Introduced | December 15, 1987 |
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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. It was created in 1987 and is administered by the University of Chile. [2] [3] Registration of second-level domains under this TLD is open to anyone, as established by the current regulation for the operation of the Domain Name Registration .CL since December 2013, [4] which eliminated the requirement for foreign registrants to have a local contact with a RUN, the Chilean national identification number.
Registration of names including accented letters (á, é, í, ó, ú), ñ and ü was opened up in 2005. [5]
Since April 2011, it supports DNSSEC. [6]
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 [7]
In the Hurricane Electric report from May 2012, it appears as IPv6 enabled domain and with nameservers in IPv6. [8]
A domain name registry is a database of all domain names and the associated registrant information in the top level domains of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet that enables third party entities to request administrative control of a domain name. Most registries operate on the top-level and second-level of the DNS.
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