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    Generic top-level domainsIDNDNSSEC

    Overview

    • .school is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) created under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
    • The string is listed under "Education New gTLDs" in source categorization.
    • The registry operator for .school is Donuts (Little Galley, LLC).

    History

    • The .school gTLD application was successful in ICANN's New gTLD Program and was delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 19 February 2015.
    • In December 2014 Donuts won the .school contention at auction and became the registry operator.
    • The TLD was scheduled to enter an Early Access Program (EAP) period beginning 27 May 2015.
    • Donuts (Little Galley, LLC) submitted a Public Interest Commitment (PIC) as part of its application.

    Applicants and Contenders

    • Applicant who won and operates the TLD:

      • Donuts (Little Galley, LLC) — applied for many gTLDs (307) and became the registry for .school.

    • Previous / competing applicants mentioned:

      • Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd. (TLDH)
      • Uniregistry (Frank Schilling)
      • Fegistry, LLC

    • Related notable item: Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd. announced a funding agreement (reported at $15 million) intended to support auction participation for at least one contested gTLD application.

    Usage and Audience

    • The source groups .school under Education New gTLDs, indicating its association with the education sector in classification.

    Notable Cases or Examples

    • Donuts winning the .school auction (December 2014) and subsequent delegation to the root zone (19 February 2015) are the primary notable events recorded for this TLD.
    • Multiple major gTLD applicants (Donuts, TLDH, Uniregistry, Fegistry) were involved in contention for the string during the New gTLD application process.

    Operator

    Binky Moon, LLC

    Whois

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

domain:       SCHOOL

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.SCHOOL 2a01:8840:16:0:0:0:0:43 65.22.20.43
nserver:      V0N1.NIC.SCHOOL 2a01:8840:17:0:0:0:0:43 65.22.21.43
nserver:      V0N2.NIC.SCHOOL 2a01:8840:18:0:0:0:0:43 65.22.22.43
nserver:      V0N3.NIC.SCHOOL 161.232.10.43 2a01:8840:f4:0:0:0:0:43
nserver:      V2N0.NIC.SCHOOL 2a01:8840:19:0:0:0:0:43 65.22.23.43
nserver:      V2N1.NIC.SCHOOL 161.232.11.43 2a01:8840:f5:0:0:0:0:43
ds-rdata:     34030 8 2 30e847d55bbc147f8706cf9ee2b50478f41a143e2cbb738f7214ddd59cfb31ae

whois:        whois.nic.school

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/

created:      2015-02-13
changed:      2023-09-12
source:       IANA

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