.il

.il

Introduced	1985
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Israel Internet Association
Sponsor	Internet Society of Israel
Intended use	Entities connected with  Israel
Actual use	Popular in Israel
Registration restrictions	Limitations vary based on which 2nd-level domain registration is within; registry reserves right to screen and reject applications
Structure	Names are registered at third level within generic second-level categories
Dispute policies	Optional dispute resolution via Advisory Committee
Website	ISOC-IL: Domains

.il is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of Israel. It is administered by the Israel Internet Association.

The .il top-level domain is one of the earliest registered ccTLDs. When Israel registered it, on 24 October 1985,^[1] it was the third registration of any ccTLD, after .us and .uk, which were registered earlier that year.

Israel is still in the process of getting an internationalized top-level domain, ישראל.‏‎.^[2]

Second level domains

There are eight Second Level Domains:

• ac.il: Academic Institutions; administration delegated to the Inter-University Computation Center.
• co.il: Commercial Entities; administration delegated to five private registrars.
• org.il: Non-commercial Organizations; administration delegated to five private registrars.
• net.il: Israeli Internet service providers; available only to licensed providers by the Israel Internet Association.
• k12.il: Schools and Kindergartens
• gov.il: Government and Governmental System; administration delegated to ministry of finance.
• muni.il: Municipal Government
• idf.il: Israel Defense Forces; administration delegated to the army's Center of Computing and Information Systems.

External links

• IANA .il whois information
• Israeli Internet Association – official site of the .il ccTLD.

References

1. ^ IANA's Delegation Record, at the bottom of the page.
2. ^ IDN Sunrise Announced For .CO.IL IDNBlog, 31 August 2010