.pl

For other uses, see PL (disambiguation).

.pl

Introduced	1990
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	NASK
Sponsor	NASK
Intended use	Entities connected with Poland
Actual use	Very popular in Poland
Registration restrictions	No restrictions stated
Structure	Registrations can be made directly at second level, or at third level beneath various second level labels
Dispute policies	PIIT arbitration (for Polish entities) WIPO expedited arbitration (for foreign entities)
Website	dns.pl
DNSSEC	yes

.pl is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Poland, administered by NASK, the Polish research and development organization. It is one of the founding members of CENTR.

History

The .pl domain was created in 1990, following the mitigation of the COCOM embargo on technological collaboration with post-communist countries. The first subdomain in .pl was .pwr.pl, belonging to the Wrocław University of Technology.

In 2003, internationalized domain names were introduced. Registration of domains containing characters from Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, and Hebrew script was allowed.

NASK is a Sector Member [1] of ITU-T since 2004 and plays an active role [2] in Study Group 17 working on Internationalized Domain Names (IDN). Andrzej Bartosiewicz, Head of the DNS Division at NASK, acts as Rapporteur [3] for Question 16, dedicated to IDN.

Second-level domains

Several functional and regional domains exist. Most popular are:

Functional domains

• .com.pl, .biz.pl – commercial entities
• .net.pl – network infrastructure
• .art.pl – art
• .edu.pl – education
• .org.pl, .ngo.pl – NGOs and not-for-profit organizations
• .gov.pl – government
• .info.pl – (general) information
• .mil.pl – military

Regional domains

(There are more than 100 regional SLDs in Poland.)

• .bialystok.pl – Białystok (city)
• .bydgoszcz.pl – Bydgoszcz (city)
• .czest.pl – Częstochowa (city)
• .elk.pl – Ełk (city)
• .gda.pl, .gdansk.pl – Gdańsk (city)
• .gorzow.pl – Gorzów Wielkopolski (city)
• .kalisz.pl – Kalisz (city)
• .katowice.pl – Katowice (city)
• .konin.pl – Konin (city)
• .kraków.pl – Kraków (city)
• .lodz.pl – Łódź (city)
• .lublin.pl – Lublin (city)
• .malopolska.pl – Małopolska (region)
• .olsztyn.pl – Olsztyn (city)
• .opole.pl – Opole (city)
• .pila.pl – Piła (city)
• .poznan.pl – Poznań (city)
• .radom.pl – Radom (city)
• .rzeszow.pl – Rzeszów (city)
• .slupsk.pl – Słupsk (city)
• .szczecin.pl – Szczecin (city)
• .slask.pl – Śląsk (region)
• .tychy.pl – Tychy (city)
• .torun.pl – Toruń (city)
• .wroc.pl, .wroclaw.pl – Wrocław (city)
• .waw.pl, .warszawa.pl – Warsaw (city)
• .zgora.pl – Zielona Góra (city)

Many registrants prefer to create their own second-level domains, directly under .pl — as of 2012, over 1,500,000 such domains are registered.[4]

External links

• IANA .pl whois information
• Domain name registry of .pl
• Statistics of .pl
• List of accredited Registrars
• IDN registration policy in .pl