.yu
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| Introduced | 1989 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | nic.yu (Yugoslav Internet Domain Registry) |
| Sponsoring organization | YUNET Association |
| Intended use | Entities connected with former Yugoslavia |
| Actual use | Popular in both Serbia and Montenegro |
| Registration restrictions | Must be a company or organization located in Yugoslavia or with an official representative there; no registrations to individuals; only one domain per registrant; no sale or transfer of domains permitted |
| Structure | Registrations are made at third level beneath established subdomains |
| Documents | Policy statement |
| Dispute policies | |
| Web site | nic.yu |
.yu is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned originally to the SFR Yugoslavia. It thus was inherited by the FR Yugoslavia, which renamed itself Serbia and Montenegro in February 2003, and was dissolved in July 2006.
The .yu domain is administered by the YUNET Association, an organization based in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Belgrade.
It is one of the few ccTLDs that does not correspond to a current ISO 3166-1 two-letter code. The code YU was replaced by CS in July 2003 following the official change of the country's name in February 2003. The ccTLD .cs was reserved for Serbia and Montenegro after the name change of February 2003, but was never actually used.
In September 2006, ISO proposed .rs for Serbia and .me for Montenegro. On September 26, 2006 the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency has agreed on the change of ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 code CS to RS.
[edit] Use of .yu domains
All of the domains under .yu are reserved for legal entities only. Top level domain is reserved for federal institutions and official governmental institutions of two republics, as well as Internet service providers.
[edit] Second level domains
- Academic organizations, such as universities, are registered under academic domain, .ac.yu. For example, School Of Electrical Engineering (.etf) at the University of Belgrade (.bg) has etf.bg.ac.yu domain.
- Educational institutions, such as primary and high schools, use .edu.yu domain.
- Independent organizations use .org.yu domain.
- Corporations use .co.yu domain.
- Government use .gov.yu domain.
[edit] External links
- IANA .yu whois information
- Yugoslav Domain Registry in English
- Yugoslav Domain Registry
- (Serbian) "Srbija i Crna Gora - koje će biti ime domena? Internet domen Srbije: RS, SS, SP, SQ, SW ili SX", Elitesecurity, February 5, 2003.
