.ps
| Introduced | 22 March 2000 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | PNINA |
| Sponsor | PITA |
| Intended use | Entities connected with: Palestine |
| Actual use | Fairly popular in Palestine |
| Registration restrictions | 2nd-level registrations unrestricted; 3rd-level registrations may have limitations based on which 2nd-level domain they are within |
| Structure | May register at second level or beneath generic 2nd-level categories at 3rd level |
| Documents | IANA 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]
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]
- .ps: open to anyone (not required to be Palestinian)[4]
- com.ps, net.ps, org.ps: unrestricted[3]
- edu.ps: Educational institutions.
- gov.ps: institutions of the PNA and government.
- sch.ps: Palestinian schools
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 (from "Terps", a nickname for the Maryland Terrapins).[5]
References
- ^ "IANA — .ps Domain Delegation Data". www.iana.org.
- ^ a b "IANA — Report on the Delegation ofفلسطين. ("Falasteen") representing the Occupied Palestinian Territory in Arabic".
- ^ a b "PNINA Registration Policies and Procedures for Registering Domains under the .ps ccTLD". The Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "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
- ^ "Central Authentication Service (CAS)". University of Maryland.
External links
- Official website nic.ps PNINA
- Official website pnina.ps PNINA
- List of .ps registrars
- IANA .ps whois information