Afnic, the .fr domain name registry, has opened two public consultations which are related to mitigating DNS abuse. Afnic is the domain registry for .fr, which is France’s country code top level domain (ccTLD). They also run the registry for several of Frances “overseas territories” (.re, .pm,, .wf and .yt). The consultations are covering two separate, yet related … [Read more...] about French Registry Opens Consulations
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Telegram Links Being Blocked in France
Telegram is an encrypted messaging service. It uses the domain name t.me for users to create short links to their profiles so that you can share your telegram link without having to give anyone your mobile phone number. So a user whose username (handle) is john would be reachable via https://t.me/john and so on. At some point in the last 24 hours the French government … [Read more...] about Telegram Links Being Blocked in France
Afnic Annual Report Shows 84% Renewal Rate
Afnic, the .fr domain name registry, has released their annual report for 2018. The report covers the organisation's activities during 2018, which included hosting the IGF in Paris last November, as well as winning the contract to provide backend registry services to the .museum domain extension. They've also produced a nice simple graphic that highlights some of their … [Read more...] about Afnic Annual Report Shows 84% Renewal Rate
NDD Camp Domain Event in Paris
NDD Camp will be held in Paris on this Thursday June 21st. The event is free to attend, but registration is obligatory. The event features 3 parallel tracks with sessions covering a range of topics including: drop catching new TLDs aftermarket SEO online marketing managing domains content Full details of the event are available on the French … [Read more...] about NDD Camp Domain Event in Paris
Afnic Selects New Board Members
Afnic, the .fr domain name registry, held it's General Assembly on June 10th. During the meeting they elected both a new chair to the Afnic board, as well as several new board members. Board members are drawn from a number of eligible groups. The new board members are: Two members for the “Registrars” college: Mr. Eric Lantonnet (NAMEBAY) for a 4-year mandate Mr. Tristan … [Read more...] about Afnic Selects New Board Members
French Supermarket Giant LeClerc Turns On DotBrand
Earlier this week French supermarket giant E.Leclerc launched a new site for their sports' goods. The key change? The new site lives at sport.leclerc. Leclerc, which employs over 94 thousand people, is one of the companies that opted to get its own "dotbrand". While some companies have rolled out a variety of different things on their own domain extension it's still rare to see … [Read more...] about French Supermarket Giant LeClerc Turns On DotBrand
French Domain Registry Reacts to Charlie Hebdo #jesuischarlie
The French ccTLD registry, AFNIC, has, in common with many other French organisations, come out strong in the aftermath of the attack earlier this week on Charlie Hebdo. Their front page currently displays the current image: and on their English language site they've provided a translated version: But what's a lot more interesting for DNS geeks is that they've … [Read more...] about French Domain Registry Reacts to Charlie Hebdo #jesuischarlie
.Paris Takes Over The Eiffel Tower
I mentioned the launch of the .paris pioneers earlier this week. Last night there was apparently a big event in Paris at the Eiffel Tower (Champs de Mars) and there were plenty of photos shared by the brands, companies and people in attendance. But what's really impressive is that they were able to get the message up on the side of one of Paris' best known monuments - the … [Read more...] about .Paris Takes Over The Eiffel Tower
.Paris Pioneers Go Live Tomorrow
It looks like around 100 .paris domain names will be going live tomorrow as part of the .paris "pioneer" program. Here are some of the well known names that will be first to get their .paris domain name: RATP - the Parisian transport authority has managed to get metro.paris (no that link won't work just yet) Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy have managed to get … [Read more...] about .Paris Pioneers Go Live Tomorrow
OVH Pulled Up By ICANN Due To Whois Format
OVH, a French registrar and hosting provider, has been sent a breach notice by ICANN. The registrar had not updated its whois format to be compliant with the 2013 RAA. So for example, a whois lookup on ovh.net currently returns: # local time : Friday, 16-May-2014 15:22:25 CEST # gmt time : Friday, 16-May-2014 13:22:25 GMT # last modify : … [Read more...] about OVH Pulled Up By ICANN Due To Whois Format