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

History

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

In 2003, the internationalized domain names were introduced. Registration of domains containing characters from Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, and Hebrew script is allowed.

NASK is Sector Member http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/mm/scripts/mm.detail?o&_languageid=1&_organisationid=43469 of ITU-T since 2004 and plays active role http://www.bartosiewicz.pl/IDN.htm in Study Group 17 working on Internationalized Domain Names (IDN). Andrzej Bartosiewicz, Head of DNS Division at NASK, acts as Rapporteur http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/rapporteurs.html for Question 16 dedicated to IDN.

Second-level domains

Several functional and regional domains exist. Most popular are:

Functional domains

• .com.pl, .biz.pl commercial entities
• .net.pl network infrastructure
• .art.pl art
• .edu.pl education
• .org.pl, .ngo.pl NGOs and not-for-profit organizations
• .gov.pl government
• .info.pl (general) information
• .mil.pl military

Regional domains

(There are more than 100 regional SLDs in Poland.)

• .bialystok.pl Bia ystok (city)
• .bydgoszcz.pl Bydgoszcz (city)
• .czest.pl Cz stochowa (city)
• .elk.pl E k (city)
• .gda.pl, .gdansk.pl Gda sk (city)
• .gorzow.pl Gorz w Wielkopolski (city)
• .kalisz.pl Kalisz (city)
• .katowice.pl Katowice (city)
• .konin.pl Konin (city)
• .krak w.pl Krak w (city)
• .lodz.pl d (city)
• .lublin.pl Lublin (city)
• .malopolska.pl Ma opolska (region)
• .olsztyn.pl Olsztyn (city)
• .opole.pl Opole (city)
• .pila.pl Pi a (city)
• .poznan.pl Pozna (city)
• .radom.pl Radom (city)
• .rzeszow.pl Rzesz w (city)
• .slupsk.pl S upsk (city)
• .szczecin.pl Szczecin (city)
• .slask.pl l sk (region)
• .tychy.pl Tychy (city)
• .torun.pl Toru (city)
• .wroc.pl, .wroclaw.pl Wroc aw (city)
• .waw.pl, .warszawa.pl Warsaw (city)
• .zgora.pl Zielona G ra (city)

Many registrants prefer to create their own second-level domains, directly under .pl , over 1,500,000 of such domains are registered.http://www.dns.pl/english/zonestats.html

External links

• IANA <tt>.pl</tt> whois information
• Domain name registry of <tt>.pl</tt>
• Statistics of <tt>.pl</tt>
• List of accredited Registrars
• IDN registration policy in <tt>.pl</tt>

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