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.
The Top 6 of growing Brand TLDs of 2024: practices and strategies
Certain brand TLDs posted considerable growth in 2024, an indication ...
A communication challenge taken up with gusto by the Afnic registrars
Afnic launched its first communication contest for its distributors ...
What are the options for a domain name that’s no longer needed?
The recent problem of a government domain name corresponding ...
RPP, a future protocol for creating and managing domain names?
Most of the major domain name registries currently receive ...
Highlights of the Cercle des .marque (Brand TLD Club) annual assembly, an event dedicated to “dot brand” TLDs
Launched five years ago by Afnic, the Cercle des .marque is the ...
Best practices: keeping your DNSSEC infrastructure secure and reliable
Internet security is currently a major concern for all online ...
“Dot brand” TLDs: Afnic reveals the exclusive results of its perception survey
In September 2024, Afnic commissioned an independent nationwide ...
RSP Program: ICANN launches a Registry Service Provider Evaluation Program
The Registry Service Provider (RSP) Evaluation Program launched ...
A new opportunity to push your brand on the Internet
In 2026, ICANN, the governing body for some of the world’s ...
SPF, DKIM and DMARC: rapid rise in adoption across .fr
The SPF, DKIM and DMARC authentication protocols form a bulwark ...
Good practices for proving identity in online procedures
In a context in which both purchases of goods and services and ...
Afnic contributes to ENE5AI, a sovereign 5G research project
In distributed systems, the principle of cloud computing ...
Using .bnpparibas to the benefit of the Group’s customers and business lines
BNP Paribas Group was a trailblazer in applying for its own top-level ...
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? ...
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