.al

.al

Introduced	1992
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Electronic and Postal Communications Authority (AKEP)
Sponsor	Electronic and Postal Communications Authority (AKEP)
Intended use	Entities connected with Albania
Actual use	It has some use in Albania
Registration restrictions	Albanian Citizens only and Businesses registered in Albania
Structure	Registrations are at third level beneath categorized second-level subdomains
Documents	Registration form (PDF)
Dispute policies	Disputes must be with registrant alone; NIC disclaims all legal responsibilities
Website	.al DNS registrations

.al is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Albania. It is administered by the Electronic and Postal Communications Authority of Albania (AKEP). Only Albanian citizens, or companies based in Albania can actually register .al domains. Foreigners can register domains through a proxy-registrar or a trustee-service such as MarkMonitor, IsFun or Host.al agents.

2nd level registrations

In the past, registrations were not permitted directly at the second level, but a few existing names were "grandfathered"; they were uniti.al, tirana.al, soros.al, upt.al and inima.al.

3rd level registrations

Registrations used to be only beneath the second-level label appropriate for the type of organization, but many now exist directly below .al. These are the second level domains in current use:

• .com.al for enterprises & commercial organizations
• .edu.al for academic and R&D institutions
• .gov.al for government institutions
• .mil.al for military organizations
• .net.al for organizations dedicated on networking
• .org.al for non-government organizations

Whois Servers

The .al zone has no official whois server. Some of the trustee registrars offer their public whois information for their domains under the zone of .al. An extensive result of all the domains can be found by directing requests to web: http://whois.domaintools.com/$DOMAINNAME.al (ex: http://whois.domaintools.com/univers.al)

External links

• IANA .al whois information
• AKEP Official website of Registering Authority (AKEP)
• WebHost.al .al domains registration service and proxy registrar.
• Host.al Provides support and may serve as a proxy registrar for the .al domains
• TheHosting ME Another option for .al domains