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rowan · 10-29-2010, 05:10 AM

Record expires on 30-Dec-2008.
Record created on 29-Dec-1997.
Database last updated on 29-Oct-2010 07:46:24 EDT.

The site doesn't work of course - the domain is non delegated and does not appear in the root servers, but it also means that no one else can re-register it. How can a domain still be in the database after all this time?

10-29-2010, 05:10 AM
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	How can a domain not be deleted nearly 2 years after it EXPIRED? Record expires on 30-Dec-2008. Record created on 29-Dec-1997. Database last updated on 29-Oct-2010 07:46:24 EDT. The site doesn't work of course - the domain is non delegated and does not appear in the root servers, but it also means that no one else can re-register it. How can a domain still be in the database after all this time?