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    Country-code top-level domains

    Overview

    .hm is the country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to the Heard and McDonald Islands, an uninhabited Australian external territory in the southern Indian Ocean. The domain is managed by the HM Domain Registry and has been opened to registrations from entities outside the territory. Actual use of the TLD is rare; the Australian government uses .aq for the islands' official site.

    History

    • Introduced: 24 July 1997.
    • Registry / Sponsor: HM Domain Registry (an Australian registrar) manages the .hm zone and registration services.
    • The Australian government, despite sovereignty over the territory, does not use .hm for the official site and instead uses the .aq domain for Heard & McDonald Islands information.

    Usage and Audience

    • Intended use: Entities associated with Heard and McDonald Islands.
    • Actual use: Rare; the registry is open to outside registration and accepts registrations from persons and companies worldwide.
    • Structure: All domains are registered directly at the second level (for example: example.hm).

    Registration Rules

    • Eligibility:

      • Registrations are open to persons and companies anywhere.

    • Prohibited or restricted names:

      • Obscene or otherwise offensive domain names are not acceptable.
      • Domains that imply an interest in the management of the HM domain space are not permitted.
      • Registration of surnames (as contained in a reputable database) is not permitted; surnames are reserved for the use of MY.HM, a provider of email and related services that has supported the HM Domain Registry. Interested parties are directed to contact info@my.hm.

    • Anti-spam policy:

      • The registry does not tolerate unsolicited email used as an advertising technique. Any unsolicited email that:
        • advertises a URL within .hm; or
        • appears to be sourced from a server within a .hm domain; or
        • has a source or reply-to address within a .hm domain
          may result in termination of service and/or removal of the affected domain and related domains from DNS zone files.
      • "Related domains" means domains sharing registrant or contact details with the affected domain.

    Characters and name format

    • Minimum length: at least three characters (e.g., abc.hm).
    • Allowed characters: alphanumeric characters (a-z, 0-9) and the dash (-).
    • Must start with an alphabetic character (e.g., 1st-place.hm is not valid).

    Operator

    HM Domain Registry

    Whois

    % IANA WHOIS server
% for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org
% This query returned 1 object

domain:       HM

organisation: HM Domain Registry
address:      PO Box 383
address:      Dickson ACT 2602
address:      Australia

contact:      administrative
name:         Edward Sweeney
organisation: HM Domain Registry
address:      PO Box 383
address:      Dickson ACT 2602
address:      Australia
phone:        +612 6189 5260
fax-no:       +612 6189 5261
e-mail:       ed@capital.net.au

contact:      technical
name:         HM Hostmaster
organisation: HM Domain Registry
address:      PO Box 383
address:      Dickson ACT 2602
address:      Australia
phone:        +61 2 6189 5260
fax-no:       +61 2 6189 5261
e-mail:       hostmaster@registry.hm

nserver:      NS1.REGISTRY.HM 142.171.40.232
nserver:      NS2.REGISTRY.HM 142.171.40.234
nserver:      NS3.REGISTRY.HM 128.199.180.188

whois:        whois.registry.hm

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: http://www.registry.hm

created:      1997-07-24
changed:      2023-12-14
source:       IANA

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