.bd

Top-level domain .bd
introduction	May 20, 1999
category	country-specific
Registry	Ministry of Post & Telecommunications
Award	unrestricted
number	NA million

.bd is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Bangladesh . It has existed since May 20, 1999 and has been administered by the State Ministry of Post & Telecommunications since its inception.

properties

The ending can only be used on the third level. This means that abc.bd cannot be registered, as is the case with the majority of all ccTLDs. Instead, a total of seven second-level domains are available, for example .com.bd , .net.bd and .org.bd . The use of .mil.bd and .gov.bd is reserved for the authorities of the country. In 2010 , the registry formally applied to ICANN for the introduction of the internationalized variant of .bd, .বাংলা . Bangladesh was the fifth state to receive the internationalized domain name supported.

As the registry confirmed in 2014, .bd is one of the most insecure domain extensions in the world. The software used for domain administration had never been updated and an easy target for hackers for IPv6 would .bd not prepared.

Web links

• Official website of the registry

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Registered .bd domains. In: Domains.info. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015 ; accessed on May 4, 2015 (current .bd domain number). 
2. ↑ Delegation Record for .BD. IANA , accessed April 10, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Frequently Asked Questions. BTCL, archived from the original on May 20, 2013 ; accessed on April 10, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: News from .xxx, .bd and .gmbh. In: domain-right. March 8, 2010, accessed April 10, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: Bangladesh's ending .bd in poor condition. In: domain-right. May 15, 2014, accessed June 9, 2014 .