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A new registry system for Afnic |
| As an Operator of Essentials Services, Afnic manages the infrastructure of 20 TLDs, including the .fr domain which has nearly four million domain names. On 1 October, all the registry and domain name management services of the .fr and French overseas TLDs were migrated onto a new infrastructure. Review of a major project in the service of an essential infrastructure of the French Internet. |
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Practical user’s guide to ADR 2022 |
| Afnici just published its annual edition of its practical guide to alternate dispute resolution (ADR) procedures with a new section dedicated to evidentiary documents. For this new edition, the Guide to ADR Trends has taken on a brand-new name: the “Practical user’s guide to ADR”. |
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Afnic becomes a Member of Cyber Campus |
| Afnic strengthens its collaboration with Cyber Campus by becoming a Member. An operator of a critical Internet infrastructure in France, Afnic has made security a top priority in order to provide users with services that meet the highest standards. |
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Increase of .com and .net prices: between protecting margins and forging ahead? |
| On 28 July 2022, Verisign, the registry for the .COM and .NET TLDs, announced that it would be applying a 10% increase in the price of .NET domains as of 1 February 20231. This followed the announcement a few months back of a second price increase for the .COM TLD as of 1 September 20222, the first since 2012 having been applied on 1 September 20213. |
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Calling all Registrars: .FR = greater profit margins! |
| Let’s talk money and consider the facts: .fr is the TLD that generates the greatest profit margins for all your services, for four reasons: |
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Tricks of the trade – the actors involved in setting up a custom TLD: the data escrow provider |
| A custom TLD is set up with a certain number of specific actors, whose complementary roles ensure the smooth operation of the TLD. The roles of the TLD Registry and of the back-end registry operator have already been covered in previous articles. The purpose of this note is to look at the very specific role of the data escrow provider, an essential actor in any planned TLD. |
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ICANN: its life and work (part 5): The Supporting Organizations: focus on the GNSO |
| There are three Supporting Organizations, which each elect two members of the ICANN Board, i.e. 6 out of 20. They provide input and represent the interests of three separate groups. |
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The .fr API for Registrars (1/4) |
| Since 1 October 2022, the .fr Registrars have had an API (Application Programming Interface) with which to automate their operations1. It complements the use of EPP (Extensible Provisioning Protocol) for those who find EPP too complex, or who simply wish to carry out certain actions that EPP does not allow. In this series of articles, we will explain the API and its advantages and give specific examples of its use. |
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| Afnic
Immeuble Le Stephenson
1 rue Stephenson
78180 Montigny le Bretonneux
France
Tel.: +33 (0)1 39 30 83 00 |
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