.by is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Belarus. It is administered by the Operations and Analysis Centre under the President of the Republic of Belarus (Оперативно-аналитический центр при Президенте Республики Беларусь). The BY code originates from the ISO code for Byelorussia, the former name of the country. The ccTLD was created for Belarus on 10 May 1994.
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".by" is the official web address ending for websites based in Belarus, similar to how ".uk" is used for the United Kingdom or ".de" for Germany. The domain was established in 1994 and is managed by a government organization under Belarus's President.
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Key facts
- Top level domain.name
- .by
- Top level domain.image
- DotBy domain logo.png
- Top level domain.introduced
- 10 May 1994
- Top level domain.type
- Country code top-level domain
- Top level domain.status
- Active
- Top level domain.registry
- Reliable Software Inc.
- Top level domain.registereddomains
- 143,412
- Top level domain.dateregistereddomains
- 2022-08-19
- Top level domain.sponsor
- Operations and Analysis Centre under the President of the Republic of Belarus
- Top level domain.intendeduse
- Entities connected with Belarus
- Top level domain.actualuse
- Popular in Belarus and the German state of Bavaria
- Top level domain.restrictions
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Eligibility
- History
- Fees
- Internationalized country code top-level domain
- References
- External links
.by is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Belarus. It is administered by the Operations and Analysis Centre under the President of the Republic of Belarus (Оперативно-аналитический центр при Президенте Республики Беларусь). The BY code originates from the ISO code for Byelorussia, the former name of the country. The ccTLD was created for Belarus on 10 May 1994.
== Eligibility == The Operations and Analysis Centre under the President of the Republic of Belarus allows for anyone (not only for those who reside in Belarus) to register a second level domain such as something.by. However, third-level domains .gov.by and .mil.by are reserved for government use only. The names chosen for second-level domains must not conflict with those already registered or with well-known brand names. The names also must have two or more Latin characters and they cannot either start or finish with a hyphen (-). Second-level names that might have words or phrases that are deemed to be vulgar or illegal can also be rejected by the Administrator of ccTLD BY.