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The reading of a domain name

A domain name is mainly used to identify the address of a website and for the e-mail system. Easy to identify, memorize and transmit, it effectively replaces IP addresses that are fastidious to use and impossible to memorize in numbers…

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Register a domain name

The domain name is the first link between the web user and your website. It is thanks to the domain name that you are found on the Internet, that you are visible, that your identity is displayed and that you develop your business on the net …

Operations on domain names

A domain name is mainly used to identify the address of a website and for the e-mail system. Easy to identify, memorize and transmit, it effectively replaces IP addresses that are fastidious to use and impossible to memorize in numbers …

SEO of domain names

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a set of techniques aimed at optimizing the visibility of a web page in the search results. For your positioning in search engines and for your communication, the domain name is of significant importance …

The protection of your domain names

Domain name is the first link between the web user and your website. It is thanks to the domain name that you are found on the Internet, that you are visible, that your identity is displayed and that you develop your business on the net. It is a digital asset of your business…

The lifespan of a domain name

You are not, strictly speaking, the owner of a domain name, you simply have a right to use it, which translates into an annual fee that can be renewed indefinitely or terminated in case of infringement. As soon as you no longer pay the annual fee required to maintain it…

Domain names: which procedure?

Names’ holders must protect their brands and domain names against fraud and abuse just as they would protect any other valuable asset. The infringement of your domain name weakens the strength of your brand …

Data theft of a website

Every day, new cyberattacks are threatening companies’ defense systems, and further weaken relations with web users, particularly on e-commerce websites. Identity theft and data theft have become common …

Abusive domain names registrations

The digital world is in perpetual evolution and every days, new domain names are registered around the world.
Among these new registrations, some can potentially affect your notoriety, your activity, and your results…

Cyberattacks – Operating Mode

Every day, new cyber attacks undermine the defense systems of companies, and further weaken networks, cyberattacks follow one another exponentially.

DDoS Attacks

Every day, new cyber attacks undermine the defense systems of companies, and further weaken networks, cyberattacks follow one another exponentially

SSL / TLS certificates

An SSL (Secure Socket Layer) or TLS (Transport Layer Security) certificate is a digital certificate that authenticates a server (most often a web server) and encrypts the data exchanged with it…

UDRP procedure

Established on ICANN’s proposal, the UDRP (Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy) extra-judicial procedure allows to sanction obvious and indisputable infringements of a trademark right …

Syreli procedure

Placed under the aegis of AFNIC, this procedure allows to sanction obvious and indisputable infringements of a trademarks right resulting from the registration by third parties of identical or similar domain names …

URS procedure

The URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension System) procedure is the latest domain name dispute resolution procedure implemented by ICANN for new extensions…

DNS resolution of domain names

Human beings have a very bad memory for number sequences. However, computers and servers communicate with each other by identifying themselves through an IP address, which is a sequence of numbers or a mix of numbers that is very complex to memorize and differentiate…

Who manages the Internet?

Find out in this 5 minutes to understand document who manages the Internet, what are the roles of ICANN, registries and registrars.

Domain names extensions

The “Top Level Domains” also called TLD or extensions, are defined by the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) which depends on ICANN since 1998…

DNS cache poisoning

The DNS (Domain Name System) is a key service of the Internet. It is a giant, hierarchical and distributed directory that associates IP addresses with domain names that are easier to …

Monitoring solutions

A domain name is not static, it evolves. It can be inactive, associated to a website, to a messaging service. The website can be operated, deactivated or its content can change …

Phishing as a Service (PhaaS)

It’s an exploding phenomenon in the cyberthreat landscape and one that continues to get armed with tools that make it ever more prosperous…


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