Overview
- .international is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) applied for under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- The string is intended to provide "greater expression on the Internet" and to function as an open gTLD without pre-registration policies.
History
- Proposed as part of ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- The registry/manager is identified as Donuts (Wild Way, LLC).
- A Registry Agreement with ICANN was signed on 7 November 2013.
- .international was delegated to the DNS root zone on 29 December 2013 and is listed as an active gTLD.
- ICANNWiki metadata associates the string with the Industry category and records priority information referencing Donuts (Wild Way, LLC).
Usage and Audience
- The application describes .international as an open TLD aimed at enabling broader expression on the internet.
- It is categorized under Industry new gTLDs and is positioned for general use rather than a narrowly restricted community.
Registration Rules
- The application and related notes state that .international will be an open TLD without pre-registration verification; pre-registration verification is explicitly not planned, as it was assessed to "cause more harm than benefit by denying domain access to legitimate registrants."
- The registry indicated intent to adhere to all ICANN-required registration policies and to define remediation and takedown procedures to meet those requirements.
- The operator planned to control abuse through "extensive user and rights protections."
Operator
Binky Moon, LLC
Whois
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domain: INTERNATIONAL
organisation: Binky Moon, LLC
address: c/o Identity Digital Limited
address: 10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address: Bellevue WA 98004
address: United States of America (the)
contact: administrative
name: Vice President, Engineering
organisation: Identity Digital Limited
address: 10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address: Bellevue WA 98004
address: United States of America (the)
phone: +1.425.298.2200
fax-no: +1.425.671.0020
e-mail: tldadmin@identity.digital
contact: technical
name: Senior Director, DNS Infrastructure Group
organisation: Identity Digital Limited
address: 10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address: Bellevue WA 98004
address: United States of America (the)
phone: +1.425.298.2200
fax-no: +1.425.671.0020
e-mail: tldtech@identity.digital
nserver: V0N0.NIC.INTERNATIONAL 2a01:8840:1e:0:0:0:0:6 65.22.28.6
nserver: V0N1.NIC.INTERNATIONAL 2a01:8840:1f:0:0:0:0:6 65.22.29.6
nserver: V0N2.NIC.INTERNATIONAL 2a01:8840:20:0:0:0:0:6 65.22.30.6
nserver: V0N3.NIC.INTERNATIONAL 161.232.14.6 2a01:8840:f8:0:0:0:0:6
nserver: V2N0.NIC.INTERNATIONAL 2a01:8840:21:0:0:0:0:6 65.22.31.6
nserver: V2N1.NIC.INTERNATIONAL 161.232.15.6 2a01:8840:f9:0:0:0:0:6
ds-rdata: 28987 8 2 947fd1dcd82105b572afdc6f9ba5c8f17f6d3a755f2be059cfc5c9044fa8bb10
whois: whois.nic.international
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/
created: 2013-12-19
changed: 2023-09-12
source: IANA
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