Changes

Due to its similarly with the .ac ("academic") second-level domain, a number of global academic institutions register their sites with .ac, such as Ralston College in Savannah, GA, USA (http://www.ralston.ac) and University of Oxford (http://www.oxford.ac), which utilizes the ccTLD for redirect purposes.

Due to its similarly with the .ac ("academic") second-level domain, a number of global academic institutions register their sites with .ac, such as Ralston College in Savannah, GA, USA (http://www.ralston.ac) and University of Oxford (http://www.oxford.ac), which utilizes the ccTLD for redirect purposes.

In 2013, after its [[.sx]] domain was seized, The Pirate Bay temporarily relocated its site to thepiratebay.ac.<Ref

In 2013, after its [[.sx]] domain was seized, The Pirate Bay temporarily relocated its site to thepiratebay.ac.

Nic.ac names accept [[IDN Code Point Policy]], which means that [[IDN]] names, for example 상표.ac, can be registered and used.

Nic.ac names accept [[IDN Code Point Policy]], which means that [[IDN]] names, for example 상표.ac, can be registered and used.

==NIC.ac and ICANN==

==NIC.ac and ICANN==

Nic.ac, through its manager Paul Kane, was one of the [[CENTR]] members that supported [[ICANN]] to improve the services of [[IANA]]. One of the projects NIc.ac supported was the automation project called '''e-IANA endorsed''' by ccTLD registries around the world that would improve the efficiency of the IANA service to the Registry Community.<ref>[http://www.the-islander.org.ac/art_3351_16_245_1.html the-islander.org.ac]</ref>

Nic.ac, through its manager Paul Kane, was one of the [[CENTR]] members that supported [[ICANN]] to improve the services of [[IANA]]. One of the projects nic.ac supported was the automation project called '''e-IANA endorsed''' by ccTLD registries around the world that would improve the efficiency of the IANA service to the Registry Community.<ref>[http://www.the-islander.org.ac/art_3351_16_245_1.html the-islander.org.ac]</ref>

Recently, Paul Kane was the only representative from the United Kingdom chosen by ICANN to serve as a [[Trusted Community Representative]] responsible for safe-guarding a share of the [[Root Zone]]'s [[DNSSEC]] Recovery Key.<ref>[http://www.nic.ac/dnssec.html DNSSEC] nic.ac</ref>

Recently, Paul Kane was the only representative from the United Kingdom chosen by ICANN to serve as a [[Trusted Community Representative]] responsible for safe-guarding a share of the [[Root Zone]]'s [[DNSSEC]] Recovery Key.<ref>[http://www.nic.ac/dnssec.html DNSSEC] nic.ac</ref>