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    • .tn

    Country-code top-level domainsDNSSEC

    Overview

    .tn is the country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Tunisia. It is managed and sponsored by the Agence Tunisienne d'Internet and is used primarily by entities connected with Tunisia. Registrations may be made directly at the second level or at the third level beneath various sectoral second-level domains.

    History

    • Introduced: 17 May 1991 (implemented May 17, 1991).
    • Registry / Sponsor: Agence Tunisienne d'Internet (ATI).
    • Registered domains: 59,849 (data recorded 2024-02-11).

    Usage and Audience

    • Primary audience: Tunisian businesses, government bodies, organizations, institutions and residents.
    • Common sectors reflected by SLDs: commerce, finance, education, tourism, telecom, non-profits, government and individual use.
    • Actual use: Popular within Tunisia; has also been used to host internationally notable services (for example, The Pirate Bay).

    Registration Rules

    Eligibility

    • Legal entities established under Tunisian law.
    • Holders or legal representatives of an international trademark registered in Tunisia.
    • Adult individuals of Tunisian nationality or those officially residing in Tunisia.
    • Wikipedia notes a local residency requirement.

    Naming restrictions and content rules

    Domain names must not:

    • Harm public order or be prohibited for use.
    • Be contrary to public decency, offensive, vulgar, racist, incite violence, or relate to crimes.
    • Offend religions or infringe the rights of third parties.
    • Be identical or likely to cause visual, syntactic, or phonetic confusion with a brand name.

    Allowed characters and technical limits

    • ASCII domain names: letters a–z (case-insensitive), digits 0–9, and the hyphen (-) (not allowed at beginning or end).
    • Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) allowed, including many accented Latin characters (e.g., à, é, ç, ö, ß, œ, etc.).

    Prohibited forms:

    • Single-letter or single-digit ASCII or IDN labels.
    • Length exceeding 63 characters.
    • Third and fourth characters both hyphens ("xx--").
    • Labels that begin or end with a hyphen.

    Registration structure and second-level domains

    • Registrations are available directly at the second level (example.tn) or at the third level under sectoral SLDs.
    • Common SLDs (general availability) include:
      • .com.tn (commercial companies)
      • .intl.tn (organizations under international treaties, diplomatic representations)
      • .org.tn (NGOs, non-profits)
      • .ind.tn (industrial companies, chambers of commerce)
      • .nat.tn (national companies, institutes, agencies)
      • .tourism.tn (tourism sector entities)
      • .info.tn (print media, TV, radio)
      • .ens.tn (private educational institutions)
      • .fin.tn (financial and banking institutions)
      • .net.tn (telecommunications operators and networks)
      • .perso.tn (individuals)
    • SLDs restricted to eligible community entities include .gov.tn, .edunet.tn, .rnrt.tn, .rns.tn, .rnu.tn, .turen.tn, .agrinet.tn, .defense.tn (for government, education, research, health, agriculture, defense and related structures).

    Notable Cases or Examples

    • The Pirate Bay has at times used a .tn domain, an example of international / high-profile use outside typical Tunisian commercial or governmental contexts.

    Operator

    Agence Tunisienne d'Internet

    Whois

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

domain:       TN

organisation: Agence Tunisienne d'Internet
address:      13 Rue Jugurtha Mutuelle-ville
address:      Tunis 1002
address:      Tunisia

contact:      administrative
name:         Network Information Center Departement - NIC Admin
organisation: Agence Tunisienne d'Internet
address:      13 Rue Jugurtha Mutuelle-ville
address:      Tunis 1002
address:      Tunisia
phone:        +216 71 846 100
fax-no:       +216 71 846 600
e-mail:       nicadmin@ati.tn

contact:      technical
name:         Network Information Center Departement - NIC
organisation: Agence Tunisienne d'Internet
address:      13 Rue Jugurtha Mutuelle-ville
address:      Tunis 1002
address:      Tunisia
phone:        +216 71 846 100
fax-no:       +216 71 846 600
e-mail:       nic@ati.tn

nserver:      NS-TN.AFRINIC.NET 196.216.168.25 2001:43f8:120:0:0:0:0:25
nserver:      NS1.ATI.TN 2c0f:fab0:ffff:4:41:228:62:63 41.228.62.63
nserver:      NS2.ATI.TN 2c0f:fab0:ffff:5:41:228:63:62 41.228.63.62
nserver:      NS2.NIC.FR 192.93.0.4 2001:660:3005:1:0:0:1:2
nserver:      PCH.ATI.TN 2001:500:14:6094:ad:0:0:1 204.61.216.94
nserver:      RIP.PSG.COM 147.28.0.39 2001:418:1:0:0:0:0:39
ds-rdata:     8629 8 2 05c891303fdee4fdae258e2a7d48370ce21f98058c0ee0a50c438c2878a8e2d6

whois:        whois.ati.tn

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: http://whois.ati.tn

created:      1991-05-17
changed:      2024-08-16
source:       IANA

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