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.at

Introduced	1988
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	NIC.AT
Sponsor	NIC.AT
Intended use	Entities connected with  Austria
Actual use	Very popular in Austria
Registration restrictions	None, except for restricted subdomains .gv.at and .ac.at
Structure	Registrations are directly at second level, or at third level beneath several second-level labels
Documents	Terms and conditions (English)
Dispute policies	none since October 2008[1]
Website	nic.at
DNSSEC	yes

.at is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Austria. It is administered by NIC.AT.

Second Level Domains [edit]

The .at top-level domain has a number of second-level domains. These are:

However, it is also possible to register directly at the top level. Given the number of English words that end with -at, this presents the possibility for many domain hacks. All second level domain names must be at least three characters long e.g. form.at or bor.at. Domain hacks treating "at" as a word in its own right (such as arrive.at) are also widespread.

Registrations of internationalized domain names are accepted.^[3]

Known domain hacks [edit]

Many Austrian domain names were registered for English phrases that end with "at". As of today, there are very few such domain names left available on the domain prime market as the result of the domain name speculation. Most of them can be bought on the domain secondary market. Only few domain names got developed. Some known examples of the Austrian domain hacks are:

• donteat.at, a popular Foursquare service
• many.at, link bundler^{[citation needed]}

References [edit]

1. ^ Legal issues
2. ^ Vergaberichtlinien von "priv.at"
3. ^ Charset & Converter

External links [edit]

• NIC.AT Website
• IANA .at whois information
• Private Individuals
• .at Registrars Website