.sh
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Introduced | 1997 |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | NIC.SH (run by Internet Computer Bureau) |
Sponsor | Government of Saint Helena |
Intended use | Entities connected with Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
Actual use | Various uses; a few sites actually on Saint Helena but most elsewhere |
Registration restrictions | 2nd-level registrant must have professional or academic qualification (apparently not actually enforced); 3rd level registrant must be resident on Saint Helena |
Structure | Registrations are taken directly at the second level or at third level beneath various 2nd-level labels |
Documents | Terms & Conditions; Rules |
Dispute policies | Dispute Resolution Policy |
Website | NIC.SH |
DNSSEC | yes |
.sh is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Registrations of internationalized domain names are also accepted.[1]
Second level domains
There are seven second level domains:
- co.sh: commercial entities
- com.sh: commercial entities
- org.sh: non-profit organizations
- gov.sh: government departments and agencies
- edu.sh: educational institutions
- net.sh: network service providers
- nom.sh: non-island Internet sites
Top level domains
Members of DeviantArt are able to go to their 'stash'; a service where digital media can be uploaded to, stored and published.[2] The DeviantArt 'stash' uses the .sh top level domain: 'sta.sh'.
Another domain that uses .sh is the sharing service Puu.sh.
Since the .sh extension is also used by Unix shell scripts, this domain has been used for websites about command-line interface programs as e.g. Homebrew.
SH is the official abbreviation for the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein and the .sh domain is used for some quasi-governmental sites like nah.sh, a public transportation site.
See also
References
- ↑ .SH IDN Policy, NIC, Saint Helena.
- ↑ "What is Sta.sh?". DeviantArt. DeviantArt. Retrieved 28 July 2013.