What is .fairwinds?
Brand TLDs operate under Specification 13 of ICANN's registry agreement. It lets a trademark owner keep every second-level name for itself, so you won't find .fairwinds names for sale at any registrar.
.fairwinds entered the DNS root zone on November 13, 2015, 10 years ago. It came out of ICANN's New gTLD Program, the 2012 application round that grew the root from 22 generic TLDs to well over a thousand.
On the technical side, .fairwinds is served by 8 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .fairwinds, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP.
.fairwinds FAQ
What country is .fairwinds?
None. .fairwinds is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .fairwinds domain extension?
FairWinds Partners, LLC operates .fairwinds as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .fairwinds created?
.fairwinds was delegated to the DNS root zone on November 13, 2015.
Is .fairwinds a valid domain?
Yes. .fairwinds is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .fairwinds addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .fairwinds domain?
No. .fairwinds is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for FairWinds Partners, LLC.
Is .fairwinds DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .fairwinds.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed February 7, 2025. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
