.is

.is
Introduced	1986
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	ISNIC
Sponsor	ISNIC
Intended use	Entities connected with Iceland
Actual use	Very popular in Iceland
Registration restrictions	None
Structure	Registrations are directly at second level
Documents	[1]
Dispute policies	Icelandic Consumer Agency and/or ISNIC's Board of Appeals
Registry website	isnic.is

.is (dot is) is the top-level domain for Iceland. The country code is derived from the first two letters of Ísland, which is the Icelandic word for Iceland. Registration of .is domains is open to all persons and companies without any special restriction.

The first .is-domain, hi.is, is the domain of University of Iceland. It was registered on December 11, 1986, making it one of the earliest ever domain registrations on the Internet.[2]

According to McAfee report "Mapping the Mal Web", .is has been evaluated as one of the top 10 most secure TLDs in the world in year 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. No report has come out since then.[3] As of November 2017, there were just about 63,500 .is-domains registered.[4]

As of October 2016, .is domains can be registered for up to five years.[5]

Domain suspensions

In April 2013, ISNIC briefly hosted The Pirate Bay's domain ThePirateBay.is.[6]

In October, 2014 ISNIC suspended Khilafah.is, which hosted material produced by the Islamic State.[7]

In September 2017, ISNIC briefly hosted American neo-Nazi domain dailystormer.is, which had been removed by several domain Registries around the world. It was pulled from its .is domain after its publisher did not fulfil the standard procedure of disclosing his address.[8]

Domain hacks

Many domain hacks exist which use the .is suffix as the English verb is.

References

"ISNIC Registry: Domain Rules". Isnic.is. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
https://isnic.is/is/whois/search?query=hi.is
"ISNIC Lénaskrá: Fyrirtækið" (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 9 January 2009. .IS amongst the most secure top level domains in the world.
"Tölulegar upplýsingar um rótarlénið .is" (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
".is registrations can now be renewed for up to five years". Retrieved 2017-03-16.
"Pirate Bay Finds Safe Haven in Iceland, Switches to .IS Domain". 2013-04-25.
"Announcement". ISNIC. 12 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
Blake, Andrew (September 29, 2017). "The Daily Stormer, neo-Nazi website, loses Icelandic web address in latest domain spat". The Washington Times. Retrieved October 1, 2017.

External links

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[1] "ISNIC Registry: Domain Rules". Isnic.is. Retrieved 2013-09-22.

[2] ttps://isnic.is/is/whois/search?query=hi.is

[3] "ISNIC Lénaskrá: Fyrirtækið" (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 9 January 2009. .IS amongst the most secure top level domains in the world.

[4] "Tölulegar upplýsingar um rótarlénið .is" (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

[5] ".is registrations can now be renewed for up to five years". Retrieved 2017-03-16.

[6] "Pirate Bay Finds Safe Haven in Iceland, Switches to .IS Domain". 2013-04-25.

[7] "Announcement". ISNIC. 12 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[8] Blake, Andrew (September 29, 2017). "The Daily Stormer, neo-Nazi website, loses Icelandic web address in latest domain spat". The Washington Times. Retrieved October 1, 2017.