.dd

Infobox Top level domain
name = .dd
background = #CCC


introduced = Never
type = Country code top-level domain
status = Not in use
registry = None
sponsor = None
intendeduse = Entities connected with East Germany
actualuse = Only internally, if at all; unused since German reunification
restrictions = No registrations are now taking place
structure = Not in root
document =
disputepolicy = None
website = NoneDD was the ISO 3166-1 code for the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), the letters coming from the German name of the country: " _de. Deutsche Demokratische Republik". In accordance with IANA policy, .dd was therefore available to be assigned as the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for East Germany. However, this was never done, and so .dd was never added to the root nameservers.

With the reunification of Germany, East Germany became part of the Federal Republic of Germany, which had already been assigned the ccTLD .de. The ISO 3166-1 code DD was withdrawn in 1990. [http://www.nw.com/zone/iso-country-codes ISO 3166-1 Change History (republished RIPE document)]

External links

* [http://groups.google.com/group/de.admin.misc/tree/browse_frm/thread/28d975e4acb23939/134414dc46dc6bea Related discussion on Usenet]

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