.is (dot is) is the top-level domain for Iceland. The country code is derived from the first two letters of Ísland, which is the Icelandic word for Iceland. Registration of .is domains is open to all people and companies without any special restriction.
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| Introduced | 11 December 1986 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | ISNIC |
| Sponsor | ISNIC |
| Intended use | Entities connected with Iceland |
| Actual use | Very popular in Iceland |
| Registered domains | 91,705 (2024-05-16)[1] |
| Registration restrictions | None |
| Structure | Registrations are directly at second level |
| Documents | [2] |
| Dispute policies | Icelandic Consumer Agency and/or ISNIC's Board of Appeals |
| DNSSEC | Yes |
| Registry website | isnic.is |
The first .is domain, hi.is, is the domain of Háskóli Íslands (University of Iceland). It was registered on December 11, 1986, making it one of the earliest ever domain registrations on the Internet.[3] The domain is managed by ISNIC, a private corporation.[4]
According to McAfee report "Mapping the Mal Web," .is was evaluated as one of the top 10 most secure TLDs in the world in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. No report has come out since then.[5] As of May 2024[update], there were just over 91,000 .is domains registered.
As of October 2016[update], .is domains can be registered for up to five years.[6]
Domain suspensions
editIn April 2013, ISNIC briefly hosted The Pirate Bay's domain ThePirateBay.is.[7][8]
In 2014, ISNIC suspended two domains which hosted material produced by the Islamic State, including Khilafah.is.[9][8]
In September 2017, ISNIC briefly hosted American neo-Nazi domain dailystormer.is, which had been removed by several domain Registries around the world. It was pulled from its .is domain after its publisher did not fulfill the standard procedure of disclosing his address.[10]
In September 2022, ISNIC suspended the .is domain for Kiwi Farms, a controversial internet trolling and harassment forum. [11]
References
edit- ^ "Statistics for ccTLD .is". ISNIC Registry. 2024-05-16. Archived from the original on 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ "ISNIC Registry: Domain Rules". Isnic.is. Archived from the original on 2024-10-09. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
- ^ "ISNIC Lénaskrá: Leit í rétthafaskrá (WHOIS)". isnic.is. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ^ Myers, Steven Lee; Hsu, Tiffany (October 9, 2024). "How Iceland Became a Virtual Home for Online Disinformation and Identity Theft". The New York Times. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
- ^ "ISNIC Lénaskrá: Fyrirtækið" (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
.IS amongst the most secure top level domains in the world.
- ^ ".is registrations can now be renewed for up to five years". Archived from the original on 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
- ^ "Pirate Bay Finds Safe Haven in Iceland, Switches to .IS Domain". 2013-04-25. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
- ^ a b Lee, Timothy B. (September 23, 2017). "Iceland authorities weighing options after neo-Nazi site registers there". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ "Announcement". ISNIC. 12 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ Blake, Andrew (September 29, 2017). "The Daily Stormer, neo-Nazi website, loses Icelandic web address in latest domain spat". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- ^ Sumarliðadóttir, Karlotta (September 10, 2022). "Lénum sjaldan lokað á grundvelli innihalds á vef". mbl.is. Archived from the original on September 10, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
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