.ps

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.ps
Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority logo.png
Introduced22 March 2000
TLD type Country code top-level domain
StatusActive
Registry PNINA
Sponsor PITA
Intended useEntities connected with: Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine
Actual useFairly popular in Palestine
Registration restrictions2nd-level registrations unrestricted; 3rd-level registrations may have limitations based on which 2nd-level domain they are within
StructureMay register at second level or beneath generic 2nd-level categories at 3rd level
DocumentsIANA reports: Delegation (2000), Redelegation (2004); ICANN MoU
Dispute policies DRS Policy
Registry website pnina.ps

.ps is the Internet country code top-level domain officially assigned to Palestine. [1] It is administered by the Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority (PNINA). [2]

Contents

Registrations are processed by certified registrars.

The Internationalized country code top-level domain for the State of Palestine is .فلسطين, which is represented as .xn--ygbi2ammx in Punycode. [2]

Second level domains

Registrations can be made at the second-level as well as at several third-level domain names: [3]

Domain hacks

It has also been used in domain hacks, for example meetu.ps for meetups on the website Meetup, grou.ps, and by the University of Maryland as ter.ps. [5]

References

  1. "IANA — .ps Domain Delegation Data". www.iana.org.
  2. 1 2 "IANA — Report on the Delegation ofفلسطين. ("Falasteen") representing the Occupied Palestinian Territory in Arabic".
  3. 1 2 "PNINA Registration Policies and Procedures for Registering Domains under the .ps ccTLD". The Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  4. "How to register a .PS domain?". The Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority. Retrieved 2020-04-21. Anyone, Palestinians and non-Palestinians, from businesses to organizations to individuals, can register a .ps domain name
  5. "Central Authentication Service (CAS)". University of Maryland .