Through its members, team and partners, Afnic brings together personalities with a perceptive and sometimes offbeat view of current events on the internet, domain names and, of course, Afnic itself. With this blog, we aim to share with you a freer and more personal, but still expert and professional expression of views on topical matters.
RIPE Atlas probes, the world's largest Internet monitoring system
The Internet is vast and consists of innumerable networks, ...
Does your company, city or region need its own TLD?
You may have witnessed a meteor shower or the aurora borealis ...
DNS delegation and its possible evolution with DELEG
The notion of delegation is central to the world of domain names ...
Brand TLD Success story: how .microsoft has boosted customer experience
A successful project provides a concrete solution to a real ...
Can emojis be used in a domain name?
You may sometimes see emojis – those little pictograms used ...
Finding social information associated with a domain name
(or “OK, WHOIS, but apart from that?”)Every domain name ...
Pharmaceutical Industry and Dot Brands: Analysis of a Highly Regulated and Often Exposed Sector
The pharmaceutical industry consists of several activities: ...
Towards a global digital compact?
There are some lively debates in store on Internet governance ...
Opening of the dot brand application round in 2026: should you launch your customised TLD?
The new round of TLD applications in mid-2026 has been confirmed, ...
Afnic has moved!
It may have taken two years, but Afnic is now fully moved in to ...
Protected Geographical Indications: a challenge for SYRELI
Can anyone sell Limoges Porcelain, Basque Linen or Breton Granite? ...
Dot brand and large-scale retailing (5/5): overcoming new logistics challenges
A custom TLD (dot brand) represents a powerful differentiator ...
New .fr name server added, in Prague
Viewed from the outside, name resolution for .fr operates 24 ...
Dot brand and large-scale retailing (4/5): personalising the user experience and creating proximity
The large-scale retailing sector is undergoing a major transformation ...
Dot brand and large-scale retailing (3/5): making your e-services stand out
A brand TLD is a powerful tool to help brands enhance their digital ...
Tests to ensure high quality
Afnic has a Testing Department which industrialises testing. ...
Dot brand and large-scale retailing (2/5): giving more weight to your CSR strategy
Large-scale retailing is a sector that has experienced profound ...
I changed job at the age of 59 thanks to the MVS scheme
As a woman, being of advanced age and at the end of your career ...
Dot brand and large-scale retailing (1/5): promoting your marketplace and its partnerships
A powerful differentiator, the use of brandTLDs remains far ...
Experience sharing in Paris at the CENTR R&D and Tech workshops
On 12 and 13 October 2023, Afnic hosted the meetings of the “R&D” ...
.COM – update on the first half of 2023
This article gives an analysis of the .COM TLD based on data transmitted ...
Afnic Legal Meetings 2023: the essentials of the meetings
The 2023 edition of the Legal Meetings was held on the morning ...
The importance of HTTP persistent connections (for RDAP, for example)
David Chansard, Afnic Customer Service Representative, interviews himself
David Chansard is one of our support and customer advisors. ...
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