.ke

Infobox Top level domain
name=.ke
background=#CCF


introduced=1993
type=Country code top-level domain
status=Active
registry=KeNIC
sponsor=KeNIC
intendeduse=Entities connected with Kenya
actualuse=Gets some use in Kenya
restrictions=Registration under some second-level labels requires supporting documents
structure=Registrations are at third level beneath second level labels
document= [http://www.kenic.or.ke/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=39 Policies]
disputepolicy=UDRP
website= [http://www.kenic.or.ke/ KeNIC] |

.ke is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Kenya.

Second-level domains, under which domains are registered at the third level, are:

* .co.ke - for Companies
* .or.ke - for Not-for-Profit-Making Organisations or NGO's
* .ne.ke - for Network Devices
* .go.ke - for Government Entities. Requires Supporting Documents
* .ac.ke - for Institutions of Higher Education. Requires Supporting Documents
* .sc.ke - for Lower and Middle Institutes of Learning. Requires Supporting Documents

Details of these, and of the unusual delegation mechanism used by the .ke zone, can be found in some ccTLD analysis [cite web | url = http://www.robert.net/ccTLD/KE | title = KE ccTLD | work = Robert Baskerville's ccTLD analysis data | date = 2008-01-01 | accessdate = 2008-01-01 ]

External links

* [http://www.iana.org/root-whois/ke.htm IANA .ke whois information]
* [http://www.kenic.or.ke .ke domain registration website]

References