DNS Belgium

Philip Du Bois (General Manager)

DNS Belgium (until 2012 DNS.be called ) is a nonprofit organization based in Belgium Heverlee, which is responsible for the administration of country-code top -level domain. Be. It was founded in 1999 and was also a founding member of EURid, which has been granted. Eu.

History

Wanted to DNS Belgium goes back to the introduction of the top -level domain. Be in 1988. She was initially managed by Pierre Verbaete at the Catholic University of Leuven, in the late 1990s to give its role in the increasing interest due. Domains be.

For this purpose, was in 1999 the establishment of DNS.be, which a year later, the administration of the address was officially handed over. Subsequently, the selection criteria have been largely liberalized: Since December 2000, the registration is completely automated, also could be domains now and via third party provider - officially accredited registrars - to be registered.. During mid-2000, about 40,000. Domains were be registered, the number rose to 89 718 addresses to end-December.

In September 2002 DNS.be has joined forces with the awarding authorities of the country-code top -level domains from Sweden and Italy, the consortium EURid. The business operations were divided between the three organizations that EURid was finally in May 2003 against other applicants. Eu prevail.

DNS.be 2012, the introduction of new top -level domains vlaanderen with ICANN. , And. Brussels requested that are officially supported by the local government. During the process, the organization announced to change its name from DNS.be in DNS Belgium, which should take into account the expanded portfolio.

Security

Since September 2010, DNS Belgium supports the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC ), by which the authenticity of domain data can be ensured. To be. Was among the first country-specific top -level domains, which had implemented the extension. In January 2013, also the name servers of the organization were set up a DDoS attack, they have easily withstood. Since then, the operation of the ccTLD is considered relatively safe.

DNS Belgium, like other Network Information Center also officially accredited by the RIPE.