Top Level Domains
Currently, OpenNIC supports the following TLDs:
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- .bbs
- aimed toward (Telnet-style) bulletin board systems and related Web sites.
- .dyn
- dynamic IPs.
- .free
- operated by FreeNIC, the .free tld provides namespace, certificate authority, and other services to encourage the non-commercial use of the internet.
- .fur
- furry fandom-related sites.
- .geek
- chartered for use by geek-oriented sites, including anything of a personal or hobbyist nature. This description is deliberately vague to reflect the huge range of interests that might qualify.
- .opennic.glue
- internal architectural, as in root server administration and peering purposes. The only domain names that exist for this TLD are those that are used for each system on the peer.
- .gopher
- sites using the Gopher protocol.
- .indy
- independent news, media, and entertainment.
- .ing
- fun TLD. Further details to be confirmed.
- .micro
- micronations and their entities. Recent and not widely used yet.
- .neo
- emo subculture with influences of technology, music, and other forms of multimedia.
- .null
- miscellaneous non-commercial individual sites.
- .oss
- open-source software.
- .oz
- Australian-related content, without the residency requirements of .au.
- .parody
- venue for non-commercial parody work. Having a TLD designated to works of parody attempts to remove claims that a website could be mistaken for a business site, and thus reduces the possibility of claims of trademark infringement.
- .pirate
- created as a reaction against internet censorship.
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