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On this page you will find the current Gandi views on TLDs, with details about
those being soon available through Gandi and those that may be available at a point in the future.
On our ``Who we are'' page you will find additionnal information
about Gandi choices.
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You can access the list of all ccTLD
and the list of all gTLD with links
to registries.
TLD currently or very soon available through Gandi
| TLD |
Registry |
Start of interest |
ICANN accreditation |
Registry accreditation |
Technical certification |
Start of registrations |
Comments |
| .COM |
Verisign Global Registry Services |
1999 |
1999-09-15 |
2000-02-07 |
2000-03-01 |
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| .NET |
| .ORG |
| .INFO |
Afilias Limited |
2001-05 |
2001-05-17 |
2001-09-21 |
2001-10-11 |
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| .BIZ |
NeuLevel, Inc. |
2001-05 |
2001-05-17 |
2001-08-16 |
2001-11-10 |
2002-04-01 |
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| .NAME |
Global Name Registry |
2001-05 |
2001-05-17 |
2001-09-17 |
2002-07-15 |
2002-07-31 |
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| .BE |
DNS.BE |
2002 |
- |
2002-08-28 |
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TLD that are being investigated (and may be provided in the future)
Gandi remains watching all TLDs to see new opportunities.
Gandi wish to participate only in TLD that are open, for which operations
can be automated as much as possible, and for which prices are as low as possible.
Here you will find TLD for which we have still not decided what to do, or for
which we still are waiting for some due changes.
When we will decide to participate in them, so that they will be made available through
Gandi at one point in the future, the concerned TLD will be moved in the above table.
| TLD |
Status |
| .MUSEUM .AERO |
Small scope, lack of details
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| .COOP .PRO |
Many restrictions
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| .UK |
Email-based Registry. .org.uk .co.uk do not have restrictions
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| .US |
Redelegated in November 2001 to NeuStar (mother company of NeuLevel).
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| .EU |
No formal specifications yet
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TLD that currently can not be made available through Gandi
The current status and way of working of the following TLDs forbids Gandi
to provide them. As long as their rules do not change, Gandi can not provide them.
| TLD |
Reasons |
| Multilingual/Internationalized domain names (IDN) in all TLDs
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No use until the IETF proposes a worldwide standard
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| .SHOP .KIDS .WEB .STORE etc... |
Non-existing TLDs, private initiatives, no inter-operability,
useable only by a small % of Internet
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| .TV |
- Not conforming to standards (no public whois server as mandated by RFC)
- Prices depending on domain names
- Prices increasing each year by some %
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| .WS .BZ .CC .FM |
Too high prices |
| .CA .DE |
Requirements for a local presence to operate
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| .EDU |
Can only be registered through
Educause
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| .FR |
- Segregation of individuals/non-profit organizations in sub-zones (.nom.fr & .asso.fr)
- Can not be fully automated (relies on fax)
- Restrictions on eligibility, evolving each year
- Technical superfluous checks done prior to registrations, which fail if checks are not passed
successfully
- No desires in openness
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