I concur with Mark.
At least the original date of registration remains as names bounce between
registrars.
swerve
> From: Mark Jeftovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Organization: easyDNS Technologies Inc.
> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:55:26 -0400 (EDT)
> To: Bruno Carlos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: whowas
>
>
> On 20-Sep-00 Bruno Carlos wrote:
>> Here comes a weird question to the group.
>> A client of mine asked me if I knew WHO WAS the registar of a particular
>> domain before him.
>> Is there any way of knowing who is the previous owner of a domain.
>> Is there any "whowas" system around? (don't laugh)
>>
>
> This is an extremely valid question not to be laughed at all. To my knowledge,
> no, there is no such system. It is yet another failing of the whois system
> as implemented today, that there is no way for the public to trace the
> "chain-of-ownership" or any other chain of events of a domain over time
> (nameserver moves, registrar moves, etc)
>
> Wish there was.
>
> -mark
>
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