.lb is the

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History

The Lebanese Domain Registry (LBDR) was established in 1993. It offered domains free of charge directly to registrants, without the use of a registrar model. Since 1 February 2021, they introduced a registrar model and registrants can not directly register their domains at the registry anymore. At the same time the registry also introduced a yearly fee for domains and removed the trademark requirement for registrants. On 13 July 2023,

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took over the registry management of .lb in a caretaker role due to the death of the registry manager. On 21 January 2024, ICANN approved the transfer of .lb to the new registry Internet Society Lebanon.

Second-level domains

* com.lb – commercial * edu.lb – educational * gov.lb – government * net.lb – network infrastructure * org.lb – organizations

References

External links

IANA .lb whois information
Country code top-level domains Communications in Lebanon Internet properties established in 1993 {{Lebanon-stub sv:Toppdomän#L