.mn

Overview

• .mn is the country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Mongolia.
• Administered by .MN Registry and Datacom (Datacom Co., Ltd.).
• The name comes from the consonants in the first syllable of "Mongolia."
• Registrations are made directly at the second level and the registry operates a thick registry model.

History

• Introduced on 2 March 1995 (implemented/introduced March 2, 1995).
• Operated by .MN Registry/Datacom; the registry website is https://domain.mn/.
• The .mn zone was signed with DNSSEC on 18 November 2010.
• The registry provides a Redemption Grace Period (RGP) for deleted domains and requires administrative, billing, technical and registrant contacts.
• Dispute policy: UDRP.

Usage and Audience

• Primary use: entities connected with Mongolia (businesses, government, organizations, individuals).
• The TLD is also used outside Mongolia, notably as a domain hack and by users associated with the U.S. state of Minnesota.
• Typical audiences:
  • Mongolian institutions and citizens
  • Organizations and brands seeking short domain hacks that end with ".mn"
  • Minnesota-based sites or projects using .mn informally (though Minnesota's official locality under .us is .mn.us)

Registration Rules

• Eligible registrants:
  • Legally recognized entities (corporations, NGOs, government organizations), or
  • Natural persons aged over 18 years.
• Additional requirements and policies:
  • Individual registrants must be over 18.
  • Administrative, billing, technical and registrant contacts are required.
  • Specific prohibitions: publication or distribution (including links) of pornographic or obscene/indecent material prohibited where such material would be an offense under Mongolian law.
• Permitted characters and format:
  • Allowed characters: letters (a-z, A-Z), digits (0-9) and hyphen (-).
  • Domain names must not start or end with a hyphen.
  • Domain names must not have a hyphen in both the third and fourth positions.
• Structure and special second-level domains:
  • Registrations are primarily at the second level (example: example.mn).
  • Certain second-level domains are available to qualifying entities (often free):
    • .gov.mn – government institutions
    • .edu.mn – educational institutions
    • .org.mn – non-profit organizations

Notable Cases or Examples

• Minnesota Legislature sites: senate.mn and house.mn (use of .mn by Minnesota entities, not an official state assignment).
• Domain-hack examples: vita.mn (play on "vitamin"), cart.mn (used as a redirect related to the South Park character Eric Cartman).

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domain:       MN

organisation: Datacom Co., Ltd.
address:      Galaxy Tower Office Bldg, #5007,
address:      Mahatma Gandhi Street,
address:      Khan-Uul district
address:      Ulaanbaatar 17010
address:      Mongolia

contact:      administrative
name:         Enkhbat Dangaasuren
organisation: Datacom Co., Ltd.
address:      Galaxy Tower Office Bldg, #5007,
address:      Mahatma Gandhi Street,
address:      Khan-Uul district
address:      Ulaanbaatar 17010
address:      Mongolia
phone:        +976 7000 0505
fax-no:       +976 11 320 210
e-mail:       enkhbat@datacom.mn

contact:      technical
name:         Enkhbold Gombo
organisation: Datacom Co. Ltd.
address:      Galaxy Tower Office Bldg, #5007,
address:      Mahatma Gandhi Street,
address:      Khan-Uul district
address:      Ulaanbaatar 17010
address:      Mongolia
phone:        +976 7000 0505
fax-no:       +976 11 320 210
e-mail:       enkhbold@datacom.mn

nserver:      A0.CCTLD.AFILIAS-NST.INFO 199.254.59.1 2001:500:25:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      A2.CCTLD.AFILIAS-NST.INFO 199.249.116.1 2001:500:44:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      B0.CCTLD.AFILIAS-NST.ORG 199.254.60.1 2001:500:26:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      B2.CCTLD.AFILIAS-NST.ORG 199.249.124.1 2001:500:4c:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      C0.CCTLD.AFILIAS-NST.INFO 199.254.61.1 2001:500:27:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      D0.CCTLD.AFILIAS-NST.ORG 199.254.62.1 2001:500:28:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      NS1.MAGIC.MN 202.131.0.10
nserver:      NS2.MAGIC.MN 202.72.241.5
nserver:      NS3.MAGIC.MN 202.131.224.80
nserver:      NS4.MAGIC.MN 218.100.84.26
ds-rdata:     22489 8 2 c069cd3e147e1f008fd2394a7112509c96d26094f876e48e56192779e1c47ba6

whois:        whois.nic.mn

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: http://www.nic.mn

created:      1995-03-02
changed:      2022-06-15
source:       IANA