.eg
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| Introduced | 1990 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | Egyptian Universities Network |
| Sponsor | Egyptian Universities Network |
| Intended use | Entities connected with Egypt |
| Actual use | Popular in Egypt |
| Structure | Registrations are at the second level, and at the third level beneath various second-level labels |
| Website | Registration info |
.eg is the Latin alphabet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Egypt. Any entity who wants to register a domain name ending with .eg must have a local representative or the domain name has to be hosted on Egyptian DNS servers. Egypt's Arabic alphabet ccTLD is مصر..[1][2] During the 2011 Egyptian protests, domain .eg was shut down by the government.[3]
[edit] Second-level domains
There are nine second-level domains. Registrations are at the third level beneath these names.
- com.eg: Commercial sites.
- edu.eg: Educational sites.
- eun.eg: Egyptian Universities Network.
- gov.eg: Governmental sites.
- mil.eg: Military sites.
- name.eg: Personal "name" websites.
- net.eg: Networking.
- org.eg: Egyptian organizations.
- sci.eg: Scientific sites.
Registration at the second level is now available for non-commercial community service sites; e.g. nic.eg, bibalex.eg, igf09.eg.
[edit] References
- ^ "First IDN ccTLDs Requests Successfully Pass String Evaluation". ICANN. 2010-01-21. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan10-en.htm.
- ^ 'Historic' day as first non-latin web addresses go live, BBC, 6 May 2010.
- ^ Egyptian Internet shutdown by government, CNN, January 28, 2011.
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