.cl

.cl

Introduced	15 December 1987
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	NIC Chile
Sponsor	NIC Chile (University of Chile)
Intended use	Entities connected with Chile
Actual use	Popular in Chile
Registered domains	703,367 (2024-03-04) [1]
Registration restrictions	Anyone may register a domain .cl from anywhere in the world without the need of a local representative
Structure	Registrations are made directly at the second level (there are also third-level registrations for government sites under gov.cl and gob.cl)
Documents	Rules
Dispute policies	Dispute resolution
DNSSEC	yes
Registry website	NIC Chile

.cl is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Chile.

History

It was created in 1987 and is administered by the University of Chile. ^{[2] [3]}

Since April 2011, it supports DNSSEC. ^[4]

Registration

Registration of second-level domains under this TLD is open to anyone, as established by the current regulation since December 2013, ^[5] which eliminated the requirement for foreign registrants to have a local contact with a RUN, the Chilean national ID number.

Registration of names including accented letters (á, é, í, ó, ú), ñ and ü was opened up in 2005. ^[6]

IPv6 support

In the Hurricane Electric report from May 2012, it appears as IPv6 enabled domain and with nameservers in IPv6. ^[7]

Domain hack

Microsoft used it in a domain hack for its social networking service so.cl.

Oracle Corporation used the domain hack ora.cl as a URL shortening ^[8]

See also

• Internet in Chile

References

1. "Index". NIC Chile. 2023-04-03. Archived from the original on 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
2. NIC Chile (19 November 2001). www.nic.cl (ed.). "Carta enviada por el Sr. Rector de la Universidad de Chile al Sr. Contralor General de la República" . Retrieved 12 May 2011.
3. La Verdadera y Real Historia de Internet en Chile (University of Chile)
4. NIC.cl (2011-12-14). "Extensiones de seguridad DNSSEC disponibles para todos los dominios .CL" . Retrieved 2016-03-15.
5. NIC Chile (2013-12-01). www.nic.cl (ed.). "Reglamentación para el funcionamiento del Registro de Nombres del Dominio .CL" . Retrieved 2016-06-10.
6. NIC Chile (2005-09-20). www.nic.cl (ed.). "NIC Chile anuncia modificación a la Reglamentación" . Retrieved 2016-03-15.
7. Hurricane Electric (2012-05-29). "Global IPv6 Deployment Progress Report" . Retrieved 2012-05-29.
8. "NIC Chile".

External links

• NIC Chile is currently the domain registrar for the .cl ccTLD
• IANA .cl whois information
  • Syntax rules for domain names under .CL in NIC Chile site