.an

{{Short description|Internet country code top-level domain for the former Netherlands Antilles}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox Top level domain

|name=.an

|background=#CCF

|image=University of the Netherlands Antilles logo.png

|caption=Logo of the University of the Netherlands Antilles, which administered the .an domain

|introduced=1993

|removed = 31 July 2015

|type=Country code top-level domain

|status=Deleted (succeeded by .cw and .sx)

|registry=University of the Netherlands Antilles

|sponsor=University of the Netherlands Antilles

|intendeduse=Entities connected with the former {{flag|Netherlands Antilles}}

|actualuse=

|restrictions=Registrations must correspond to name or trademark of registrant; proof of identity must be shown on registration

|structure=Registrations taken at second level and also at third level beneath some second-level labels

|document=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070821050549/http://www.una.an/an_domreg/reglement.asp Rules]

|disputepolicy=

|website=

}}

.an was the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the former Netherlands Antilles. It was administered by the University of the Netherlands Antilles. The domain was phased out after the Netherlands Antilles were dissolved in 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/an.html |publisher=IANA |title=.an |accessdate=28 February 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426030033/https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/an.html |archivedate=26 April 2011 |url-status=live }} As of November 2010 the .an domain remained live with over 800 domains registered under .an, including secondary levels. On 31 July 2015, use of the domain was discontinued.{{cite web|url=http://www.versgeperst.com/nieuws/268890/internetextensie-an-stopt-per-31-juli.html|work=versgeperst.com|accessdate=7 July 2015|date=7 July 2015|title=Internetextensie .AN per 31 juli definitief uit de lucht}}

Second level domain

Including google.com.an and youtube.com.an (both delegations to Google's nameservers), yahoo.com.an (delegated to Yahoo's nameservers but no A record for yahoo.com.an or www.yahoo.com.an), and visa.com.an (delegation to ultradns.net's nameservers).{{Cite web |url=http://www.robert.net/ccTLD/AN |title=AN Zone File |work=Robert Baskerville's ccTLD analysis data |date=2008-01-02 |accessdate=2008-01-02 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119124003/http://www.robert.net/ccTLD/AN |archivedate=19 January 2008 |url-status=dead}} With the deletion of AN from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 register the ISO codes CW (Curaçao), SX (Sint Maarten) and BQ (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), the ccTLDs .cw, .sx and .bq have been designated (although the last one is not in use).

Phasing out

On 31 December 2013, the University of the Netherlands Antilles began removing inactive .an domain names from their databases and systems. On 31 October 2014, ICANN removed the .an domain from the DNS root servers.{{cite web|url=http://www.uoc.cw/ictssite/index.php/domreg/registering-a-cw-domain|title=Registering .CW Domains|accessdate=29 August 2014|work=University of Curaçao|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817071254/http://www.uoc.cw/ictssite/index.php/domreg/registering-a-cw-domain|archive-date=17 August 2014|url-status=dead}}

See also

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