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.tf
Introduced26 August 1997
TLD typeCountry code top-level domain
StatusActive
RegistryAFNIC
SponsorAFNIC
Intended useEntities connected with the  French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Actual usePopular with Team Fortress 2 websites[1] [2]
Registration restrictionsRegistrant must be based in a European Union member state, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland
StructureRegistrations are made at second level
DocumentsICANN redelegation resolution
DNSSECYes
Registry websitenic.tf

.tf is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Along with .fr, .pm, .re, .wf and .yt it is administered by AFNIC. Before 23 October 2004, Adamsnames, based in Cambridge in the United Kingdom, administered this TLD. The .tf country code top-level domain is officially designated for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, but it has seen widespread adoption as a domain hack by community networks centered around the video game Team Fortress 2.[3]

The French Southern and Antarctic Lands are territories either recognised as French or claimed by France but suspended under the Antarctic Treaty System, 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.

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References

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  1. ↑ "Team Fortress 2 trading site Dispenser.tf hacked, bitcoins stolen". SiliconANGLE. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "French Southern and Antarctic Lands Domain Registration (.TF)". Marcaria. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  3. ↑ ".tf Domain TLD Registration Transfer Information". http.net. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
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