Afnic upgrades Abuse Report

To enable top-level registries to comply with specification 11.3b of the ICANN registry agreement* and its clarifications, Afnic created Abuse report in 2015. This service measures the quality of a domain name portfolio by identifying potential security threats (phishing, malware, botnets, spam, etc.).

Afnic has now upgraded Abuse report with new features to track operations carried out on domain names constituting potential security threats:

• Daily monitoring of the customer base;

• Transmission of email alerts  to the registry, the registrar and the holder, with the identification of each new security threat;

• Monitoring of operations carried out on all the domain names constituting potential security threats;

Abuse report supplies the registry with a complete monthly monitoring report providing:

• Comprehensive monitoring indicators: installed base, potential security threats, new security threats, withdrawn security threats, deleted security threats, actions carried out, lifespan of security threats, etc.;

• The criteria needed to analyze the potential security threats detected: registrar, type of security threat, type of action carried out, history file, source of security threat identification.

• Various listings: domain names constituting security threats in the previous month; the list of withdrawn domain names; the list of actions carried out: withdrawal from the blocklist, deletion of domain name, etc.

Abuse report is available for a free trial: please contact our sales department

solutions@afnic.fr

Download our documentation about Abuse Report

Indicative rates:

Up to 50,000 domain names: €300 Excl. VAT setup fee and then €200 Excl. VAT per month.

Over 50,000 domain names: Cost estimate available on request.

* About specification 11.3b of the ICANN registry agreement

Registry Operator will periodically conduct a technical analysis to assess whether domains in the TLD are being used to perpetrate security threats, such as pharming, phishing, malware, and botnets. Registry Operator will maintain statistical reports on the number of security threats identified and the actions taken as a result of the periodic security checks. Registry Operator will maintain these reports for the term of the Agreement unless a shorter period is required by law or approved by ICANN, and will provide them to ICANN upon request.

Source: ICANN registry agreemen