old whois info?

[DarkestWeb]

Could someone that can pull old whois info from like 1 year ago and is willing to help me PM me?

I've been contacted by someone claiming to be the previous owner of a domain I have and he would like it back. I don't have a problem selling it back to him assuming he really is the origional owner, but I get so many of these saying they were the owner and they lie that I normally ignore them. This was a large site that doesn't really provide traffic that I need, it does look like he put alot of time into it and it would be kewl for him to have it back, I just want to be sure he's who he says he is...

Thanks in advance,

 

[Nexus]

http://openaccess.dialog.com/ip/

See if they have the record you're looking for.
If they do, its about $4 to view it. Might be worthwhile.
Include it in your transaction fee if you give it "back".

Good luck,
~ Nexus

 

[Togoodhlth]

did you try archive.org?
If you look at the site it may have his email address, physical address, phone number etc.

 

[.com.net.org]

dialog.com database.

 

[devolution]

Isn't this a breach of WHOIS database T&Cs and Data Protection law, not to mention copyright laws?

Surely the WHOIS databases didn't give them permission to store away complete copies?

 

[Nexus]

Why not?

Might be a bad assumption, but I'm thinking they'd have their bases covered on this. Also, wouldn't Archive.org be guilty as well?

~ Nexus

 

[devolution]

Yes - but on Archive.org, you can request that your material be removed, with virtually no effort whatsoever.
But WHOIS details are a bigger kettle of fish - they contain explicit personal information (name, addresses, phone numbers, email) that people would probably not put on a website.
Plus you have to pay to view records, so there isn't really anyway of knowing how much of your data (if any) is on there without spending a small fortune (depending on your internet presence).

 

[Nexus]

devolution, you should write them with your concerns. Having used it extensively, I feel the search functions can definitely give you a good indication if they have a record with your information in it.

~ Nexus