.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	Websites related to the video game Team Fortress 2
Structure	Registrations are made at second level; an unofficial service makes free, redirected domains available at third level
Documents	ICANN redelegation resolution
DNSSEC	yes
Registry website	nic.tf

.tf is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Along with .fr, .nc, .pm, .re, .wf and .yt 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.

The .tf domain-name has popular usage for sites related to the game Team Fortress 2. Many of these sites are commonly used for marketing of virtual goods originating from Team Fortress 2 and, by extension, the Steam Community Market. Examples of these sites are backpack.tf, scrap.tf, and marketplace.tf which all facilitate trade relating to TF2 items and goods.

See also

• Internet in France
• ISO 3166-2:TF
• .fr –CC TLD for the Republic of France
• .eu –CC TLD for the European Union

External links

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