Editing DENIC

{{Short description|Manager of the .de domain for Germany}}
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{{Infobox company
 | name = DENIC eG
 | logo = Logo DENIC.svg
 | image = File:Denic Frankfurt.jpg
 | type = [[Eingetragene Genossenschaft]] (registered [[cooperative]])
 | founded = 1996
 | industry = Domain management
 | location = [[Frankfurt am Main]], Germany
 | key_people = 
 * Thomas Keller<br />
* Andreas Musielak
* Dr. Johannes Loxen<br />(Chair of Supervisory Board)
 }}

'''DENIC eG''' is the manager of the [[.de]] domain, the [[country-code]] [[top-level domain]] for Germany.
It was founded in 1996 and is organised as a non-regulated not-for-profit [[cooperative]]. DENIC provides the [[Domain Name System]] (DNS) as well as registration and management services for .de and .9.4.e164.arpa [[ENUM]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Über DENIC |url=https://www.denic.de/ueber-denic |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=www.denic.de |language=de}}</ref> Besides the [[whois]] lookup service for .de domains, its portfolio further includes [[Domain Name System|DNS]] [[anycast]] services for [[Domain name registry|registries]] and data escrow services for both registries and [[Domain name registrar|registrars]] of the domain industry.

The DENIC Cooperative has more than 300 members, 25 percent of them based in other countries than Germany. .de domains can be registered by any individual or [[Legal person|legal entity]] worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denic.de/en/about-denic/members/who-can-become-a-denic-member/|publisher= DENIC |title=Who Can Become a DENIC Member?}}</ref>

Next to managing the German namespace on the Internet, DENIC is actively involved in national and international bodies coordinating the Internet ecosystem.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denic.de/en/about-denic/our-mission/|publisher= DENIC |title=DENIC Mission-RFC1591}}</ref>

Rüdiger Volk at the University of Dortmund started to administer the .de domain in 1988, and introduced the name "de-NIC".<ref>[https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Missing-Link-Abschied-vom-Herrn-der-Routen-dem-Internetpionier-der-Telekom-4980616.html?seite=all Missing Link: Der Herr der Routen - vom funktionierenden Netz und den Grundlagen], heise online, 2020-12-06.</ref><ref>[https://www.denic.de/en/about-denic/the-denic-history/ About DENIC. How it all Started: The Birth of .de and the Founding of the Cooperative], denic, accessed: 2020-12-06.</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.denic.de/en/ DENIC.de]

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