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Top-level Internet domain for Taiwan July 2017 .tw Dot TW logo 2025.svg 31 July 1989 Country code top-level domain Active TWNIC TWNIC Entities connected with Taiwan Popular in Taiwan Requirements vary depending on which second-level name registration is within; foreigners allowed in several categories Registrations are at second level or at third level beneath some second-level labels Guidelines for administration of domain name registration Taiwan Network Information Center Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy https://twnic.tw yes 150px thumb|Old logo used to represent the domain|170x170px .tw is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Taiwan. The domain name is based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code TW. The registry is maintained by the Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC), a Taiwanese non-profit organization appointed by the National Communications Commission (NCC) and the Ministry of Transportation and Communication. Since 1 March 2001, TWNIC has stopped allowing itself to sign up new domain names directly, instead allowing new registration through its contracted reseller registrars. 2023 5, there are 17 registrars.https://www.twnic.tw/en_dnservice_company.php Registrars en 2023-05-30 2024-02-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20240228104205/https://www.twnic.tw/en_dnservice_company.php dead Domains .tw domain names can be registered at both the second and third level. Applicants are required to provide an email address for verification. Open registration tw : intended for general use club.tw : intended for clubs or groups com.tw : intended for commercial entities ebiz.tw : intended for online business-related content game.tw : intended for gaming-related content idv.tw : intended for individuals Eligibility expected edu.tw : for educational and academic institutions gov.tw : for authorities of Taiwan mil.tw : for the military of Taiwan net.tw : for network or telecommunications license holders org.tw : for non-profit organizations, domestic or overseas Statistics As of March 2017, around 8.31% of the .tw domains are served via secured HTTPS protocol, with the cPanel, Inc. Certification Authority being the most popular SSL certificate.https://www.taiwio.com/tai-wan-de-wang-lu-shu-ju-tong-ji 台灣的網路數據統計 taiwio.com www.taiwio.com zh-TW 2017-03-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20170302113445/https://www.taiwio.com/tai-wan-de-wang-lu-shu-ju-tong-ji 2017-03-02 dead Apache is the most popular web server, serving 47.60% of the .tw domains, followed by Microsoft-IIS serving 20.31% of the total .tw domains. Internationalized domains Domain names in Chinese characters may also be registered at the second level. Furthermore, any registrant of a standard domain name who has chosen a domestic registrar may automatically get two more domain names in Chinese characters in the following second-level domains: zh-TW 網路.tw, zh-TW 組織.tw and zh-TW 商業.tw. These second-level domains correspond to net.tw, org.tw and com.tw, respectively. ICANN assigned two internationalized country code top-level domains (IDN ccTLDs) for Taiwan on 25 June 2010:25 June 2010 ICANN Board Meeting Minutes https://archive.icann.org/en/meetings/brussels2010/bitcache/Meeting%20of%20the%20ICANN%20Board-vid=13491&disposition=attachment&op=download.txt live https://web.archive.org/web/20100707121158/http://brussels38.icann.org/meetings/brussels2010/transcript-board-25jun10-en.txt 7 July 2010 25 June 2010 ICANN zh-hant .台灣 : Taiwan in traditional Chinese characters (DNS name: .xn--kpry57d) zh-hans .台湾 : Taiwan in simplified Chinese characters (DNS name: .xn--kprw13d) Since at least November 2015,IETF dnsop WG mailing list https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/dnsop/adrEUoWPq1EoxonkvcCJCnEkcFg the simplified suffix is a DNAME alias for the traditional suffix. As a result, any subdomain of the traditional .xn--kpry57d TLD automatically has a CNAME alias from the simplified .xn--kprw13d TLD. The traditional suffix is in active use. See also Internet Taiwan .cn (China) .jp (Japan) .kr (South Korea) References External links .TW Whois Service IANA .tw whois information List of registrars accredited by TWNIC List of registrars accredited by Neulevel Category:Country code top-level domains Category:Telecommunications in Taiwan Category:Internet in Taiwan Category:1989 establishments in Taiwan Category:Internet properties established in 1989 sv:Toppdomän#T