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.kn

ccTLD
Type ccTLD
Status Active
Region LAC
Country
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
Implemented September 3, 1991
Registry Ministry of Finance, Sustainable Development Information & Technology

.kn is the ccTLD for Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is managed by the Ministry of Finance, Sustainable Development Information & Technology.[1]

Rules and Restrictions[edit | edit source]

The official website for the .kn ccTLD registration, nic.kn as of 2024, has mainly broken links. An archived page from 2007 shows that will be stated below:

.kn is available to any and all registrants worldwide.

A domain name may be revoked if it is used for offensive, immoral or illegal purposes, this includes "Spam".[2]

Second-level Domains[edit | edit source]

Just like directly under .kn, ".net.kn", and ".org.kn" are currently available to anyone.

".edu.kn" is available only to valid local Kittitian and Nevisian Educational Institutions.

In the case of restricted second or third level domains (such as ".edu.kn"), applicants may be asked to provide proof of their identity, or details of their existence as a properly constituted Kittitian/Nevisian organisation, and evidence of their ability to meet the conditions for holding such a domain name.

For the purposes of registration policies and prices, Kittitian/Nevisian "offshore" or "International" companies are not considered local Kittitian/Nevisian entities. Dot KN will use established laws and government policies to determine who or what constitues Kittitian/Nevisian entities.[2]

Characters[edit | edit source]

  • One must use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-").
  • Domain names cannot begin or end with a hyphen.
  • Domain names cannot have more than 63 characters, not including .kn, .net.kn, .org.kn, .edu.kn, etc.
  • Maximum length of a complete (Fully Qualified, FQDN) domain name (including .separators) is 255 characters.
  • Minimum length of a domain name is 1 character, not including extensions.
  • A name may begin with a digit.
  • One and two character domain names are allowed.[2]

References[edit | edit source]

Country code top-level domain. Determined by "ISO 3166-1: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country codes".

Latin America/Caribbean, according to the ICANN Geographic Regions (ICANN Geographic Regions).

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September 3, 1991 +
Has ICANN regionAssociates an object with an ICANN-determined Geographic Region.
LAC +
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Active +
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CcTLD +
Has countryAssociates a page with a country. Territory names are extracted from ISO 3166, "Country Codes".
Saint Kitts and Nevis +
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TLD +
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Ministry of Finance, Sustainable Development Information & Technology +