.as

This article deals with the country-specific top-level domain of the American overseas territory American Samoa .sz , for other meanings, see As .

Top-level domain .as
introduction	June 12, 1997
category	country-specific
Registry	AS Domain Registry
Award	unrestricted
number	NA million

.as is the country-specific top-level domain (ccTLD) for the American overseas territory American Samoa . It has existed since June 12, 1997 and is administered by the local company AS Domain Registry .

properties

.As addresses can only be assigned from the second level, there are no official subdomains. There are no restrictions on this domain - anyone can register an .as address. Only the publication of pornographic content via a top-level domain is not permitted. In total, an .as domain can be between three and 63 characters long; most registrars only support alphanumeric characters  - however , the registry office has been able to use special characters according to the Punycode procedure since February 2005.

Since the abbreviation A / S is used for a stock company in Nordic countries , many Danish and Norwegian companies register such addresses, analogous to the popularity of .ag among German stock corporations. Moreover, .as one of a total of 11 country-specific extensions for which the Court of Arbitration of WIPO in dispute is responsible.

Web links

• Official website of the registry AS Domain Registry
• Domains guidelines

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Registered .as domains. In: Domains.info. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015 ; accessed on April 27, 2015 (current .as domain number). 
2. ↑ Delegation Record for .AS. IANA , accessed December 22, 2012 . 
3. ↑ .as domain. united-domains , accessed on December 22, 2012 ("Features" tab). 
4. ↑ News from .as, .pt, .hu and .si. In: domain-right. February 22, 2005, accessed December 22, 2012 . 
5. ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: Wipo help! In: domain-right. April 1, 2001, accessed February 5, 2013 (fourth paragraph).