.ly
Encyclopedia
.ly is the Internet
country code
top-level domain
(ccTLD) for Libya
.
. The .ly domain extension, introduced in 1988, is administrated by the registry LYNIC. This domain is mainly for the use of the general public of Libya.
The NIC.LY team appoints recognized registrars to offer .ly domain names, and these registrars perform all the domain registration tasks on behalf of the NIC.LY. Libya Telecom & Technology
(ltt.ly) is one of the pioneers that offer .ly domain extension to companies and organizations. Sub domains are also allowed for .ly domain name at both the second level and third level beneath various second levels.
According to the registration site, "any .LY domain names may be registered, except domains containing obscene and indecent names/phrases, including words of a sexual nature; furthermore domain names may not contain words/phrases or abbreviations insulting religion or politics, or be related to gambling and lottery industry or be contrary to Libyan law or Islamic morality."
The GPTC registers domain names on a first come, first served basis. Applicants may apply for multiple domains with a registration fee of $200 for each domain. Before registration, the domain name, company name, trademark registration and other legal documents must be provided. In addition, the .ly domain names being registered should not violate any rules set forth by the registrar. Domain names may be registered for a minimum of two years.
The official website for .ly registration is http://www.nic.ly. Applicants may also register domains through official registrars list here http://www.ltt.ly/en/agents/l.php?service=2&city=1 After completing the registration process, an email will be sent to the applicant's billing contact address. The .ly domain name will become active within 12–24 hours of that email notification.
The second-level domains which are officially open to third-level registrations are:
During the weekend of August 20, 2011 at the start of the 2011 Battle of Tripoli, the main nic.ly registration site was apparently defaced by hackers on the side of the National Liberation Army, though other sites such as bit.ly remained unaffected.
n domains
were reserved for English
words that end with the suffix
"ly", such as sil.ly. As the annual fee for .ly domains remains high ($75 a year) there are still plenty of domain names left available on the domain prime market as well as some popular ones that can be bought on the domain secondary market - the result of the domain name speculation
.
Many popular URL shortening
services are registered in the .ly domain: bit.ly
, a service that was formerly the default choice for Twitter
; ow.ly, a service used by default by the HootSuite
, a Twitter client webservice; and 3.ly. Brief.ly allows to shorten multiple URLs into short ones and open them in tabs on one page.
In October 2010, the domain of "sex-positive
" URL shortening service vb.ly, which was registered in 2009 by Violet Blue
and Ben Metcalfe, was seized by the Libyan web authorities for not being compliant with the law of Libya
. A Libya Telecom spokesman stated to Blue: "Pornography and adult material aren't allowed under Libyan Law ... Therefore, we removed the domain."
Internet
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country code
Country code
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The best known of these is ISO 3166-1...
top-level domain
Top-level domain
A top-level domain is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in lower levels, it is the last part of the domain name, that is, the last label of a...
(ccTLD) for Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
.
Registration
A .ly registration is the process of registering top-level country-code domain name for Libya. The registration is sponsored by the General Post and Telecommunication CompanyLibya Telecom & Technology
Libya Telecom & Technology was established in 1997 as a private company. LTT was Libya's main and biggest Internet service provider offering both dial-up and broadband Internet to customers Libya wide. LTT was bought out by the General Posts and Telecommunications Company in 2004...
. The .ly domain extension, introduced in 1988, is administrated by the registry LYNIC. This domain is mainly for the use of the general public of Libya.
The NIC.LY team appoints recognized registrars to offer .ly domain names, and these registrars perform all the domain registration tasks on behalf of the NIC.LY. Libya Telecom & Technology
Libya Telecom & Technology
Libya Telecom & Technology was established in 1997 as a private company. LTT was Libya's main and biggest Internet service provider offering both dial-up and broadband Internet to customers Libya wide. LTT was bought out by the General Posts and Telecommunications Company in 2004...
(ltt.ly) is one of the pioneers that offer .ly domain extension to companies and organizations. Sub domains are also allowed for .ly domain name at both the second level and third level beneath various second levels.
According to the registration site, "any .LY domain names may be registered, except domains containing obscene and indecent names/phrases, including words of a sexual nature; furthermore domain names may not contain words/phrases or abbreviations insulting religion or politics, or be related to gambling and lottery industry or be contrary to Libyan law or Islamic morality."
The GPTC registers domain names on a first come, first served basis. Applicants may apply for multiple domains with a registration fee of $200 for each domain. Before registration, the domain name, company name, trademark registration and other legal documents must be provided. In addition, the .ly domain names being registered should not violate any rules set forth by the registrar. Domain names may be registered for a minimum of two years.
The official website for .ly registration is http://www.nic.ly. Applicants may also register domains through official registrars list here http://www.ltt.ly/en/agents/l.php?service=2&city=1 After completing the registration process, an email will be sent to the applicant's billing contact address. The .ly domain name will become active within 12–24 hours of that email notification.
The second-level domains which are officially open to third-level registrations are:
- .com.ly: Commercial services
- .net.ly: Internet-related services
- .gov.ly: Government and ministries
- .plc.ly: State-owned companies
- .edu.ly: Educational and training institutions
- .sch.ly: Schools
- .med.ly: Health-related services
- .org.ly: Non-profit organizations
- .id.ly: Individuals.
History
IANA originally delegated registration authority for .ly to Khalil Elwiheishi at the Alshaeen for Information Technology in April 1997..During the weekend of August 20, 2011 at the start of the 2011 Battle of Tripoli, the main nic.ly registration site was apparently defaced by hackers on the side of the National Liberation Army, though other sites such as bit.ly remained unaffected.
Domain hacks
Many LibyaLibya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
n domains
Domain name
A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority, or control in the Internet. Domain names are formed by the rules and procedures of the Domain Name System ....
were reserved for English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
words that end with the suffix
Suffix
In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs...
"ly", such as sil.ly. As the annual fee for .ly domains remains high ($75 a year) there are still plenty of domain names left available on the domain prime market as well as some popular ones that can be bought on the domain secondary market - the result of the domain name speculation
Domain name speculation
Domain name speculation is the practice of identifying and registering or acquiring Internet domain names with the intent of selling them later for a profit....
.
Many popular URL shortening
URL shortening
URL shortening is a technique on the World Wide Web in which a Uniform Resource Locator may be made substantially shorter in length and still direct to the required page. This is achieved by using an HTTP Redirect on a domain name that is short, which links to the web page that has a long URL...
services are registered in the .ly domain: bit.ly
Bit.ly
bitly is a URL shortening service owned by bitly, Inc., a betaworks company. It is especially popular on microblogging website Twitter because it is the default URL shortening service on the website since May 6, 2009, replacing TinyURL...
, a service that was formerly the default choice for Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
; ow.ly, a service used by default by the HootSuite
HootSuite
HootSuite is a social media communications dashboard often used for online brand management. It publishes to websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Foursquare, MySpace, and WordPress. It also publishes to Flickr, Tumblr, and YouTube via HootSuite Apps...
, a Twitter client webservice; and 3.ly. Brief.ly allows to shorten multiple URLs into short ones and open them in tabs on one page.
In October 2010, the domain of "sex-positive
Sex-positive
The sex-positive movement is an ideology which promotes and embraces open sexuality with few limits. Sex positivity is "an attitude towards human sexuality that regards all consensual sexual activities as fundamentally healthy and pleasurable, and encourages sexual pleasure and experimentation...
" URL shortening service vb.ly, which was registered in 2009 by Violet Blue
Violet Blue (author)
Violet Blue is an American writer and sex educator.Blue wrote a weekly sex column for the San Francisco Chronicle. In her podcast, Open Source Sex, she reads erotica and discusses topics such as fetishes and oral sex. She also has a video blog. Blue wrote a feature about porn for women which was...
and Ben Metcalfe, was seized by the Libyan web authorities for not being compliant with the law of Libya
Law of Libya
The law of Libya has historically been influenced by Ottoman, French, Italian, and Egyptian sources. Under the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Libya has moved towards a legal system based on sharia, but with various deviations from it....
. A Libya Telecom spokesman stated to Blue: "Pornography and adult material aren't allowed under Libyan Law ... Therefore, we removed the domain."