.CD
| Top-level domain .cd | |
|---|---|
| introduction | August 20, 1997 |
| category | country-specific |
| Registry | CDNIC |
| Award | unrestricted |
| number | NA million |
.cd is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo . It has existed since August 20, 1997 and is administered by the public company Office Congolais des Postes et Télécommunications (OCPT) , part of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. In its role as a network information center , it appears publicly under the abbreviation CDNIC .
history
The top-level domain is the direct successor of .zr , which was previously used for the state of Zaire until it was renamed. Initially, .cd could not be used actively because there was no Network Information Center . As a result, in April 2004, both the German company Key-Systems and the so-called Congo Internet Management claimed the role of the registry. The first provider announced in 2001 that it would register .cd domains.
properties
Domains are registered on both the second and third level, officially there are six second-level domains: .com.cd , .net.cd , .org.cd , .edu.cd , .mil.cd and .ac.cd Domains . Internationalized domain names are not possible, only alphanumeric characters can be used. A .cd domain must be between one and 63 characters long, with certain three-letter words not being allowed. Other generic names or those that refer to other top-level domains or, for example, have religious references, are not possible.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Registered .cd domains. In: Domains.info. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015 ; accessed on May 4, 2015 (current .cd domain number).
- ↑ Delegation Record for .CD. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority , accessed August 15, 2013 .
- ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: ICANN wants to retire TLDs. In: domain-right. December 15, 2006, accessed on August 15, 2013 : “Changes to your top level domain have affected far more countries than is generally assumed, often due to political changes: Zaire (.zr) has been renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo (. cd), but to this day no reliable registration service has been named for this extension. "
- ^ Florian Hitzelberger: Domain confusion in the Congo. In: domain-right. April 29, 2004, accessed on August 15, 2013 : “The official ccTLD database of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) does not provide any information. There is no reference to Key-Systems or CIM. Rather, it says succinctly that there is no registration option. "
- ↑ Monika Ermert: German competition for dot.cd. In: heise online. April 5, 2001, accessed on August 15, 2013 : “Not that the country torn by civil war is a pioneer in the introduction of multilingual domains - it is rather a small marketing gimmick by the Friedrichsthal-based company Key-Systems, which will in future be the manage Congolese domains under .cd and market them worldwide. "
- ^ Registration Policy. (No longer available online.) CDNIC, archived from the original on September 17, 2013 ; Retrieved on August 15, 2013 (English): "The domain name must contain a string of minimum one character and can contain a maximum of sixty-three characters, without the relevant .cd suffix. These characters may be non-Latin characters but must be of the type and nature accepted by CDNIC at the time of registration of the domain name in question. “ Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Reserved Names Policy. (No longer available online.) CDNIC, archived from the original on September 17, 2013 ; Retrieved on August 15, 2013 (English): "The approach of reserving domain names is a common practice among ccTLD registries around the world. Names are typically reserved for technical, social, religious and governmental considerations. “ Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
