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Lifeline · hardware.no over time
Checked in the last 30 daysOlder, dated recordFrom registration records
Registered 9 years ago · on AboutUs since 2006 · one registrar since Feb 28, 2025 · no registrant change on record since 2025 · last checked Nov 10, 2026.
Registration
RegisteredAug 29, 2017hardware.no was registered on Aug 29, 2017.Source: RDAP, fetched Jul 20, 2026
AboutUs record
AboutUs wiki pageAboutUs wiki pageJun 20, 2006 – Nov 5, 2013An AboutUs wiki page described hardware.no from Jun 20, 2006 to Nov 5, 2013 (3 edits).Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006–2023Said about itself in 2006Jul 1, 2006
Registrar
Domeneshop ASDomeneshop ASFeb 28, 2025 – Nov 12, 2026 (latest)Registrar Domeneshop AS in the registration data recorded, first on Feb 28, 2025 and most recently on Nov 12, 2026.Source: RDAP, fetched Jul 20, 2026
Registrant
Registrant recordsFeb 28, 2025 – Feb 28, 2026Registration records for hardware.no are held from Feb 28, 2025 to Feb 28, 2026 (4 records). None shows a change of registrant. Privacy-service and redaction changes, renames of the same organization and new contacts at it are not counted.Source: WHOIS / RDAP archive (who.is); counted by registrant name and organization only
No registrant changes recorded, 2025–2026
Zone file
No nameserver records held, Mar 2026 – Nov 2026Nameservers: hyp.netFeb 28, 2025 – Feb 28, 2026Registration records listed hyp.net nameservers (ns1.hyp.net, ns2.hyp.net, ns3.hyp.net) for hardware.no from Feb 28, 2025 to Feb 28, 2026.Source: From registration records (WHOIS / RDAP archive, who.is)
Certificate
Let's EncryptApr 2, 2026 – Nov 13, 2026 (latest)Let's Encrypt issued 17 certificates for hardware.no from Apr 2, 2026, the latest valid until Feb 4, 2027. Seen in use on Nov 10, 2026.Source: Certificate Transparency logs (AboutUs's own certificate-log reader); TLS check, Nov 10, 2026
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Every dated fact on this lifeline (8)
Jun 20, 2006 – Nov 5, 2013AboutUs record: An AboutUs wiki page described hardware.no from Jun 20, 2006 to Nov 5, 2013 (3 edits).Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006–2023
Jul 1, 2006AboutUs record: “Nyheter, tester, artikler, og lenker. Meget god referanse for maskinvare.”Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006
Aug 29, 2017Registration: hardware.no was registered on Aug 29, 2017.Source: RDAP, fetched Jul 20, 2026
Feb 28, 2025 – Nov 12, 2026Registrar: Registrar Domeneshop AS in the registration data recorded, first on Feb 28, 2025 and most recently on Nov 12, 2026.Source: RDAP, fetched Jul 20, 2026
Feb 28, 2025 – Feb 28, 2026Registrant: Registration records for hardware.no are held from Feb 28, 2025 to Feb 28, 2026 (4 records). None shows a change of registrant. Privacy-service and redaction changes, renames of the same organization and new contacts at it are not counted.Source: WHOIS / RDAP archive (who.is); counted by registrant name and organization only
Feb 28, 2025 – Feb 28, 2026Zone file: Registration records listed hyp.net nameservers (ns1.hyp.net, ns2.hyp.net, ns3.hyp.net) for hardware.no from Feb 28, 2025 to Feb 28, 2026.
“Nyheter, tester, artikler, og lenker. Meget god referanse for maskinvare.”
Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006
Current AboutUs recordJul 8, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026 (latest)Authority and Safety last refreshed Aug 17, 2026.Source: AboutUs checks
Source: From registration records (WHOIS / RDAP archive, who.is)
Apr 2, 2026 – Nov 13, 2026Certificate: Let's Encrypt issued 17 certificates for hardware.no from Apr 2, 2026, the latest valid until Feb 4, 2027. Seen in use on Nov 10, 2026.Source: Certificate Transparency logs (AboutUs's own certificate-log reader); TLS check, Nov 10, 2026
Jul 8, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026AboutUs record: Authority and Safety last refreshed Aug 17, 2026.Source: AboutUs checks
Registered 2017 · its address redirects to www.tek.no, which answered over HTTPS
We withhold an authority number until independent evidence (global rank, link-graph presence) has accrued. The facts we do have about this site are shown below — we'd rather say “not enough signals yet” than invent a low score.
Safety evidence
No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 88 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 88 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.
No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment
What hardware.no said about itself, 2006
Quoted from the site's AboutUs wiki page in each year it changed (1 version). These are the page's own words at the time, not AboutUs's assessment. New words · dropped words
2006
Nyheter, tester, artikler, og lenker. Meget god referanse for maskinvare.
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date.