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
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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.
Craiglist.fr WIPO Decision
The WIPO UDRP decision regarding craiglist.fr does not hold many surprises. What is semi-interesting is that the decision gives an overview of craiglist.org, which has been in operation since 1997. Needless to say the panelist decided in favour of the trademark holder and ordered the transfer of craiglist.fr
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
AFNIC Publishes Preleminary EPP Timeline
In common with a lot of the other ccTLDs, AFNIC is slowly but surely making the move to EPP. Earlier this morning all registrars were emailed with details of the provisional EPP timeline and technical details. Further information is on the AFNIC site.
Fun and Games In the ccTLD World
There must be something in the air. I’m not sure exactly what it is, but there are a lot of things going on in the ccTLD world at the moment. In the UK Nominet’s AGM is being held this week. This would normally provoke a yawn from most people – it’s an AGM – how… Continue reading Fun and Games In the ccTLD World
AFNIC Announces EPP
AFNIC has announced the end of its consultation on EPP and issued a press release this afternoon: AFNIC’s consultative committees agree on the implementation of EPPAFNIC’s consultative committees have convened on the 13th and the 14thof March 2008, following an intense semester when AFNIC has passed onemillion registrations in .fr.A number of important changes have… Continue reading AFNIC Announces EPP
France Passes The One Million Mark
The .fr registry (AFNIC) had a milestone a few days ago. They’ve now got over one million domains registered! While that may seem like a significant number it pales in comparison to the figure of DENIC or Nominet. However, if you compare .fr to one of its European neighbours like Ireland, with barely 90k domains… Continue reading France Passes The One Million Mark