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{{Short description|Internet country-code top level domain for Iceland}}
{{Infobox Top level domain
| name=.is
| image=[[Image:Dotis.png|isnic]]
| introduced=11 December 1986
| type=[[Country code top-level domain]]
| status=Active
| dnssec=Yes
| registry=ISNIC
| sponsor=ISNIC
| registereddomains     = 91,705
| dateregistereddomains = 2024-05-16
| refregistereddomains  = <ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Statistics for ccTLD .is |url=https://www.isnic.is/en/tolur |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516144208/https://www.isnic.is/en/tolur |archive-date=2024-05-16 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=ISNIC Registry}}</ref>
| intendeduse=Entities connected with [[Iceland]]
| actualuse=Very popular in Iceland
| restrictions=None
| structure=Registrations are directly at second level
| document=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.isnic.is/en/domain/rules.php |title=ISNIC Registry: Domain Rules |publisher=Isnic.is |date= |accessdate=2013-09-22 |archive-date=2024-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009175657/https://www.isnic.is/en/domain/rules |url-status=live }}</ref>
| disputepolicy=[https://www.neytendastofa.is/English Icelandic Consumer Agency] and/or [https://www.isnic.is/en/domain/dispute ISNIC's Board of Appeals]
| website=[https://www.isnic.is/ isnic.is]}}

'''.is''' (dot is) is the [[top-level domain]] for [[Iceland]]. The country code is derived from the first two letters of ''[[wikt:en:Ísland|Ísland]]'', which is the [[Icelandic Language|Icelandic]] word for Iceland. Registration of .is domains is open to all people and companies without any special restriction.

The first .is domain, hi.is, is the domain of {{Lang|is|Háskóli Íslands}} ([[University of Iceland]]). It was registered on December 11, 1986, making it one of the earliest ever domain registrations on the Internet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://isnic.is/is/whois/search?query=hi.is|title=ISNIC Lénaskrá: Leit í rétthafaskrá (WHOIS)|website=isnic.is|access-date=2019-12-09|archive-date=2021-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107055411/https://isnic.is/is/whois/search?query=hi.is|url-status=live}}</ref> The domain is managed by ISNIC, a private corporation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Myers |first=Steven Lee |last2=Hsu |first2=Tiffany |date=October 9, 2024 |title=How Iceland Became a Virtual Home for Online Disinformation and Identity Theft |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/business/iceland-online-disinformation-identity-theft.html |access-date=October 9, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

According to the [[McAfee]] report "Mapping the Mal Web," ''.is'' was evaluated as one of the top 10 most secure TLDs in the world in the years 2007 and 2008.<ref>{{cite web
 |url     = https://www.isnic.is/about/isnic.php
 |title    = ISNIC Lénaskrá: Fyrirtækið
 |accessdate  = 9 January 2009
 |language   = Icelandic
 |quote    = .IS amongst the most secure top level domains in the world.
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081221084945/http://www.isnic.is/about/isnic.php
 |archive-date = 2008-12-21
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref> {{as of|2024|may}}, there were just over 91,000 .is domains registered.

{{as of|2016|October}}, .is domains can be registered for up to five years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.isnic.is/en/news/view?id=449|title=.is registrations can now be renewed for up to five years|accessdate=2017-03-16|archive-date=2017-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316204824/https://www.isnic.is/en/news/view?id=449|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Domain suspensions==
In April 2013, ISNIC briefly hosted [[The Pirate Bay]]'s domain ''ThePirateBay.is.''<ref>{{cite web| url=https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-finds-safe-haven-in-iceland-switches-to-is-domain-130425/| title=Pirate Bay Finds Safe Haven in Iceland, Switches to .IS Domain| date=2013-04-25| access-date=2018-02-13| archive-date=2021-04-14| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414025424/https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-finds-safe-haven-in-iceland-switches-to-is-domain-130425/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Lee|first=Timothy B.|date=September 23, 2017|title=Iceland authorities weighing options after neo-Nazi site registers there|work=[[Ars Technica]]|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/neo-nazi-daily-stormer-may-have-found-a-permanent-home-in-iceland/|access-date=May 7, 2021|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107055348/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/neo-nazi-daily-stormer-may-have-found-a-permanent-home-in-iceland/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2014, ISNIC suspended two domains which hosted material produced by the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]], including ''Khilafah.is''.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.isnic.is/en/news/view?id=365|title = Announcement|date = 12 October 2014|accessdate = 15 January 2015|website = ISNIC|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150128070215/http://www.isnic.is/en/news/view?id=365|archive-date = 2015-01-28|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

In September 2017, ISNIC briefly hosted [[The Daily Stormer|American neo-Nazi domain]] ''dailystormer.is'', which had been removed by several domain Registries around the world. It was pulled from its .is domain after its publisher did not fulfill the standard procedure of disclosing his address.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Blake|first1=Andrew|title=The Daily Stormer, neo-Nazi website, loses Icelandic web address in latest domain spat|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/29/daily-stormer-neo-nazi-website-loses-icelandic-web/|accessdate=October 1, 2017|work=The Washington Times|date=September 29, 2017|archive-date=October 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001074754/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/29/daily-stormer-neo-nazi-website-loses-icelandic-web/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2022, ISNIC suspended the .is domain for [[Kiwi Farms]], a controversial internet trolling and harassment forum.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sumarliðadóttir|first1=Karlotta|title=Lénum sjaldan lokað á grundvelli innihalds á vef|url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2022/09/10/lenum_sjaldan_lokad_a_grundvelli_innihalds_a_vef/|accessdate=September 10, 2022|work=mbl.is|date=September 10, 2022|archive-date=September 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910144705/https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2022/09/10/lenum_sjaldan_lokad_a_grundvelli_innihalds_a_vef/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/is.html IANA .is whois information]
* [http://www.isnic.is/english/ .is domain registration website]

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