Reserved .NAME domains |
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There are certain domains
reserved both on the second and third levels of the domain
that cannot be used to register for .name domain name or
email forwarding address .
Please view list.
1. Second Level Domains
2. Third Level Domains
3. Absolute Domain Names
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Anatomy of a Domain Name
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Second Level Domains
None of the following second levels can be used for the
second level domain in a domain name registration, the
second level domain in an SLD (second level domain)
registration, or the second level of a Defensive
Registration:
1. Any two-letter combination (e.g. ab.name, ie.name,
li.name, xi.name)
2. Any pure numbers or combinations of numbers and hyphens
(e.g. 101.name, 534231.name, 523-12213.name)
3. Any labels with hyphens in the third and fourth character
positions (e.g., "bq--1k2n4h4b")
4. The second levels listed below:
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aero
afrinic
alerts
apnic
arin
arpa
aso
biz
celeb
celebrity
cert
certificate
com
coop
directory
dns
dnso
dotname
edu
etsi
example
famous
findyour
findyourfamily
findyourname
finger
ftp
getyour
getyourname
global
globalregistry
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gnr
gopher
gov
gtld-servers
hostmaster
iab
iana
iana-servers
icann
iesg
ietf
imap
info
int
internic
irtf
istf
itu
lacnic
lanic
ldap
login
mil
museum
myname
namedomain
nameregistry
net
nic
nntp
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ntp
org
pop
pop3
pro
pso
registeryour
registeryourname
registry
rfc-editor
ripe
root-servers
scp
security
smtp
snmp
tel
telnet
theglobal
theglobalname
theglobalnameregistry
theglobalregistry
thenamedomain
thenameregistry
w3c
whois
www
yourname
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Third Level
Domains
The following
third level domain names are not available in the SRS, and
can therefore not be used for:
(i) the third level domain name in a domain name
registration,
(ii) the user name in an SLD e-mail registration, or
(iii) the third level of a Defensive Registration.
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1.
dir
2. directory
3. email
4. genealogy
5. http
6. mail
7. mx |
8.
mx[followed by a number from 0 to 100]
9. ns
10.ns[followed by a number from 0 to 100
11.wap
12.www
13.www[followed by a number from 0 to 100] |
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However, names having third-level labels that include any of
the foregoing words and strings may be registered. The
implication is that dr.smith.name will not be accepted
whereas dirk.smith.name is permissible. |
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Absolute domain names
The following absolute domain name
are not available for registration:
1. Jesus.Christ.name
2. Santa.Claus.name
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July 2, 2009
