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    Country-code top-level domainsDNSSEC

    Overview

    .pe is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Peru. Created on 25 November 1991, it is managed by the Red Científica Peruana (RCP) and operates through the NIC PE/punto.pe registry. The zone supports registrations at both the second level and third level, and is widely used in Peru (140,210 registered domains as of 3 February 2022).

    History

    • Introduced: 25 November 1991.
    • Operator/Registry: Red Científica Peruana (RCP); registry site: punto.pe (NIC PE).
    • Policy change: As of 8 December 2007, the registry began accepting registrations directly at the second level (e.g., example.pe) in addition to the existing third-level structure.

    Usage and Audience

    • Intended use: Entities connected with Peru.
    • Actual use: Very popular within Peru for commercial, institutional, governmental and personal sites.
    • Typical audiences and sectors:
      • Government agencies: use .gob.pe
      • Military units: use .mil.pe
      • Educational institutions: use .edu.pe
      • Commercial organizations and businesses: often use .com.pe
      • Non-profits and organizations: use .org.pe
      • Networks and ISPs: use .net.pe
      • Personal/individual registrations: use .nom.pe

    Registration Rules

    • General rule: Registrations are generally unrestricted; some words are prohibited or reserved.
    • Levels:
      • Second-level registrations (example.pe) have been accepted since 8 December 2007.
      • Third-level registrations continue under established second-level labels (com.pe, org.pe, net.pe, nom.pe, mil.pe, gob.pe, edu.pe).
    • Second-level categories:
      • Unrestricted SLDs: .com.pe, .org.pe, .net.pe, .nom.pe
      • Restricted SLDs: .gob.pe (government), .mil.pe (military), .edu.pe (education)
    • Reserved names (examples):
      • Reserved at all levels: aso, dnso, icann, internic, pso, alac, gac, iana, afrinic, apnic, arin, example, gtld-servers, iab, iana-servers, iesg, ietf, irte, istf, lacnic, latnic, lactad, rfc-editor, ripe, root-servers and names of Peruvian governmental bodies.
      • Reserved in the second level specifically: any TLD listed in the IANA table and the terms "nic", "whois", "punto" and "www".
    • Allowed characters:
      • Letters a–z, digits 0–9, the hyphen (-), and the Spanish characters á, é, í, ó, ú and ñ.
      • Length: minimum 1 character, maximum 63 characters.
      • Hyphen rules: hyphen cannot appear at the beginning or end of the domain; it also cannot appear simultaneously in the third and fourth positions.

    Notable Examples

    Common third-level domains and their typical uses:

    • com.pe — commercial entities and businesses
    • net.pe — network operators and related services
    • org.pe — non-profit organizations
    • mil.pe — Peruvian Armed Forces units (restricted)
    • gob.pe — Peruvian government agencies or institutions (restricted)
    • edu.pe — educational or institutional bodies (restricted)
    • nom.pe — personal/individual registrations

    Operator

    Red Cientifica Peruana

    Whois

    % IANA WHOIS server
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domain:       PE

organisation: Red Cientifica Peruana
address:      Jr. Gonzales Prada # 585
address:      Surquillo Lima 15047
address:      Peru

contact:      administrative
name:         Rolando Toledo
organisation: Red Cientifica Peruana
address:      Jr. Gonzales Prada # 585
address:      Surquillo Lima 15047
address:      Peru
phone:        +51 1 7020000
e-mail:       tld-admin@nic.pe

contact:      technical
name:         David Rios
organisation: Red Cientifica Peruana
address:      Jr. Gonzales Prada # 585
address:      Surquillo Lima 15047
address:      Peru
phone:        +51 1 7020000
e-mail:       tld-tech@nic.pe

nserver:      A.LACTLD.ORG 200.0.68.10 2801:14:a000:0:0:0:0:10
nserver:      PCH.RCP.PE 2001:500:14:6085:ad:0:0:1 204.61.216.85
nserver:      PE1.DNSNODE.NET 194.146.106.82 2001:67c:1010:20:0:0:0:53
nserver:      QUIPU.RCP.NET.PE 200.1.176.4
ds-rdata:     7981 8 2 7c4b12c0d916694718131c7b7607561393fb86e2a3159ce7a74ea9e29afb26f3

whois:        kero.yachay.pe

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

created:      1991-11-25
changed:      2022-07-20
source:       IANA

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