According to its WHOIS record, SNAFUTOWERDEFENSE.COM was created on September 4, 2024 and expires on September 4, 2025. That makes the domain about 2 years old. It is registered through GMO INTERNET, INC. (IANA ID 49) and is past its expiry date. The registrant is listed in Japan. 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. 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. 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. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. 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. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry.
Whois Data Center has 12 historical WHOIS snapshots for SNAFUTOWERDEFENSE.COM. The most recent capture is from September 5, 2024. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time. The snapshot list below shows every capture we hold, newest first. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. 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.
In the period from November 21, 2022 to September 5, 2024, 38 fields of the record were modified. The registrar changed from DropCatch.com 706 LLC to GMO INTERNET, INC.. Status flags were updated: redemptionPeriod and clientTransferProhibited were removed. The expiry date moved from September 14, 2022 to September 4, 2025, which shows the domain was renewed. Each change listed here can be checked against the original snapshots further down the page.
WHOIS Record