 fields changed between the snapshots of October 23, 2016 and December 9, 2017. Status flags were updated: autoRenewPeriod was added and clientUpdateProhibited was removed. The expiry date moved from October 25, 2016 to October 25, 2018, which shows the domain was renewed. Scroll down to see the full current record and the complete list of historical snapshots.