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ICANN approved Afilias's application to be the registry operator of .info on May 11, 2001.<ref>
ICANN approved Afilias's application to be the registry operator of .info on May 11, 2001.<ref>
[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/info/index-11may01.html .info Registry Agreement]</ref> The United States Department of Commerce ([[DOC]]) entered .info into the Domain Name System (DNS) root zone on June 27.
[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/info/index-11may01.html .info Registry Agreement]</ref> The United States Department of Commerce ([[DOC]]) entered .info into the Domain Name System (DNS) root zone on June 27.
===Criticism===
In October, 2011, the Australian parliament blocked its member's access to .info domains. The move was made to defensively protect against what they see as a higher rate of malware in the .info extension.<ref>[http://www.itnews.com.au/News/290150,parliament-quietly-blocks-info-domains.aspx#disqus_thread Parliament Quietly Blocks Info Domains, ITNews.com.au]</ref> One commentator notes that the possibly higher rate of spam and malware could be attributed to the cheap price that .info domains were introduced for, which effectively made them the most cost-effective space for spammers and hackers.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2012/02/15/australian-parliament-blocks-access-to-info/ Australian Parliament Blocks Access to Info, DomainNameWire.com]</ref>
== Sunrise Period==
== Sunrise Period==