Welcome to the DNS Research Federation
Popular Projects
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Who we work with
Partner
Anti-Phishing Working Group
Feed provider
Internet Society Foundation
Grant funding
RIPE NCC
Grant funding
Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Academic Research Partner
Global Anti-Scam Alliance
Spamhaus
Meta Inc.
Partner, Advisory Committee
Global Cyber Alliance
American Registry for Internet Numbers
Grant funding
American University
Academic Partner
Latin American and Caribbean Internet Address Registry
Grant funding
Crowdstrike
Project funding
Motion Picture Association
Partner
Public Interest Registry
Partner
IP Metro
Partner
.au Domain Administration
Partner
ICANN OCTO
Project funding
ICANN Business Constituency
Project funding
ICANN Intellectual Property Constituency
Project funding
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Project funding
Journal of Cyber Policy
Collaboration on Special Issue
CENTR
Observer
Afnic
Partner
Number Resource Organisation
Project Funding
Internet Industry League Tables
Celebrating the best suppliers in the internet industry, those with the fewest abuse and threat reports
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DNSRF Indices.
Key metrics from our DAP.LIVE Open Data platform providing data and insights into the DNS.
Domain Names In DAP.LIVE
Domain Name Growth
Malware Reports by URL
Phishing Reports by URL
Exploring DAP
A blog series showing the use of DAP.LIVE spanning a diverse array of use cases by DNS expert Alex Deacon. Alex demonstrates how to create different dashboards combining data from DAP live data feeds, building analytical queries for future use, and outputing for live updates.
Explore more of Alex's workOur mission
To advance the understanding of the Domain Name System's impact on cybersecurity, policy and technical standards.
Achieving our mission
The DNS Research Federation achieves its mission through:
- Education and research
- Improving access to data
- Engagement in technical standards
About the DNS Research Federation
The DNS Research Federation is a not-for-profit organisation that sits at the intersection of policy and technology. We fund research, engage in technical standards, and bring technical tools and objective data relating to the internet's unique identifier systems ⎻ especially the DNS ⎻ to researchers, public safety and industry stakeholders.
Exploring the linkages between traditional internet governance, the strategic importance of technical standards, and contemporary policy challenges, the DNS Research Federation connects up islands of scholarship and communities of expertise.
Our Distinguished Advisors
Our panel of internationally recognised experts in cybersecurity, internet governance, data, research and education, offering generous advice on all aspects of our work.
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Our stakeholders
We provide services that are tailored to the needs of three stakeholder groups
For Education & Research
- Research grants
- Access to data
- Mentoring & support
For Public Safety
- Industry intelligence
- Custom solutions
- Access to industry expertise
For Industry
- Objective information
- Technical standards hub
- Open source analytics tools
Open data platform: DAP.LIVE
Our DNS Analytics Platform - an online data, feeds, and analytics service hosted at DAP.LIVE offering FREE data, dashboards, a developer API, notifications, and more ..
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data feeds
Build, explore, and visualise data from our curated and de-duplicated data feeds, refined for easy analysis.
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data feed categories
Explore data from different categories, including Phishing, Malware, SEO, Blockchain domains, and more.
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quick start dashboards
Easily kick off your project with pre-configured dashboards built as starter kits for your use.