.ua

Top-level domain .ua
introduction	1st December 1992
category	country-specific
Registry	Hostmaster Ltd.
Award	limited
number	0.6 million (as of January 2015)

.ua is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ukraine . It was introduced on December 1, 1992 , and Hostmaster Ltd. based in Kiev is responsible for the operational operation of the top-level domain.

history

The top-level domain .ua is the direct successor of the Soviet address .su , which still exists today (just like numerous other ccTLDs) but will soon be deleted. In the course of this, owners of a .su domain based in Ukraine can exercise a special right to change. In November 2013 .ua was supplemented by the Cyrillic variant .укр , so that internationalized domain names are now fully supported.

properties

Compared to other ccTLDs, a .ua domain can only be ordered by private individuals and companies that own a trademark that is valid in Ukraine . In total, a .ua domain can be between three and 63 characters long, and the connection takes up to a week. Special characters in the Punycode procedure are generally supported, but cannot be used by every domain registrar .

The third-level domain .com.ua can be registered by private individuals and companies worldwide without restrictions.

Web links

• Official website of the Hostmaster registry

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Registered .ua domains. (No longer available online.) In: Domains.info. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014 ; accessed on January 28, 2015 (current .ua domain number). 
2. ↑ Delegation Record for .UA. IANA , accessed November 21, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: Outdated: ICANN wants to retire TLDs. In: domain-right. December 15, 2006, accessed November 21, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: Ukraine offers domains under their IDN ending .укр. In: domain-right. November 14, 2013, accessed November 15, 2013 . 
5. ↑ .ua domain. united-domains , accessed on November 21, 2012 ("Features" tab). 
6. ↑ Properties of a .ua domain. united-domains. Retrieved November 21, 2012 .