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.va
Introduced11 September 1995 (root zone)
TLD typeCountry code top-level domain
StatusActive
RegistryVatican Internet Service
SponsorHoly See Secretariat of State
Intended useEntities connected with  Vatican City
Registration restrictionsNo public registrations are available
Dispute policiesNone
Registry websitewww.comunicazione.va

.va is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Vatican City State.[1] It is administered by the Vatican Internet Service.[2]

Background

The .va top-level domain was created in 1995[3] by Archbishop John Patrick Foley of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.[4] The website Vatican.va went live on Christmas day 1995.[5]

Description

Second-level domains are not available to the public.[citation needed]

Name and email servers within the .va namespace include john.vatican.va (DNS and email), michael.vatican.va (DNS), paul.vatican.va (email), lists.vatican.va (email), and vatiradio.va (email).[citation needed]

Websites

At least 23 easily adopted names starting with "www" in the .va zone, with many more email-only subdomains.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Delegation Record for .VA". Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  2. ^ "The Vatican Internet Service". www.lasalette.org. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  3. ^ "Vatican opposes faith-based Web addresses". Religion News Service. 2009-03-07. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  4. ^ "Cardinal John Patrick Foley dies at the age of 76". Catholic Philly. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  5. ^ "Pope John Paul II Brings the Vatican Online". dummies. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  6. ^ "Vatican Internet Sites". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  7. ^ "VA Zone File". Robert Baskerville's ccTLD analysis data. 2007-12-28. Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
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