.ps
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| Introduced | 22 March 2000 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | PNINA |
| Sponsor | PITA |
| Intended use | Entities connected with:  State of Palestine |
| Actual use | Fairly popular in Palestine |
| Registration restrictions | 2nd-level registrations unrestricted; 3rd-level registrations may have limitations based on which 2nd-level domain they are within |
| Structure | May register at second level or beneath generic 2nd-level categories at 3rd level |
| Documents | IANA reports: Delegation (2000), Redelegation (2004); ICANN MoU |
| Dispute policies | DRS Policy |
| Registry website | pnina.ps |
.ps is the Internet country code top-level domain ccTLD officially assigned to the State of Palestine.[1] It is administered by the Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority.[2]
Registrations are processed by certified registrars.
The Internationalized country code top-level domain for the State of Palestine is .فلسطين, which is represented as .xn--ygbi2ammx in Punycode.[2]
Second level domains
[edit]Registrations can be made at the second-level as well as at several third-level domain names:[3]
- .ps: open to anyone (not required to be Palestinian)[4]
- com.ps, net.ps, org.ps: unrestricted[3]
- edu.ps: Educational institutions.
- gov.ps: institutions of the PNA and government.
- sch.ps: Palestinian schools
Domain hacks
[edit]It has also been used in domain hacks, for example meetu.ps for meetups on the website Meetup, and by the University of Maryland as ter.ps.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "IANA — .ps Domain Delegation Data". www.iana.org.
- ^ a b "IANA — Report on the Delegation ofفلسطين. ("Falasteen") representing the Occupied Palestinian Territory in Arabic".
- ^ a b "PNINA Registration Policies and Procedures for Registering Domains under the .ps ccTLD". The Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "How to register a .PS domain?". The Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
Anyone, Palestinians and non-Palestinians, from businesses to organizations to individuals, can register a .ps domain name
- ^ "Central Authentication Service (CAS)". University of Maryland.
External links
[edit]- Official website nic.ps PNINA
- Official website pnina.ps PNINA
- List of .ps registrars
- IANA .ps whois information
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