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.
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Reorganisation of the technical standards for HTTP
You will certainly be familiar with the HTTP protocol (Hypertext ...
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Protect your emails thanks to the DNS (SPF, DKIM, DMARC)
Email is particularly targeted by scammers using phishing ...
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Applying the COMAR classifier to 35k unique phishing URLs
In our previous blogs [1, 2], we discussed the COMAR classifier, ...
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Mid-term progress report on the DiNS project and Afnic’s work
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SYRELI: trademark vs. a pet’s name
Cybersquatting is a practice consisting of registering a domain ...
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The brand TLDs leading the way
In 2021, 496 brands had their own custom Internet domain. Despite ...
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SMEs: don't deprive yourselves of the opportunity of a dot brand
Due to their entry cost, their registration formalities and ...
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The Internet of Things (part 1) – interoperability and its limits: how Afnic proposes to respond
As a major Internet player and DNS expert, Afnic has been working for more than ten years on project...
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ICANN, its life and work (part 3): a multistakeholder organisational structure
Created in 1998 by the Clinton Administration to ensure the ...
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Why some brands have withdrawn their brandTLD
It is always surprising to learn that certain brands have parted ways with the TLD they launched....
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NFTs and domain names, friends and partners?
NFTs are much in fashion. In the context of domains, they have even been cited in an ICANN conflict....
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New DNS record types to give more information for client applications
We often read that the DNS “translates domain names into IP addresses”...
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brandTLD: an essential means of protecting your Internet brand?
In 2012, more than 1,000 applications were filed for new Internet TLDs.
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Meeting the “Internet United” challenge: when Poland hosted the Internet Governance Forum
The sixteenth edition of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) ...
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ICANN: its life and work (Part 2): ICANN: main tenets of its functioning
Created in 1998 by the Clinton Administration to ensure the ...
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Tricks of the trade - The actors involved in setting up a custom TLD: the Registry
After the Back-End Registry Operator, I invite you to discover ...
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“And above all, don’t forget .FR!” - the new technique for beating rivals on search engines
You may already have noticed the new trend among advertisers: ...
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The advantages of corporate communication under a brand TLD
When we think of the possible uses and numerous advantages of ...
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ICANN, its life and work (part 1): built on a certain vision of the Internet
Created in 1998 by the Clinton Administration to ensure the ...
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Why you should start thinking about a custom TLD
In 2012, ICANN, the international Internet address regulator, ...
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ADR: Is a “damage to the trademark” enough to win a case?
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DNSSEC: change of algorithm for the .fr zone
18 months ago, we published an article explaining the changes
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.brand TLD project: the four main stages
Creating a .brand TLD – a unifying, cross-cutting and ...