I am looking for a domain name registrant. Where can I look it up?
The Whois is an easy-to-use tool for checking the availability of a .nl domain name. If the domain name is already taken, you can see who has registered it.
On the page looking up a domain name you will find more information about what a domain name is, how the Whois works and how the privacy of personal data is protected. Alternatively, you can go straight to look for a domain name via the Whois.
I would like to transfer my domain name to another registrar. What is the procedure?
To get your domain name transferred, you need the token (unique ID number) for your domain name. Your existing registrar has the token and is obliged to give it to you within five days, if you ask for it. The procedure for changing your registrar is described on the page transferring your domain name.
The details registered about me/my company are incorrect or out of date. How can I get them updated?
To update the contact details associated with your domain name, you need to contact your registrar. Read more about updating contact details.
Why is my domain name in quarantine?
When a domain name is cancelled, we aren't told the reason, so we can't tell you. You'll need to ask your registrar. The advantage of quarantine is that, if a name's cancelled by mistake, you can always get it back.
One common reason is that the contract between you and your registrar says you've got to renew the registration every year. If you haven't set up automatic renewal and you don't renew manually, the registration will expire.
Ik heb een klacht over mijn provider/registrar. Kan ik daarvoor bij SIDN terecht?
Wanneer je een klacht hebt over of een geschil met je registrar dan zijn er verschillende mogelijkheden om tot een oplossing te komen. Hierover lees je meer op pagina klacht over registrar. SIDN heeft geen formele klachtenprocedure voor het behandelen van een klacht over jouw registrar.
What conditions do I have to meet as a registrar?
Would you like to be able to register domain names for customers or for your own organisation by dealing directly with SIDN? If so, you can become a .nl registrar. Read more about the conditions and how to apply for registrar status on the page becoming a registrar.
The coronavirus pandemic has caused major changes in the daily life of billions of people. We have released a new technical report that evaluates how the pandemic has affected DNS traffic at the .nl ccTLD and how crooks are attempting to profit from the current situation, by registering malicious domain names.
We are living very difficult times. The Corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted the lives of a large portion of world’s population, not only with of those unfortunately infected by this virus, but also people otherwise healthy that have their lives styles changed after measures were enacted by governments to curtain the spread of the virus.
In Europe, many countries are in lockdown – including Italy, Spain and Belgium. Others, like Germany and the Netherlands, have seen their social activities spaces (bar, cafes, restaurants, gyms) to be closed, as well as schools and childcare facilities.
Such measures have caused major changes in the life of their citizens. In the Netherlands, since 2020-03-15, those who can are requested to work from home (among other measures). More people staying home and less things to do outdoors have led to an increase of internet traffic, as reported by various sources. Netflix, for example, has reduced temporarily the quality of their videos in Europe to not overload networks that cannot cope with the increase of traffic caused by more people staying in.
SIDN’s mission: keep .nl secure and stable
As a DNS registry and operator for the Netherlands’ .nl ccTLD, SIDN strives for maximum security and stability of the .nl zone. With this in mind, we release today a technical report presenting our preliminary analysis on if and how the Coronavirus has been impacting the DNS traffic we observe, and if crooks have been abusing the Coronavirus pandemic to register malicious domain names that attempt to profit from this current pandemic.
We found that the number of DNS queries has increased about 4% after the schools have been closed, and employees were requested to work from home (Week 12 in the figure below). That correspond to 560 million queries per day.
We also found the number of domain names registered on .nl with terms related to the Coronavirus pandemic in their titles increased significantly. Why most of them are regular domain names, a subset of them seem to be malicious ones, attempting to scam users into buying products related to the pandemic, which may never arrive (similar to the so-called counterfeit webshops). We have those currently under scrutiny.
Technical report
These are two of the results we present in the technical report. You find these and others in the technical report, publicly available on this website.
