.hm

.hm is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of Heard and McDonald Islands, uninhabited islands in the southern Indian Ocean that are under the sovereign control of Australia. Although it gets a bit of use, Australia instead uses the .aq domain (Antarctica) for its sites related to Heard and McDonald Islands, so none of the .hm websites are related to the islands.

.hm
Introduced1997
TLD typeCountry code top-level domain
StatusActive*
RegistryHM Domain Registry
SponsorHM Domain Registry
Intended useEntities associated with Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Actual useGets some use, none of it related to Heard and McDonald Islands
Registry websiteHM Domain Registry

History

The .hm registry was added in July 1997 by Edward Sweeney, who made its registration system accessible on registry.hm.[1] By 2019, the .hm TLD had stopped working, and .hm websites started to go dark. Journalists looking into the matter said acquaintances in the industry had not seen Edward Sweeney, who was still in charge of the .hm registry, since 2000. He later resurfaced, claiming he was still running the .hm registry, and that he had run into technical issues.[1]

Registration is directly at the second level, and is managed by the HM Domain Registry; any entity can register an .hm domain.

References
  1. Kieren McCarthy (6 February 2019). "Things that make you go .hm... Has a piece of the internet just sunk into the ocean? It appears so". Theregister.co.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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