.il

.il

Introduced	1985
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Israel Internet Association
Sponsor	Internet Society of Israel
Intended use	Entities connected with  Israel
Actual use	Popular in Israel
Registration restrictions	Limitations vary based on which 2nd-level domain registration is within; registry reserves right to screen and reject applications; limit of 10 domain names per owner unless exception granted
Structure	Names are registered at third level within generic second-level categories
Documents
Dispute policies	Optional dispute resolution via Advisory Committee
Website	ISOC-IL: Domains

.il is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of Israel. It is administered by the Israel Internet Association.

The .il top-level domain is one of the earliest registered ccTLDs. When Israel registered it, on 24 October 1985^[1], it was the third registration of any ccTLD, after .us and .uk, which were registered earlier that year.

Second level domains

There are eight Second Level Domains:

• ac.il: Academic Institutions; administration delegated to the Inter-University Computation Center.
• co.il: Commercial Entities; administration delegated to five private registrars.
• org.il: Non-commercial Organizations; administration delegated to five private registrars.
• net.il: Israeli Internet service providers; available only to licensed providers by the Israel Internet Association.
• k12.il: Schools and Kindergartens
• gov.il: Government and Governmental System; administration delegated to ministry of finance.
• muni.il: Municipal Government
• idf.il: Israel Defense Forces; administration delegated to the army's Center of Computing and Information Systems.

Censorship in the United Arab Emirates

Etisalat, the ISP of the United Arab Emirates, blocked all websites in the .il TLD ^[2] (the Israeli top-level domain) until November 2009 when most .il domains became available. ^[3]

It also prohibits the registration of .ae domain names by Israelis:

2. Any Israeli individual or entity shall not be eligible for the registration of domain name(s) under .ae. The UAEnic shall have the right to remove any domain name which the Israeli Boycott Office Rules and Regulations in the UAE decide that it is similar or identical to an Israeli's, or any Intellectual Property Right belonging to person(s) under an interdict by virtue of a decision to that effect^[4]

External links

• IANA .il whois information
• Israeli Internet Association - official site of the .il ccTLD.

References