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.by

Introduced	10 May 1994
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Reliable Software Inc.
Sponsor	Operations and Analysis Centre under the President of the Republic of Belarus
Intended use	Entities connected with Belarus
Actual use	Popular in Belarus and the German state of Bavaria
Registered domains	143,412 (2022-08-19)[1]
Registration restrictions	No restrictions; third-level subdomains have specific restrictions
Structure	Second-level registrations are available, as well as third-level names beneath some second-level labels
Documents	Registration procedure
DNSSEC	yes
Registry website	cctld.by

.by is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Belarus. It is administered by the Operations and Analysis Centre under the President of the Republic of Belarus (Оперативно-аналитический центр при Президенте Республики Беларусь). The BY code originates from the ISO code for Byelorussia, the former name of the country. The ccTLD was created for Belarus on 10 May 1994.