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Type:	Privately held
Industry:	Internet
Founded:	1997
Headquarters:	ICB Plc.9 Queens Road Bournemouth Dorset BH2 6B
Country:	UK
Employees:	100
Website:	Nic.ac
Key People
Paul Kane, Manager

Nic.ac is the registry for the country code top-level domain name .ac, of the Ascension Islands. It is a subsidiary of the Internet Computer Bureau. Paul Kane is the manager of the registry.

The company is based in United Kingdom and it has offices in the United States and Japan. NIC.ac servers are located in Amsterdam, London, Melbourne, New York, San Francisco and Tokyo.

IDN Names[edit | edit source]

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

Registrars[edit | edit source]

Nic.ac offers domain name registration, management, and renewal.^[1] .ac is an Open ccTLD, and thus, registration of .ac domain name is open for everyone and it is offered internationally by its accredited registrars worldwide which include Instra Corporation, Melbourne IT, French Connexion, INDOM, Key-Systems GmbH, Asadal Domain Center, Nominalia, IP Mirror Pte Ltd, CyberQuest UK etc. ^[2]

NIC.ac and ICANN[edit | edit source]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

References[edit | edit source]

[about-1] About, nic.ac

[2] Registrars, nic.ac

[3] the-islander.org.ac

[4] DNSSEC nic.ac

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 | headquarters    = ICB Plc.9 Queens Road <br>
 Bournemouth Dorset BH2 6B
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+'''Nic.ac''' is the registry for the country code top-level domain name [[.ac]], of the Ascension Islands. It is a subsidiary of the [[Internet Computer Bureau]]. [[Paul Kane]] is the manager of the registry.
-}}
+The company is based in United Kingdom and it has offices in the United States and Japan. NIC.ac servers are located in Amsterdam, London, Melbourne, New York,  San Francisco and Tokyo.
-'''Nic.ac''' is the Registry for the country code top-level domain name [[.ac]] Ascension Island and a subsidiary of the Internet Computer Bureau [[Paul Kane]] is the manager of the registry.
+==IDN Names==
-The company is based in United Kingdom and it has offices in the United States and Japan. NIC.ac servers are located in Amsterdam, London, Melbourne, New York,  San Francisco and Tokyo.
+Nic.ac names accept [[IDN Code Point Policy]], which means that [[IDN]] names, for example 상표.ac, can be registered and used.
-Nic.ac offers domain name registration, management,renewal and individuals can also purchase their desired domain names.<ref>[http://www.nic.ac/about.html nic.ac]</ref> Registration of .ac domain name is open for everyone and it is being offered internationally by its accredited registrars worldwide which include [[Instra Corporation]], [[Melbourne IT]], [[French Connexion]], [[INDOM]], [[Key-Systems]] GmbH, [[Asadal Domain Center]], [[Nominalia]], [[IP Mirror Pte Ltd]], [[CyberQuest UK]] etc. <ref>[http://www.nic.ac/registrars.html Regustrars]</ref>
+==Registrars==
+Nic.ac offers domain name registration, management, and renewal.<ref name="about">[http://www.nic.ac/about.html About], nic.ac</ref> .ac is an [[ccTLD#Open ccTLDs|Open ccTLD]], and thus, registration of .ac domain name is open for everyone and it is offered internationally by its accredited registrars worldwide which include [[Instra Corporation]], [[Melbourne IT]], [[French Connexion]], [[INDOM]], [[Key-Systems]] GmbH, [[Asadal Domain Center]], [[Nominalia]], [[IP Mirror Pte Ltd]], [[CyberQuest UK]] etc. <ref>[http://www.nic.ac/registrars.html Registrars], nic.ac</ref>
 ==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]], the central road-map database of the Internet since 2003. One of the projects NIc.ac supported was the automation project called e-IANA endorsed by ccTLD Registries around the world that will 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 United Kingdom chosen by ICANN to serve as a Trusted Community Representative (TCR) responsible for safe-guarding a share of the ROOT Zone's DNSSEC Recovery Key.<ref>[http://www.nic.ac/dnssec.html 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>
 ==References==
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+[[Category:Ascension Island]]
+[[Category:Registries]]