afnic.fr

.fr country-code · Registry Operations · expires 2029-07-18

Found

TLD

.fr (country-code)

ICANN policies apply

no

Registrar

Registry Operations

Registered

10 December 2001

Last changed

5 June 2026

Expires

18 July 2029

Status

active

Registry nameservers

g.ext.nic.fr, ns1.nic.fr, ns2.nic.fr, ns3.nic.fr

RDAP server

https://rdap.nic.fr/

Checks

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  .fr is a country-code TLD (ccTLD)

  Country-code TLD: governed by its local registry under national policy, not by an ICANN contract. Registrar accreditation, dispute resolution and RDAP/WHOIS rules are set by the registry.

  #1
• ✓ TLD delegated and signed #2

  .fr is delegated in the root zone and DNSSEC-signed.
• ✓ Expires on 2029-07-18 #3

  The registration is valid until 2029-07-18 (1000 days).
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  No transfer lock

  The domain has no transfer lock (status: active). A registrar lock protects against unauthorized transfers.

  #4
• ✓ Registry and delegation match #5

  The nameservers registered at the registry are the ones published in DNS.

g.ext.nic.fr, ns1.nic.fr, ns2.nic.fr, ns3.nic.fr

Found

Parent zone

fr

Delegation from

d.nic.fr (194.0.9.1)

NS at the parent

g.ext.nic.fr, ns1.nic.fr, ns2.nic.fr, ns3.nic.fr

NS in the zone

g.ext.nic.fr, ns1.nic.fr, ns2.nic.fr, ns3.nic.fr

Checks

• ✓ 4 nameservers #6

  Delegated to g.ext.nic.fr, ns1.nic.fr, ns2.nic.fr, ns3.nic.fr.
• ✓ Parent and zone agree #7

  The parent delegation and the zone's NS records list the same nameservers.
• ✓ No glue needed #8

  All nameservers are outside the zone, so no glue records are needed.
• ✓ All names resolve #9

  Every nameserver name has an address and is not an alias.
• ✓ Nameservers in different networks #10

  The nameservers are spread over 4 IPv4 /24s and 4 IPv6 /48s.
• ✓ 4 autonomous systems #11

  The nameservers are spread over: AS2200 (FR-RENATER - Renater, FR): 1 address; AS2485 (NIC-FR-SITES-SQY-TH3 - AFNIC (Association Francaise pour le Nommage Internet en Cooperation), FR): 2 addresses; AS2486 (NIC-FR-DNS-UNICAST-PARIS2 - AFNIC (Association Francaise pour le Nommage Internet en Cooperation), FR): 3 addresses; AS42 (WOODYNET-1 - WoodyNet, Inc., US): 2 addresses.
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  All nameserver names under .fr

  All nameserver names are under one TLD, so a problem with that TLD also makes the nameservers unreachable. Some operators use names under two TLDs for extra resilience.

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• ✓ All reachable over IPv6 #13

  Every nameserver has an IPv6 address.

8 of 8 addresses answer authoritatively

Found

Checks

• ✓ All respond #14

  All 8 nameserver addresses answered.
• ✓ All authoritative #15

  Every responding nameserver answers authoritatively for the zone.
• ✓ No recursion #16

  The nameservers do not answer recursive queries for other domains.
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  Identifying string disclosed

  These nameservers answer version queries with a string that is not a version number: g.ext.nic.fr: "host-02"; ns1.nic.fr: "Please contact dnsops@afnic.fr"; ns2.nic.fr: "Please contact dnsops@afnic.fr"; ns3.nic.fr: "Please contact dnsops@afnic.fr".

  #17
• ✓ Zone transfers refused #18

  No nameserver allows a zone transfer to the public.
• ✓ TCP supported #19

  All nameservers answer over TCP.
• ✓ EDNS supported #20

  All nameservers support EDNS(0).
• ✓ Public addresses #21

  All nameserver addresses are publicly routable.

serial 2026102100 · primary dnsmaster.nic.fr

Found

Primary (MNAME)

dnsmaster.nic.fr

Contact (RNAME)

hostmaster.nic.fr

Serial

2026102100

Refresh / retry

7200 s / 1800 s

Expire

2419200 s

Negative TTL

5400 s

Serial per nameserver

Checks

• ✓ Serial 2026102100 everywhere #22

  All nameservers serve the same version of the zone.
• ✓ Timers within recommendations #23

  SOA refresh 2h, retry 30m, expire 28d, negative TTL 90m.
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  Hidden master

  The primary nameserver dnsmaster.nic.fr is not listed as a nameserver: a hidden master that only feeds the public secondaries. That is a common setup; make sure it is not reachable for zone transfers from outside.

  #24
• ✓ Contact hostmaster@nic.fr #25

  The SOA RNAME hostmaster.nic.fr means hostmaster@nic.fr.
• ✓ Date-based serial #26

  The serial 2026102100 follows the YYYYMMDDnn convention (2026-10-21).

10 records at the apex

Found

Read from

194.0.36.1:53

Checks

• ✓ TTLs within range #32

  TTLs: A 10m, AAAA 10m, MX 2d, NS 2d. The NS TTL at the parent is 1h and in the zone 2d; resolvers may use either.
• ✓ No CNAME at the apex #33

  The zone apex has no CNAME record.
• ✓ No wildcard #34

  Names that don't exist return NXDOMAIN.
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  No CAA records

  Without CAA records any certificate authority may issue certificates for this domain. A CAA record limits issuance to the CAs you use.

  #35