Generic top-level domainsDNSSEC
Overview
- .cfa is a brand generic top-level domain (gTLD) created under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- It is associated with the CFA Institute and intended for use by the organization and its services.
History
- Application for the string was submitted as part of ICANN's New gTLD Program (Reveal Day referenced 13 June 2012).
- The .cfa gTLD was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 02 May 2015.
- Sources list Verisign as the registry provider; ICANNWiki also states that CFA Institute manages the TLD and is its registry.
Usage and Audience
- Primary audience: CFA Institute, its members, candidates in the CFA program, and affiliated member societies.
- CFA Institute overview (from applicant materials):
- Global not-for-profit association for investment professionals.
- Administers the CFA program and awards the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
- Reported membership of over 108,000 members and 135 member societies across 58 countries.
- The CFA trademark is registered in over 50 countries.
- Typical uses are for organizational sites, program information, publications, conferences, and regional/member-society pages.
Notable Cases or Examples
Examples of CFA Institute web presence and related domains mentioned in the application materials:
- cfainstitute.org — main CFA Institute website
- cfapubs.org — educational publications and webcasts
- cfaconference.org — conference offerings
- gips.org — website dedicated to the GIPS standards
- cfala.org — example of an individual member society site (Los Angeles Society)
Operator
Whois
% IANA WHOIS server % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org % This query returned 1 object domain: CFA organisation: CFA Institute address: 915 E. High Street address: Charlottesville VA 22902 address: United States of America (the) contact: administrative name: Director, Global Network Engineering, IT Operations organisation: CFA Institute address: 915 E. High Street address: Charlottesville VA 22902 address: United States of America (the) phone: 434 951 5310 fax-no: 434 951 5320 e-mail: ngtld-cfa@cscinfo.com contact: technical name: Howard Eland, Senior Director, DNS Infrastructure Group organisation: Identity Digital Inc. address: 10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750 address: Bellevue WA 98004 address: United States of America (the) phone: +1.425.298.2200 fax-no: +1.425.671.0020 e-mail: tldtech@identity.digital nserver: V0N0.NIC.CFA 2a01:8840:66:0:0:0:0:27 65.22.104.27 nserver: V0N1.NIC.CFA 2a01:8840:67:0:0:0:0:27 65.22.105.27 nserver: V0N2.NIC.CFA 2a01:8840:68:0:0:0:0:27 65.22.106.27 nserver: V0N3.NIC.CFA 161.232.30.27 2a01:8840:106:0:0:0:0:27 nserver: V2N0.NIC.CFA 2a01:8840:69:0:0:0:0:27 65.22.107.27 nserver: V2N1.NIC.CFA 161.232.31.27 2a01:8840:107:0:0:0:0:27 ds-rdata: 21814 8 2 9d6445887f736116b22a9c4cda34da82592146649482638fbc144651299bdeb4 whois: whois.nic.cfa status: ACTIVE remarks: Registration information: https://www.cfainstitute.org created: 2015-04-16 changed: 2024-03-31 source: IANA