.is (dot is) is the
top-level domain
A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domain name, domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet after the root domain. The top-level domain names are installed in the DNS root zone, root zone of the nam ...
for
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
. The country code is derived from the first two letters of ''
Ísland'', which is the
Icelandic word for Iceland. Registration of .is domains is open to all people and companies without any special restriction.
The first .is domain, hi.is, is the domain of (
University of Iceland
The University of Iceland ( ) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland, and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' school to a modern co ...
). It was registered on December 11, 1986, making it one of the earliest ever domain registrations on the Internet. The domain is managed by ISNIC, a private corporation.
According to
McAfee
McAfee Corp. ( ), formerly known as McAfee Associates, Inc. from 1987 to 1997 and 2004 to 2014, Network Associates Inc. from 1997 to 2004, and Intel Security Group from 2014 to 2017, is an American proprietary software company focused on online ...
report "Mapping the Mal Web," ''.is'' was evaluated as one of the top 10 most secure TLDs in the world in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. No report has come out since then. , there were just over 91,000 .is domains registered.
, .is domains can be registered for up to five years.
Domain suspensions
In April 2013, ISNIC briefly hosted
The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay, commonly abbreviated as TPB, is a free searchable online index of Film, movies, music, video games, Pornographic film, pornography and software. Founded in 2003 by Swedish think tank , The Pirate Bay facilitates the connection ...
's domain ''ThePirateBay.is.''
In 2014, ISNIC suspended two domains which hosted material produced by the
Islamic State
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadism, Salafi jihadist organization and unrecognized quasi-state. IS ...
, including ''Khilafah.is''.
In September 2017, ISNIC briefly hosted
American neo-Nazi domain ''dailystormer.is'', which had been removed by several domain Registries around the world. It was pulled from its .is domain after its publisher did not fulfill the standard procedure of disclosing his address.
In September 2022, ISNIC suspended the .is domain for
Kiwi Farms, a controversial internet trolling and harassment forum.
References
External links
IANA .is whois information.is domain registration website
1986 establishments in Iceland
Internet properties established in 1986
Country code top-level domains
Telecommunications in Iceland
Internet in Iceland
Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members
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