سودان.
سودان. is the IDN ccTLD for Sudan. It is managed by the Sudan Internet Society.[1]
The domain “سودان” is represented in ASCII-compatible encoding according to the IDNA specification as “xn--mgbpl2fh”. The individual Unicode code points that comprise this string are U+0633 U+0648 U+062F U+0627 U+0646.
In Arabic, the string has a transliteration equivalent to “sudan” in English. The string is expressed using the Arabic script.[2]
Delegation History[edit | edit source]
In 2002, “Sudan Internet Society” was founded as a non-governmental organization. That same year, the .SD (Sudan) top-level domain was redelegated from Sudan OnLine, Inc. to the Sudan Internet Society.
On 19 September 2011 an application was made to the IDN ccTLD Fast Track String Selection Process to have the string “سودان” recognized as representing Sudan.
On 1 November 2012, a review by the IDN Fast Track DNS Stability Panel found that "the applied-for string ... presents none of the threats to the stability or security of the DNS identified in Module 4 of the Fast Track implementation plan, and presents an acceptably low risk of user confusion". The request for the string to represent Sudan was subsequently approved.
On 22 January 2015, Sudan Internet Society commenced a request to ICANN for delegation of “سودان” as a top-level domain, which was granted.[2]
Rules and Restrictions[edit | edit source]
For general rules and restrictions, refer to the page for Sudan's ASCII ccTLD, .sd.
Characters[edit | edit source]
Arabic domain names under سودان. must comply with the international data coding standards for Arabic script domain names. Also,
- domain names must adhere to Unicode Normalization Form C (NFC);
- domain names must be at least 2 characters in length and must not exceed 63 characters;
- ASCII-based English and Arabic numerals cannot be mixed within the same domain name;
- dashes (or other connecting symbols) must not appear in the third or fourth positions of the domain name.[3]