.hn

Overview

• .hn is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Honduras.
• It is intended for entities connected with Honduras and is used for websites related to the country.
• Registry and sponsor: Red de Desarrollo Sostenible Honduras (operates as NIC.hn / punto.hn).
• Official registry websites: https://www.nic.hn/ and https://punto.hn/.

History

• Introduced on 16 April 1993.
• Implemented and delegated in 1993; managed by Red de Desarrollo Sostenible Honduras.
• DNSSEC is enabled for the zone.

Usage and Audience

• Target audience: organizations, businesses, government, educational institutions, and individuals connected to Honduras.
• Common second-level namespaces in use include:
  • .com.hn
  • .net.hn
  • .org.hn
  • .edu.hn
  • .gob.hn
• General actual use: gets some use within Honduras for local sites and services.

Registration Rules

• Registrations are made directly at the second level (e.g., example.hn).
• Wikipedia lists no general registry-imposed restrictions; however, registry agreements specify required warranties and obligations for registrants.

Eligibility and required representations (summary of registry agreement):

• Registrant must be an identifiable natural person over 18 or a legally recognized entity (company, association, etc.).
• Registrant must provide true and accurate contact information and update it promptly if it changes.
• Registrant must use the domain in good faith and in accordance with Honduran and applicable international laws and regulations.

Registrant obligations and prohibitions (summary):

• Must not allow unrelated third parties to register subdomains in violation of the agreement.
• Must not register or use a .hn domain in a way that infringes the legal or intellectual property rights of third parties.
• Must not register domains to unlawfully divert trade or deliberately register confusingly similar misspellings of another entity to pass off or trade on another's goodwill.
• Restrictions on granting security interests or encumbrances on the domain unless such arrangements do not impair registry obligations or the registrant's ability to comply with the agreement.
• Registrant must promptly notify the registry (BIT-HN) of any actual or threatened legal proceedings concerning words used in the domain name.
• Domains must comply with the BIT-HN Acceptable Use Policy and other recommended policies (including rules relating to spam).
• The registry agreement acknowledges that a domain can resolve to content that may be illegal or prohibited; registrants remain bound to comply with acceptable use rules.

Policies and dispute resolution:

• The registry publishes general policies and a conflict/dispute policy (available via NIC.hn policy pages).

Technical and Administrative Notes

• Registry operator: Red de Desarrollo Sostenible Honduras (also listed as sponsor).
• IANA delegation record exists for .hn (delegation and WHOIS information maintained by IANA).
• DNSSEC is supported and active for the .hn zone.

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

domain:       HN

organisation: Red de Desarrollo Sostenible Honduras
address:      Col. Las Colinas, Bloque RR, Casa 2016
address:      Boulevard Francia
address:      Tegucigalpa Francisco Morazán 4959
address:      Honduras

contact:      administrative
name:         Maria Raquel Isaula Peralta
organisation: Red de Desarrollo Sostenible Honduras
address:      Col. Las Colinas, Bloque RR, Casa 2016
address:      Boulevard Francia
address:      Tegucigalpa Francisco Morazán 4959
address:      Honduras
phone:        +504 235 4141/42/43/44/45
fax-no:       +504 235 5721
e-mail:       raquel@rds.org.hn

contact:      technical
name:         Jan Alvarado
organisation: Red de Desarrollo Sostenible Honduras
address:      Col. Las Colinas, Bloque RR, Casa 2016
address:      Boulevard Francia
address:      Tegucigalpa Francisco Morazán 4959
address:      Honduras
phone:        +504 2235 4141/42/43/44/45
fax-no:       +504 2235 5721
e-mail:       janalvarado@rds.org.hn

nserver:      A.LACTLD.ORG 200.0.68.10 2801:14:a000:0:0:0:0:10
nserver:      NS1.ANYCASTDNS.CZ 185.38.108.108 2a00:fea0:dead:0:0:0:0:beef
nserver:      NS2.ANYCASTDNS.CZ 185.28.194.194
nserver:      PCH-ANYCAST.RDS.ORG.HN 2001:500:14:6064:ad:0:0:1 204.61.216.64
ds-rdata:     20599 8 2 b7ca2a70dea7188cb7319a8049164ef9d0e3496d8fe4e3c135cba8452544ba72

whois:        whois.nic.hn

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: https://www.nic.hn

created:      1993-04-16
changed:      2024-07-24
source:       IANA