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POLICY EXPLAINED | Why thinking a domain name and website need to be held and run by the same person is a common misconception

There is plenty of sound and legitimate reasons why, in certain cases, domain holder and website operator are not identical persons.

Jun 19, 2026 5 min read

Our Activity Report is here!

2025 – a year of shared innovation For DENIC, 2025 was a year of key decisions. The focus was on implementing the NIS 2 Directive. The new composition of the Executive Board and Supervisory Board has further consolidated the development of our Cooperative, and Barbara Stolz, as the new Executive Board

May 15, 2026 1 min read

Analysis of the DNS outage on 5 May 2026

During a routine DNSSEC key rollover on 5 May 2026, some non-validatable signatures were generated and distributed. As a result, validating resolvers were temporarily unable to successfully verify their DNS responses for .de domains. This led to noticeable restrictions in the accessibility of .de domains for approximately three hours. Normal

May 8, 2026 2 min read

Update on the WHOIS query: What’s changing now

Since 6 December 2025, new legal requirements for the provision of domain registration data have been in force in Germany. The regulations have a direct impact on DENIC domain queries.

Jan 19, 2026 1 min read

The Future of National Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue: Roundtable on 28 September in Berlin

One of the German government's goals is to develop a strategy for international digital policy. The German Internet governance community wants to contribute its ideas and would like to have a regular and close exchange with representatives of the ministries involved in the various bodies (ICANN, ITU, etc.

Sep 8, 2023 1 min read

Talking Rules for Tomorrow’s Internet: Internet Governance Forum Germany on 13 September

Sustainability, cybersecurity and AI are ranking high on the list of burning issues these days. This is why their impact on the future and further development of the Internet are at the core of this year’s Internet Governance Forum Germany. After two virtual-only events in 2020 and 2021, followed

Aug 31, 2023 1 min read

CENTR Publishes Report on IETF117

DENIC is actively involved in the (further) development of the standards for the Internet From 22 to 28 July, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) met in San Francisco. Pawel Kowalik, Head of Product Management at DENIC eG, represented .de in two of the working groups. Together with Marco Davids,

Aug 30, 2023 2 min read

Governance of the Internet– European Summer School in Meißen

Fellows work out comment on Policy Brief 5 of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, DENIC sponsored this year's EuroSSIG again The European Summer School on Internet Governance (EuroSSIG) was founded already 17 years ago. Each summer, young adults (fellows) from all over the world come together at the

Aug 28, 2023 3 min read

ICANN Is Back In Germany: A Rare Event

The commitment of DENIC eG and eco - Association of the Internet Industry has paid off: In October, the international Internet community will meet in Germany. On the agenda: the further development of the open, free, and secure Internet. Did you know? You can access each of the currently more

Aug 4, 2023 3 min read

ICANN Is Back In Germany: A Rare Event

Aug 4, 2023 3 min read

ICANN Selects DENIC Services as its Sole Designated Registrar Data Escrow Agent

From November 2024, all ICANN-accredited registrars that wish to use registrar data escrow services on a cost-neutral basis are obligated to deposit their registration data with DENIC Services. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has selected DENIC Services GmbH & Co. KG as its sole Designated Trustee

Jul 18, 2023 3 min read

POLICY EXPLAINED | Why thinking a domain name and website need to be held and run by the same person is a common misconception

Our Activity Report is here!

Analysis of the DNS outage on 5 May 2026

Update on the WHOIS query: What’s changing now

The Future of National Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue: Roundtable on 28 September in Berlin

Talking Rules for Tomorrow’s Internet: Internet Governance Forum Germany on 13 September

CENTR Publishes Report on IETF117

Governance of the Internet– European Summer School in Meißen

ICANN Is Back In Germany: A Rare Event

ICANN Is Back In Germany: A Rare Event

ICANN Selects DENIC Services as its Sole Designated Registrar Data Escrow Agent

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RIPE NCC 93

Baltic Domain Days

IETF 126

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Germany’s .de domain faces outage

How Standard Setters Run the Internet

European Vulnerability Database EUVD Kicked Off

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