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Originally Posted by Witte
I am a bit confused about the domain name. I recently cancelled my account at the previous host, and with it the domain name registration also cancelled (entropedia.info). What action should I take now? Where should I register the domain to be sure I remain the owner of it?
Oh and another thing, does anyone know if it is possible to remove personal information from the who is?
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The domain should not be canceled (currently due for renewal 7th July)- you should still own it (currently in the name of P***** B*****). Did you get the domain registered as part of setting up the previous hosting package?
Whichever way, you should be able to get the domain transfered to either the new hosting company, or to a separate Registrar and just point the DNS at the new hosting company. I have always preffered the latter - keeping the domain registration separate from the hosting, so if you need to swap hosting again in the future, you dont need to bugger about getting domains transfered, you just need to change the DNS. Looking at it at the moment, the registrar is eNom, but the hosting was with DailyRazor. Were you ever given an eNom login?
And yes, you can largely hide your personal details by opting out of the Whois. This works with most searches, but there are others out there that ignore this and show it anyway. The only way to stay anomamous (how the f**k do you spell that?) is to go through one of the companies that register things on your behalf, usually associated with bulletproof hosting.