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| Introduced | 23 September 1997 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | NIC.SH (run by Internet Computer Bureau) |
| Sponsor | Government of Saint Helena |
| Intended use | Entities connected with Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha |
| Actual use | Various uses; a few sites actually on Saint Helena but most elsewhere. Used for domain hacks in English and other languages, for places and regions that can be abbreviated with sh, and for some websites related to the Unix shell |
| Registration restrictions | 2nd-level registrant must have a professional or academic qualification (apparently not actually enforced); 3rd-level registrant must be resident on Saint Helena |
| Structure | Registrations are taken directly at the second level or the third level beneath various 2nd-level labels |
| Documents | Terms & Conditions; Rules |
| Dispute policies | Dispute Resolution Policy |
| DNSSEC | yes |
| Registry website | NIC.SH |
.sh is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, although it is primarily used in Saint Helena (Ascension Island has its own ccTLD, .ac). Registrations of internationalized domain names are also accepted.[1]
On 22 February 2010, the ISO 3166-1 code for Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha changed to reflect the SH used for the ccTLD.
- ^ .SH IDN Policy Archived 2014-09-25 at the Wayback Machine, NIC, Saint Helena.