Generic top-level domainsIDNDNSSEC
Overview
.frogans is a brand generic top-level domain (gTLD) associated with the Frogans technology. The string was applied for and is operated by OP3FT (Organization for the Promotion, Protection and Progress of Frogans Technology). Frogans technology defines a new application layer for the Internet for publishing "Frogans sites" and uses open standards such as DNS, Unicode, XML, HTTP and TLS.
History
- Applicant and Registry Operator: OP3FT, a French non-profit organization established on 17 March 2012.
- Registry: AFNIC is listed as the technical registry in ICANNWiki metadata.
- Contract signed: OP3FT received a Registry Agreement from ICANN on 19 December 2013.
- Delegation: .frogans was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 19 April 2014, completing the successful application in ICANN's New gTLD Program.
Usage and Audience
- Intended use: OP3FT intends to use .frogans to support the Frogans layer infrastructure rather than for naming individual Frogans sites.
- Specific uses described by the applicant include:
- Hosting and distributing the Frogans Player (the free software application for navigating Frogans sites).
- Resolving Frogans addresses from anywhere on the Internet (infrastructure and resolution services for the Frogans Network System).
- Frogans sites and addresses: A Frogans site is a set of Frogans pages published at a Frogans address. The Frogans addressing pattern is noted as network*site and is distinct from URI schemes.
Registration Rules
- Operational policy: According to the applicant statement, OP3FT will use .frogans domain names for addressing computers dedicated to the functioning of the Frogans layer (infrastructure, distribution, resolution).
- Naming policy: OP3FT explicitly stated it will not use .frogans domain names to name Frogans sites; the global addressing system for Frogans sites relies on Frogans-specific addresses rather than DNS URIs.
Notable Cases or Examples
- Official Frogans technology site: https://www.frogans.org/en/main.html
- Notable components referenced in the application: Frogans Player (software for navigating Frogans sites) and the Frogans Network System (global addressing/resolution for Frogans addresses).
Operator
Whois
% IANA WHOIS server % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org % This query returned 1 object domain: FROGANS organisation: OP3FT address: 27-29 rue Raffet address: Paris 75016 address: France contact: administrative name: President of the Board of Directors organisation: OP3FT address: 27-29 rue Raffet address: Paris 75016 address: France phone: +33189166309 e-mail: amaury.grimbert@op3ft.org contact: technical name: Senior Director, DNS Infrastructure Group organisation: Identity Digital Limited address: c/o 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: A0.NIC.FROGANS 2a01:8840:b6:0:0:0:0:1 65.22.188.1 nserver: A2.NIC.FROGANS 2a01:8840:b9:0:0:0:0:1 65.22.191.1 nserver: B0.NIC.FROGANS 2a01:8840:b7:0:0:0:0:1 65.22.189.1 nserver: C0.NIC.FROGANS 2a01:8840:b8:0:0:0:0:1 65.22.190.1 ds-rdata: 44230 8 2 50f935219610318d526521f0e31c70705b462bde2c9fdba142969b27207b3b7f whois: whois.nic.frogans status: ACTIVE remarks: Registration information: https://nic.frogans/ created: 2014-04-03 changed: 2025-08-27 source: IANA