.py

.py is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Paraguay . It was introduced on June 12, 1997 and is administered by the Centro Nacional de Computación of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción .

properties

The ending belongs to the so-called restricted domains , which are only given to persons and companies with a place of residence or a branch in the country. Alternatively, a .py domain can also be registered if the registering organization was founded in Paraguay or the owner at least names an authorized representative on site. In total, a .py domain can be between two and 63 characters long and contain only alphanumeric characters and hyphens , but not in the first or last, third or fourth position.

For years, the top-level domain has collided with efforts by the Russian registry to introduce a Cyrillic variant of .ru , the spelling of which is very similar to .py . The ICANN has therefore repeatedly rejected the project.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Delegation Record for .PY. IANA, accessed on August 23, 2014 . 
2. ^ Pautas del Servicio de Delegación de Nombres de Dominio para el TLD PY. (No longer available online.) Network Information Center Paraguay, archived from the original on June 21, 2013 ; Retrieved June 19, 2013 (Spanish). 
3. ^ Properties of a .py domain. united-domains . Retrieved June 19, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: News from .ru, info and .fr. In: domain-right. January 21, 2008, accessed June 19, 2013 .