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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.brand TLD project: what internal and external organisation?
Creating a .brand TLD – a unifying, cross-cutting and ...
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.brand TLD project: what kind of team do you need?
Creating a .brand TLD – a unifying, cross-cutting and ...
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Syreli: can one rely on a later right to a domain name to win a case?
In its ruling FR-2021-02272 eat.fr handed down on 25 March 2021, ...
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The QUIC transport protocol has now been standardised
On 27 May 2021 the technical standards of the QUIC transport ...
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Getting a grip on the messy middle with a .brand strategy
The messy middle, infinite doubts keeping clients & prospects from the final purchase decision....
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Abuse on the Internet: what is Afnic doing about it?
Our national TLD, “.fr”, has been growing strongly for ...
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Scaterred domain name portfolio : impacts and solutions for your brand
Gérard Oury’s film The Brain (1968) tells the story ...
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Tricks of the trade: the back-end registry operator
Take a look at the various actors involved in setting up a custom TLD.
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Personal data are published in the Whois online directory. Is this normal?
The Whois is designed to provide accurate administrative information on domain names....
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Distinguishing exploited from malicious domain names using COMAR: key findings and future directions
By Sourena Maroofi (Grenoble Alps University), Maciej Korczyński ...
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Should the .brand TLD be used for your business emails?
A “.brand” TLD is a bonus in terms of image. But this is not the only advantage to be considered....
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What happens when you register a domain name?
The purpose of this article is to set out the various stages of a domain registration....
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Brexit and .fr domain names
Effective 1 January 2021, the United Kingdom (UK) definitively left the European Union (EU)....
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Brands answer the call to the 2nd ‘Cercle des .marque’ event
The second edition of ‘Le Cercle des .marque’ (The BrandTLD Club) event
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Analysis of the .RE
Analysis 2020 of the .re domain names for the Reunion Island.
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About the attack on French ISPs’ DNS resolvers
On 1 and 2 September 2020, several French ISPs (Internet Service Providers), including SFR and Bouyg...
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Using Afnic open data : example with the term COVID
Every month, Afnic makes a set of data available to the public.
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Hosting a domain name with compound characters
In a previous article, we saw that it is perfectly possible to use compound characters in a domain...
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Eligibility of a holder located in the United Kingdom post Brexit
Since the United Kingdom announced that it wished to leave the European Union, many people have aske...
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Can compound characters be used in a domain name?
In the Charlie Hebdo edition No. 1446 of 8 April 2020, the article by Laure Daussy on the increase i...
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Functioning of Afnic during lockdown
What will become of Afnic during lockdown? Will all the operational services be running?...
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Which Top Level Domains have an IP address?
Does the hyperlink http://dk/ work? Yes. How? Because .dk (Denmark) is one of the rare Top Level Dom...
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6 tips to prevent your website from being hacked
Homepage spoofing, personal or banking data theft or theft of text and photos… Whether you have a co...
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Lala Andriamampianina, may you rest in peace
Lala passed away on the night of Sunday 9th and Monday 10th February. Very discreetly, without fuss...