.ee
| ccTLD | |
|---|---|
| Type | ccTLD |
| Status | Active |
| Region | EUR |
| Country |
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| Implemented | June 3, 1992 |
| Registry | Eesti Interneti Sihtasutus (EIS) |
| Website | |
.ee is the ccTLD for Estonia. The letters "ee" come from Estonia's local name, Eesti. It is managed by Eesti Interneti Sihtasutus (EIS).[1]
Delegation History[edit | edit source]
The .ee TLD was first delegated in the DNS root zone in June 1992. The designated contact person at delegation was Endel Lippmaa of the National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics. The Institute was the designated manager.
In 2007, the Chancellor of Justice of Estonia started a procedure for examining the circumstances related to domain registration and management in Estonia. The Chancellor Of Justice found the legal aspects of registration and management of domain names in Estonia to be "most unclear and persons' constitutional rights may be prejudiced". As a result, the Chancellor of Justice asked the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications to inform him how the Ministry intends to amend the system of registration of domain names.
On May 15, 2008, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications established a working group to elaborate proposals for reforming the management of the .ee domain. On the basis of the working group's findings, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications drafted and submitted the concept of improvement of the organization of administration and registration of .ee second-level domain names.
On February 13, 2009, the Eesti Interneti Sihtasutus (Estonian Internet Foundation, or EIF) was founded by the Government of Estonia and the Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications in order to "manage .EE TLD registry and the .EE primary name server zone".
On October 23, 2009, EIF made the draft version of the Domain Regulation available to the public and opened a public consultation. 457 proposals were received and deliberated by the Supervisory Board of EIF. The Supervisory Board of EIF approved the Domain Regulation on March 21, 2010.
On July 2, 2010, registration of new domains at the National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics was stopped and the database was imported into the new environment at EIF. EIF began operating the .ee domain on July 5, 2010, without completing a proper redelegation procedure through ICANN.
On November 7, 2012, EIF commenced a request to ICANN for redelegation of .ee
The National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics did not agree with the redelegation request at first. However, after holding additional discussions with the Estonian Government, the current administrative and technical contacts agreed to the redelegation of .ee to EIF on December 14, 2012. Redelegation was complete in 2013.[2]
Rules and Restrictions[edit | edit source]
In order to register a .ee domain name, the applicant must have their identity verified and submit the required information and documents.[3]
Characters[edit | edit source]
A domain name may only contain numbers (0–9), hyphens and letters. Also, it may not begin or end with a hyphen, nor may it contain a hyphen as both the third and fourth characters.
The minimum length of a subdomain is one character and the maximum length is sixty-three characters.
The domain name is not case-sensitive.
Signs in which the symbols used do not correspond to ASCII, with the exception of letters of the Estonian alphabet, shall not be registered as domain names.[3]
References[edit | edit source]
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