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| Introduced | 1993 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active (to be phased out and succeeded by .cw and .sx) |
| Registry | University of The Netherlands Antilles |
| Sponsor | University of The Netherlands Antilles |
| Intended use | Entities connected with the former  Netherlands Antilles |
| Actual use | Gets some use in the former Netherlands Antilles |
| Registration 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 |
| Documents | Rules |
.an is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the former Netherlands Antilles. It is administered by the University of the Netherlands Antilles. As the Netherlands Antilles have been dissolved in 2010, the domain is being phased out.[1] As of November 2010 the .an domain remains live with over 800 domains registered under .an (directly or at third level), 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).[2] 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. As of 28 February 2011, they are however not in use.
Phasing out
On 31 October 2013, a start will be made to remove domain names from the databases and systems. One year later, the .an will be removed from the DNS root server.[3]
References
- ^ ".an". IANA. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110426030033/http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/an.html. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ^ "AN Zone File". Robert Baskerville's ccTLD analysis data. 2008-01-02. Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080119124003/http://www.robert.net/ccTLD/AN. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
- ^ "CW Domain Registration". Universiteit van de Nederlandse Antillen. 9 February 2012. http://www.una.an/cw_domreg/.
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