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Internet country-code top-level domain for Libya the .ly top-level domain the .ly file extension LilyPond November 2011 November 2019 .ly Nicly.png 23 April 1997 Country code top-level domain Active NIC.LY Libyan Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Company Entities connected with Libya 15,156 16 October 2017 NIC.LY – Libya ccTLD... http://www.nic.ly 16 October 2017 A smattering of sites with various connections, both Libyan and foreign; URL shortening e.g., bit.ly Third-level sub-domains have varying restrictions Registrations have been made directly at the second level as well as at the third level beneath various second level labels Regulations Yes (since 2021) https://www.nic.ly/ .ly is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Libya. Registration A .ly registration is the process of registering a user domain name within the ccTLD for Libya. The .ly domain, introduced in 1997,Libyan Spider Announcements, 29 July 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20101126090900/http://libyanspider.com/m/announcements.php?id=5 26 November 2010 is administered by the registry LYNIC on behalf of the Libyan Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Company (formerly the General Post and Telecommunication Company).July 2020 This domain is mainly for the use of the general public of Libya. LYNIC appoints recognized registrars to offer .ly domain names, and these registrars perform all the domain registration tasks on behalf of LYNIC. Libya Telecom & Technology (ltt.ly) is one of those that offer .ly domains to companies and organizations. Sub-domains are also provided within the .ly domain, at the second and third levels beneath various second levels. According to the registration site, registered .ly domain names must not be "obscene, scandalous, indecent, or contrary to Libyan law or Islamic morality".http://www.nic.ly/regulations.php 30 May 2021 live www.nic.ly Regulations... 30 May 2021 https://archive.today/20210530214823/http://www.nic.ly/regulations.php LYNIC registers domain names on a first-come, first-served basis. Applicants may apply for domains with a registration fee of $75 for each domain. Before registration, the domain name, company name, trademark registration, and other legal documents must be provided. In addition, the .ly domain names being registered should not violate any rules set forth by the registrar. Domain names may be registered for a minimum of one year. Applicants may register domains online or through the official registrars list.http://www.ltt.ly/en/agents/l.php?service=2&city=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20100412135734/http://www.ltt.ly/en/agents/l.php?service=2&city=1 dead 12 April 2010 Libya Telecom & Technology Tripoli Dealers Ltt.ly 10 May 2014 After completing the registration process, an email is sent to the applicant's billing contact address. The .ly domain name becomes active within a few minutes of that email notification. Second-level domains The second-level domains which are open to third-level registrations are: .com.ly — commercial services .net.ly — Internet-related services .gov.ly — government and ministries .plc.ly — state-owned companies .edu.ly — educational and training institutions .sch.ly — schools .med.ly — health-related services .org.ly — non-profit organizations .id.ly — individuals. Strings shorter than four symbols long are to be registered only through Libya Telecom and Technology to guarantee that registrants have local presence. History IANA delegated registration authority for .ly to Khalil Elwiheishi at the Alshaeen for Information TechnologyIANA Report on the Redelegation of the .ly Top-Level Domain, October 2004 in April 1997. During the weekend of 20 August 2011 at the start of the Battle of Tripoli, the main nic.ly registration site appeared to have been defaced by hackers on the side of the National Liberation Army,http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/201692/20110822/hackers-hack-gaddafi-gadaffi-qadaffi-protests-nic-ly-anti-gaddafi-libya.htm Hackers Disfigure Top Libyan Registry Domain with Anti-Gadhafi Messages Staff report 22 August 2011 International Business Times 24 August 2011 though other sites such as bit.ly remained unaffected.http://www.netmagazine.com/news/nicly-website-defaced-hackers-111338 Nic.ly website defaced by hackers; Concern for 'unstable' short URLs could speed uptake of Twitter's t.co Grannell Craig 22 August 2011 .net Magazine 24 August 2011 Domain hacks Many Libyan domains were reserved for English words that end with the suffix "-ly",Thorpe Amy What's in a domain name? https://restofworld.org/2023/whats-in-a-domain-name/ Rest of World 10 July 2024 21 September 2023 such as name.ly, musical.ly (now TikTok) and sincere.ly, so-called domain hacks. As the annual fee for .ly domains remains high ($75 a year), many domain names remain available on the domain prime market, and some popular ones can be bought on the domain secondary market, the result of the domain name speculation. In May 17, 2008 until 2011. Bitly registered the site: bit.ly, Then in September 13, 2009, Bitly was launched as a URL shortening service. In October 2010, the domain of "sex-positive" URL shortening service vb.ly, which had been registered in 2009 by American journalist Violet Blue and Ben Metcalfe, was seized by the Libyan web authorities for not being compliant with the law of Libya. A Libya Telecom spokesman stated to Blue: "Pornography and adult material aren't allowed under Libyan Law ... Therefore, we removed the domain."https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2370354,00.asp Horn Leslie PC Magazine 6 October 2010 10 October 2010 Libya Seizes URL Shortener Vb.ly https://web.archive.org/web/20101010155614/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2370354,00.asp 10 October 2010 live According to one blogger, as of 2014 this was the only known domain seized by nic.ly, and it was seized only after several failed attempts to contact the registrant.http://hack.ly/articles/the-ly-domain-space-to-be-considered-awesome/ The .ly domain space to be considered awesome hack.ly 29 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093244/http://hack.ly/articles/the-ly-domain-space-to-be-considered-awesome/ 18 May 2015 dead References External links IANA .ly whois information Category:Country code top-level domains Category:Communications in Libya Category:Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members Category:Internet properties established in 1997 sv:Toppdomän#L