.va
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| Introduced | 1995 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | Internet Office of the Holy See |
| Sponsoring organization | Holy See Secretariat of State |
| Intended use | Entities connected with Vatican City |
| Actual use | Used for the official Vatican / Holy See site |
| Registration restrictions | No public registrations are available |
| Structure | Only official sites of the Vatican are in this domain; they are at second-level names, as well as within vatican.va |
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| Dispute policies | None needed since registrations are unavailable outside Vatican administration |
| Web site | Vatican site |
.va is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the State of Vatican City. It is administered by the Internet Office of the Holy See.
The only publicly known .va domains are www.va, www.vatican.va, www.pcf.va, www.photo.va, benedettoxvi.va, sistinechapel.va, webmail.mailservice.va, www.osservatoreromano.va and ossrom.va (email only); second-level domains are not available to the public.
Name and email servers within the .va namespace include john.vatican.va (DNS and email), michael.vatican.va (DNS), paul.vatican.va (email), lists.vatican.va (email), and vatiradio.va (email)[1].
[edit] Sources
- ^ According to a polish folder about Vatican radio named "Radio Watykańskie". The address written is sekpol@vatiradio.va
