.tf

.tf

Introduced	1997
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	AFNIC
Sponsor	AFNIC
Intended use	Entities connected with the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Actual use	Recently popular as an extension for sites related to the game Team Fortress and its sequel, Team Fortress 2. Otherwise, rarely used except for free, redirected third-level domains. These sites are commonly used for trading virtual goods, relating to the video game. Such sites include backpack.tf, trade.tf, of scrap.tf.
Structure	Registrations are made at second level; an unofficial service makes free, redirected domains available at third level
Documents	ICANN redelegation resolution
Website	nic.tf
DNSSEC	yes

.tf is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Along with .fr and .re, it is administered by AFNIC. Before October 23, 2004, Adamsnames, based in Cambridge, administered this TLD.

There is also an additional free service offering third-level .tf domains, under the name United Names Organisation. They occupy 14 second-level domains, including .eu.tf, .us.tf, .net.tf, and .edu.tf. They are run by the same company as smartdots.com, and are given away as URL redirections.

The French Southern and Antarctic Lands are territories either recognised as French or claimed but suspended under the Antarctic Treaty System France, and the domain name derives from the French, Terres australes et antarctiques françaises. Part of the French claim includes a section of the continent of Antarctica, creating an overlap between .tf and the general Antarctica domain .aq.

External links

• IANA .tf whois information
• AFNIC
• .tf official information website