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{{Short description|Internet country-code top level domain for the Central African Republic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox Top level domain
|name=.cf
|image=DotCF domain logo.png
|introduced=24 April 1996
|type=[[Country code top-level domain]]
|status=Active
|registry=[[Socatel|Central African Society of Telecommunications]] (SOCATEL)
|sponsor=[[Socatel|Central African Society of Telecommunications]] (SOCATEL)
|intendeduse=Entities connected with [[Central African Republic]]
|actualuse=Gets a relatively small amount of use, mostly outside the Central African Republic
|restrictions=[http://www.freenom.com/en/cf_contentpolicy_combined_v0100.pdf Yes, for free domains only]
|structure=Registrations are directly at second level
|document=[http://www.freenom.com/en/doc_tcfree_freenom_v0110.pdf Registration Agreement (free domains)]<br/>[http://www.freenom.com/en/freenom_paiddomains_tc_v0110.pdf Registration Agreement (paid domains)]
|disputepolicy=[[UDRP]] {{small|(paid domains only)}}
|website=[http://www.dot.cf/ www.dot.cf]}}

'''.cf''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code]] [[top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) for the [[Central African Republic]]. It is administered by the [[Central African Society of Telecommunications]].

Dot CF, also known as Dot CrossFire, is an initiative of the Societe Centrafricaine de Telecommunications (SOCATEL, headquartered in [[Bangui]]) in partnership with [[Freenom]] (previously known as Freedom Registry).

The domain was made available for [[Domain name registry|registration]] free of charge on Freenom's website, regardless of whether the individual who registers the domain has any connection with the Central African Republic. Exceptions include "high value" [[domain name]]s, which include [[trademark]] domain names for most [[Fortune 500]] companies, and common dictionary terms. Potentially valuable domains which are fewer than 4 characters were also marked "High Value". The same applies to other domains offered via Freenom, such as [[.tk]] and [[.ml]].

The .cf registry allows the creation of [[Emoji domain|emoji domain names]].

Following Freenom's lawsuit with [[Meta Platforms|Meta]] and its settlement in 2024,<ref>https://www.freenom.com/en/freenom_pressstatement_02122024_v0100.pdf. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228190348/https://www.freenom.com/en/freenom_pressstatement_02122024_v0100.pdf|date=2024-02-28}}.</ref> it is unclear who will take up registration of the domain, as Freenom announced it would be exiting the domain business.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/cf.html IANA .cf whois information]
* [http://www.dot.cf/en/aboutdotcf.html dot cf  page]

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[[Category:Internet properties established in 1996]]
[[Category:Communications in the Central African Republic]]
[[Category:Country code top-level domains]]


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