AFNIC, the body that runs .fr, is currently conducting a survey about people’s views on the .fr domain extension. The survey covers a number of areas including people’s perception of .fr and what kind of services they expect to get with a .fr domain name. UPDATE: It transpires that the survey was not meant to… Continue reading AFNIC Survey About .Fr
Category: afnic
AFNIC To Relax Registration Rules?
AFNIC, which runs the .fr registry, has published its Action Plan for 2010. While the “old chestnut” of DNSSEC is on the agenda (no surprise there!), there’s also reference to a change in the registration rules. Under the current registration rules registrants need to supply an address in France. The proposed change is intended to… Continue reading AFNIC To Relax Registration Rules?
AFNIC / CORE To Run .Paris
The Mayor of Paris was very upbeat about the new TLD project when he spoke during the ICANN meeting in Paris. Not surprisingly Paris is one of the European cities that is pushing hard to get its own tld .paris. According to news released earlier today the .paris bid is going to be using a… Continue reading AFNIC / CORE To Run .Paris
AFNIC Brings Gallic Humour To Online Campaign
AFNIC’s latest online and TV campaign to promote .fr may not be the most amusing thing you’ll ever see, but it’s still amusing to a point. Here’s the long version of their advert: In French – sorry ! Subtitles available!
OVH Abuse AFNIC Member Database
AFNIC, in common with a lot of registry operators, maintains a list of members / registrars on its website. It’s probably the most complete list you can find. On Friday evening French registrar and hosting provider OVH decided to abuse the database and sent spam to a large number of the AFNIC members. The email,… Continue reading OVH Abuse AFNIC Member Database
Want To Run A ccTLD?
Who needs new gTLDs when you can grab your own ccTLD! Last year I noticed a trend in the ccTLD world, with a lot of governments and interest groups taking an interest in governance of their namespaces. AFNIC, which runs .fr and several other cctlds, came under review from the French government. Less than a… Continue reading Want To Run A ccTLD?
IEDR Releases More Hyped Statistics
The IEDR has obviously released some form of press release in the last few days to put a spin on its latest figures. Of course the press release isn’t on the registry’s website nor has it been sent to stakeholders yet again, though I was able to get my hands on a copy of it… Continue reading IEDR Releases More Hyped Statistics
AFNIC Issues Phishing Warning
AFNIC emailed its registrars this afternoon to warn about a phishing fraud attack that is using the French ccTLD registry. Earlier this year Nominet, the UK registry, issued a warning about similar emails.
Record Sales In .FR Aftermarket
Image via Wikipedia Stephane mentioned the sales of auto.fr and voitures.fr, which are two premium names, being dictionary terms. What’s interesting about these sales is that both names were supposedly bought by the same buyer and that they have set a new record for .fr sales. While porn.fr may have sold for €30k, auto.fr went… Continue reading Record Sales In .FR Aftermarket
IEDR Annual Report 2007 – More Fun Reading
The IEDR’s annual report for 2007 has been published ( IEDRAnnualReport2007.pdf ) Of course they didn’t bother telling any of their stakeholders that it had been released, but we’re more or less used to their lack of communication at this stage, as they prefer to tell the media! In any case with the current Comreg… Continue reading IEDR Annual Report 2007 – More Fun Reading