What is .maif?
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 .maif names for sale at any registrar.
.maif entered the DNS root zone on March 3, 2015, 11 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, .maif 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 .maif, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.maif).
.maif FAQ
What country is .maif?
None. .maif is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .maif domain extension?
Mutuelle Assurance Instituteur France (MAIF) operates .maif as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .maif created?
.maif was delegated to the DNS root zone on March 3, 2015.
Is .maif a valid domain?
Yes. .maif is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .maif addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .maif domain?
No. .maif is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Mutuelle Assurance Instituteur France (MAIF).
Is .maif DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .maif.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed March 31, 2024. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
