loria.fr

.fr country-code · GIP RENATER · expires 2026-12-31

Found

TLD

.fr (country-code)

ICANN policies apply

no

Registrar

GIP RENATER

Registered

31 December 1994

Last changed

31 January 2026

Expires

31 December 2026

Status

active

Registry nameservers

dns-ext2.inria.fr, dns.inria.fr, ns2.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 2026-12-31 #3

  The registration is valid until 2026-12-31 (70 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.

dns-ext2.inria.fr, dns.inria.fr, ns2.nic.fr

Found

Parent zone

fr

Delegation from

d.nic.fr (194.0.9.1)

NS at the parent

dns-ext2.inria.fr, dns.inria.fr, ns2.nic.fr

NS in the zone

dns-ext2.inria.fr, dns.inria.fr, ns2.nic.fr

Checks

• ✓ 3 nameservers #6

  Delegated to dns-ext2.inria.fr, dns.inria.fr, ns2.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 3 IPv4 /24s and 1 IPv6 /48.
• ✓ 2 autonomous systems #11

  The nameservers are spread over: AS2200 (FR-RENATER - Renater, FR): 2 addresses; AS2486 (NIC-FR-DNS-UNICAST-PARIS2 - AFNIC (Association Francaise pour le Nommage Internet en Cooperation), FR): 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.

  #12
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  Partly IPv6

  These nameservers have no IPv6 address: dns-ext2.inria.fr, dns.inria.fr.

  #13

4 of 4 addresses answer authoritatively

Found

Checks

• ✓ All respond #14

  All 4 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: ns2.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 2026102101 · primary dnsmaster.inria.fr

Found

Primary (MNAME)

dnsmaster.inria.fr

Contact (RNAME)

hostmaster.inria.fr

Serial

2026102101

Refresh / retry

7200 s / 1800 s

Expire

3600000 s

Negative TTL

900 s

Serial per nameserver

Checks

• ✓ Serial 2026102101 everywhere #22

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

  SOA refresh 2h, retry 30m, expire 1000h, negative TTL 15m.
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  Hidden master

  The primary nameserver dnsmaster.inria.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@inria.fr #25

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

  The serial 2026102101 follows the YYYYMMDDnn convention (2026-10-21).

10 records at the apex

Found

Read from

193.51.193.133:53

Checks

• ✓ TTLs within range #32

  TTLs: A 2h, MX 2h, NS 2h. The NS TTL at the parent is 1h and in the zone 2h; 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