.il
Internet country code top-level domain for Israel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.il is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of Israel, administered by the Israel Internet Association and managed by NIC - ISRAEL[permanent dead link], which hosts the DNS root server and manages the Israeli Internet Exchange, that supports IPv4 and IPv6.[3][4]
Quick Facts Introduced, TLD type ...
Introduced | 24 October 1985; 38 years ago (1985-10-24) |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | Israel Internet Association |
Sponsor | Internet Society of Israel, NIC - ISRAEL[permanent dead link] |
Intended use | Entities connected with: |
Actual use | Popular in Israel |
Registered domains | 285,060 (2023-08-19)[1] |
Registration restrictions | Limitations vary based on which 2nd-level domain registration is within; registry reserves right to screen and reject applications |
Structure | Names are registered at third-level within generic second-level categories; second-level name registry directly under .il not supported |
Documents | Registration rules |
Dispute policies | Optional dispute resolution via Advisory Committee |
DNSSEC | yes |
Registry website | en |
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Quick Facts Introduced, TLD type ...
Introduced | 22 November 2022; 17 months ago (2022-11-22) |
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TLD type | Internationalized country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | Israel Internet Association |
Sponsor | Internet Society of Israel |
Intended use | Entities connected with Israel with content in the Hebrew alphabet |
Registered domains | 22,186 (2023-08-19)[1] |
Registration restrictions | Only Hebrew alphabet, digits, hyphens can be used.[2] |
Structure | Names to be registered either at second-level directly under ישראל. or at third-level within generic second-level categories |
Documents | Registration rules |
DNS name | xn--4dbrk0ce |
Registry website | כולנו.ישראל |
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The .il top-level domain is one of the earliest registered ccTLDs. When Israel registered it, on 24 October 1985,[3] it was the third registration of any ccTLD, after .us[5] and .uk,[6] which were registered earlier that year.
As of 19 August 2023 there are 285,060 domain names registered under the .il ccTLD in Israel.[1]