.pl explained

.pl
Type:	Country code
Status:	Active
Registry:	NASK
Sponsor:	NASK
Intendeduse:	Entities connected with Poland
Actualuse:	Very popular in Poland
Restrictions:	No restrictions stated
Structure:	Registrations can be made directly at second level, or at third level beneath various second level labels
Disputepolicy:	PIIT arbitration (for Polish entities) WIPO expedited arbitration (for foreign entities)
Website:	dns.pl
Dnssec:	yes
Registereddomains:	2,467,559
Dateregistereddomains:	30 September 2020
Refregistereddomains:	^[1]

is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Poland, administered by NASK, the Polish research and development organization. It is one of the founding members of CENTR.

History

The domain was created in 1990, following the mitigation of the COCOM embargo on technological collaboration with post-communist countries. The first subdomain in was, belonging to the Wrocław University of Technology.

In 2008 the number of registered .pl domain names exceeded one million, whereas at the end of 2013 the registry comprised more than 2.4 million domain names.^[2]

Each domain must be registered in the National Domain Name Registry.

Second-level domains

Several functional and regional domain endings exist. Most popular are:

Functional domains

• ,, : commercial entities
• : network infrastructure
• : art
• : education
• : government
• : (general) information
• : military
• : NGOs and not-for-profit organizations

Regional domains

There are 118 regional domain endings in the zone.^[3] Some of them are:

• : Białystok (city)
• : Częstochowa (city)
• , : Gdańsk (city)
• : Gorzów Wielkopolski (city)
• : Katowice (city)
• : Kraków (city)
• : Lublin (city)
• : Małopolska (region)
• : Mazowsze (region)
• : Olsztyn (city)
• : Piła (city)
• : Poznań (city)
• : Rzeszów (city)
• : Szczecin (city)
• : Śląsk (region)
• : Toruń (city)
• , : Wrocław (city)
• , : Warsaw (city)
• : Zielona Góra (city)

External links

• IANA whois information
• Domain name registry of
• Statistics of
• List of accredited Registrars
  • IDN registration policy in

Notes and References

1. Web site: DNS Krajowy Rejestr Domen. www.dns.pl. 2020-09-30.
2. Web site: Statistics of domain names registered in NASK. 1 June 2018. dns.pl.
3. Web site: List of regional domain names. live. 2021-10-19. NASK Domain Name Registry. https://web.archive.org/web/20190402095518/https://www.dns.pl/en/list_of_regional_domain_names . 2019-04-02 .