.ps

For the .ps file extension, see PostScript.

.ps is the Internet country code top-level domain ccTLD officially assigned to the State of Palestine.^[1] It is administered by the Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority.^[2]

.ps

Introduced	22 March 2000
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	PNINA
Sponsor	PITA
Intended use	Entities connected with: State of 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

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, and by the University of Maryland as ter.ps.^[5]