Introduced | 3 September 1991 |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | NIC.LC |
Sponsor | University of Puerto Rico |
Intended use | Entities connected with Saint Lucia |
Actual use | International including from LLC and PLC; limited use in Saint Lucia |
Registration restrictions | None, except for .gov.lc and .edu.lc |
Structure | Registrations are made directly at second level, or at third level beneath several second-level names |
Documents | Policies |
Dispute policies | UDRP |
DNSSEC | yes |
Registry website | www |
.lc is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Saint Lucia, sponsored by the University of Puerto Rico and created on September 3, 1991. [1] The registry is operated by Afilias and markets towards companies structured as LCs, LLCs or PLCs due to the possibility of a domain hack, such as CompanyName.L.LC (companyname.l.lc uses the open SLD l.lc) and supposedly better names. [2] [ failed verification ] [3]
Registrations take place directly at the second level or at one of the following third level domains. There are a number of registrars, but .gov.lc and .edu.lc can only be registered at the NIC. [4]
All domains must be between 1 and 63 characters long, excluding the TLD. In addition, domains may not contain anything other than letters, numbers, and a hyphen. .lc does not support internationalized domain names, and domain names may not start or end with a hyphen. Domain names considered offensive by the registry may not be registered. [4] [5]
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