.sh
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Introduced | 1997 |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | NIC.SH (run by Internet Computer Bureau) |
Sponsor | Government of Saint Helena |
Intended use |
Entities connected with |
Actual use | Various uses; a few sites actually on Saint Helena but most elsewhere |
Registration restrictions | 2nd-level registrant must have professional or academic qualification (apparently not actually enforced); 3rd level registrant must be resident on Saint Helena |
Structure | Registrations are taken directly at the second level or at third level beneath various 2nd-level labels |
Documents | Terms & Conditions; Rules |
Dispute policies | Dispute Resolution Policy |
DNSSEC | yes |
Registry Website | NIC.SH |
.sh is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, British Overseas Territories. Registrations of internationalized domain names are also accepted.[1]
On 22 February, 2010 the ISO 3166-1 code for Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha changed to reflect the SH used for the ccTLD.
Second level domains
There are seven second level domains:
- co.sh – commercial entities
- com.sh – commercial entities
- org.sh – non-profit organizations
- gov.sh – government departments and agencies
- edu.sh – educational institutions
- net.sh – network service providers
- nom.sh – non-island Internet sites
Top level domains
- A majority of sites under the .sh domain have nothing to do with Saint Helena, Ascension or Tristan da Cunha.
- Members of DeviantArt are able to go to their "stash," a service where digital media can be uploaded, stored and published.[2] The DeviantArt "stash" uses the .sh top level domain "sta.sh".
- Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla use the .sh domain name to link to addresses on their Web site, Smosh.com from their YouTube channel, Smosh[3]
- Since the .sh filename extension is also used by Unix shell scripts, this domain has been used for websites about command-line interface programs such as Homebrew.[4]
- SH is the official abbreviation for the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein and the .sh domain is used for sites like nah.sh, a public transportation site.[5]
- The rhythm game osu! uses the .ppy.sh domain, such as osu.ppy.sh or new.ppy.sh [6]
- The main fork of the popular movie torrent freeware program Popcorn Time is hosted at a .sh domain.[7] [8]
- There are more words ending in sh which are used for sh domains, such as flash, splash and fish.
See also
References
- ↑ .SH IDN Policy Archived 2014-09-25 at the Wayback Machine., NIC, Saint Helena.
- ↑ "What is Sta.sh?". DeviantArt. DeviantArt. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ↑ "Smo.sh redirect". Smosh. Smosh.
- ↑ "Homebrew, The missing package manager for OS X". Homebrew. Homebrew. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ↑ http://nah.sh
- ↑ "osu.ppy.sh". osu!.
- ↑ https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/26/11119290/popcorn-time-io-movie-streaming-piracy-back-online
- ↑ https://torrentfreak.com/popcorn-time-fork-claims-official-relaunch-after-mpaa-shutdown-160225/
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