.bt

Top-level domain .bt
introduction	July 16, 1997
category	country-specific
Registry	Bhutan Telecom
Award	unrestricted
number	NA million

.bt is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Bhutan . It has existed since July 16, 1997 and was assigned to the local Bhutan Telecom based in Thimphu . The British company NetNames has taken over operations.

properties

The requirements used to be very strict, so only Bhutanese citizens and companies were allowed to register a .bt address on the third level. These restrictions have now been relaxed so that registrations on a second level are also possible and foreigners are also allowed to register .bt addresses. In addition to accredited registrars , the Bhutan Network Information Center itself also issues new domains through its subsidiary DrukNet.

In addition to .bt, there are the following second-level domains :

• .com.bt for commercial companies
• .edu.bt for educational institutions
• .gov.bt for the government of Bhutan
• .net.bt for internet service providers
• .org.bt for non-profit organizations

Due to the liberal award criteria, .bt is one of the most risky top-level domains after .mt . The proportion of sites affected by phishing was 0.7 percent in September 2013.

Web links

• Official website of the registry Bhutan Telecom

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Registered .bt domains. In: Domains.info. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015 ; accessed on May 4, 2015 (current .bt domain number). 
2. ↑ Delegation Record for .BT. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority , accessed August 14, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: Experts step on the brakes on euphoria. In: domain-right. July 21, 2008, accessed on August 14, 2013 : “Antony Van Couvering, the founder of NetNames and administrator of some exotic TLDs such as .tm (Turkmenistan), .bt (Bhutan) or .pw ( Palau Islands). " 
4. ↑ Domain Registration. Bhutan Telecom, accessed on August 14, 2013 (English): "DrukNet will register your domains under the sub-extension of .bt (for example .com.bt etc) as part of the Bhutan Network Information Center." 
5. ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: Free .ml domains in the fight against phishing. In: domain-right. September 19, 2013, accessed December 18, 2013 .