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.
Abuse on the Internet: what is Afnic doing about it?
Our national TLD, “.fr”, has been growing strongly for ...
Scaterred domain name portfolio : impacts and solutions for your brand
Gérard Oury’s film The Brain (1968) tells the story ...
Tricks of the trade: the back-end registry operator
Take a look at the various actors involved in setting up a custom TLD.
Personal data are published in the Whois online directory. Is this normal?
The Whois is designed to provide accurate administrative information on domain names....
Distinguishing exploited from malicious domain names using COMAR: key findings and future directions
By Sourena Maroofi (Grenoble Alps University), Maciej Korczyński ...
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....
What happens when you register a domain name?
The purpose of this article is to set out the various stages of a domain registration....
Brexit and .fr domain names
Effective 1 January 2021, the United Kingdom (UK) definitively left the European Union (EU)....
Brands answer the call to the 2nd ‘Cercle des .marque’ event
The second edition of ‘Le Cercle des .marque’ (The BrandTLD Club) event
Analysis of the .RE
Analysis 2020 of the .re domain names for the Reunion Island.
About the attack on French ISPs’ DNS resolvers
On 1 and 2 September 2020, several French ISPs (Internet Service Providers), including SFR and Bouyg...
Using Afnic open data : example with the term COVID
Every month, Afnic makes a set of data available to the public.
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...
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...
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...
Functioning of Afnic during lockdown
What will become of Afnic during lockdown? Will all the operational services be running?...
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...
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...
Lala Andriamampianina, may you rest in peace
Lala passed away on the night of Sunday 9th and Monday 10th February. Very discreetly, without fuss...
Resolutions for 2020: Afnic goes elliptic
10 years... 10 years that Afnic has been using DNSSEC technology for all the TLDs it operates. It mu...
In search of low-cost nTLDs
The present study came about based on a dual observation.
Exploring the city through the .paris community
The launch of 1,200 new extensions since 2014 has really changed the internet landscape. Although th...
.org - an alternative perspective
The recent transfer of the PIR’s .org registry from the ISOC to the Ethos Capital fund has already a...
Looking back on the success of the first meeting of the Cercle des .marque
AFNIC, the French domain name registry, has launched the Cercle des .marque (The BrandTLD Club), a f...
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