What is .fox?
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 .fox names for sale at any registrar.
.fox entered the DNS root zone on December 24, 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, .fox is served by 6 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .fox, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.fox).
.fox FAQ
What country is .fox?
None. .fox is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .fox domain extension?
FOX Registry, LLC operates .fox as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .fox created?
.fox was delegated to the DNS root zone on December 24, 2015.
Is .fox a valid domain?
Yes. .fox is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .fox addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .fox domain?
No. .fox is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for FOX Registry, LLC.
Is .fox DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .fox.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed May 11, 2024. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
