.ps
{{Short description|Internet country code top-level domain for the State of Palestine}}
{{For|the .ps file extension|PostScript}}
{{Infobox top level domain
| name=.ps
| background=#CCF
| image=Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority logo.png
| introduced=22 March 2000
| type=Country code top-level domain
| status=Active
| registry=[http://www.pnina.ps PNINA]
| sponsor=[http://www.pita.ps/ PITA]
| intendeduse=Entities connected with: {{flag|State of Palestine}}
| restrictions=2nd-level registrations unrestricted; 3rd-level registrations may have limitations based on which 2nd-level domain they are within
| structure=May register at second level or beneath generic 2nd-level categories at 3rd level
| document=IANA reports: [https://www.iana.org/reports/ps-report-22mar00.htm Delegation (2000)], [https://www.iana.org/reports/ps-report-21jun04.htm Redelegation (2004)]; [http://www.icann.org/cctlds/ps/ ICANN MoU]
| disputepolicy=[http://www.nic.ps/dispute/dispute.html DRS Policy]
| website=[http://www.pnina.ps/ pnina.ps]||actualuse=Fairly popular in Palestine}}
.ps is the Internet country code top-level domain ccTLD officially assigned to the State of Palestine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ps.html|title=IANA — .ps Domain Delegation Data|website=www.iana.org}}
It is administered by the Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority.
Registrations are processed by certified registrars.
The Internationalized country code top-level domain for the State of Palestine is .فلسطين, which is represented as .xn--ygbi2ammx in Punycode.{{cite web | url=https://www.iana.org/reports/2010/falasteen-report-16jul2010.html | title=IANA — Report on the Delegation ofفلسطين. ("Falasteen") representing the Occupied Palestinian Territory in Arabic}}
Second level domains
Registrations can be made at the second-level as well as at several third-level domain names:{{cite web |url=https://www.pnina.ps/registration-policy/ |title=PNINA Registration Policies and Procedures for Registering Domains under the .ps ccTLD |website=The Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority |access-date=2020-04-21 }}
- .ps: open to anyone (not required to be Palestinian){{cite web |url=https://www.pnina.ps/how-to-register-a-ps-domain/ |title=How to register a .PS domain? |website=The Palestinian National Internet Naming Authority |access-date=2020-04-21 |quote=Anyone, Palestinians and non-Palestinians, from businesses to organizations to individuals, can register a .ps domain name }}
- com.ps, net.ps, org.ps: unrestricted
- edu.ps: Educational institutions.
- gov.ps: institutions of the PNA and government.
- sch.ps: Palestinian schools
Domain hacks
It has also been used in domain hacks, for example meetu.ps for meetups on the website Meetup, and by the University of Maryland as ter.ps.{{cite web |url=http://ter.ps/new.php |title=Central Authentication Service (CAS) |website=University of Maryland}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.nic.ps/}} nic.ps PNINA
- {{Official website|http://www.pnina.ps}} pnina.ps PNINA
- [http://www.pnina.ps/registrars-list/ List of .ps registrars]
- [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ps.html IANA .ps whois information]
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Category:Country code top-level domains
Category:Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members
Category:Mass media in Palestine
Category:Internet in Palestine
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