Editing .no (section)

==History==
[[File:.no Domain logo 2007.svg|thumb|Logo of the domain under Verisign]] 
The domain name registry responsibility for {{mono|.no}} was in 1987<ref> {{cite web |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/no.html |title= IANA Delegation Record for .NO}}</ref> awarded to [[Pål Spilling]] at the [[Norwegian Telecommunications Administration]]'s [[Norwegian Telecommunications Administration Research Institute|Research Institute]]. The actual registration work was carried out by Jens Thomassen. The first registered domains were {{mono|tor.nta.no}} (the Norwegian Telecommunications Administration) and {{mono|ifi.uio.no}} (the Department of Informatics at the [[University of Oslo]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forskningsnett.uninett.no/uninytt/2003-2/his.html |title=Da .no kom til Norge |publisher=[[Uninett]] |last=Farstad |first=Elisabeth |access-date=25 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114095603/https://www.uninett.no/uninetts-historie |archive-date=2012-11-14 |url-status=dead |language=no }}</ref> Initially the workload of domain registration was light, but after a few years the workload had become unmanageable as a side project for an individual. Policy-makers also indicated a need for the domain registration to be managed by a non-commercial organization. The responsibility was therefore transferred to the publicly owned Uninett, a supplier of [[information and communications technology]] to Norwegian public universities, colleges and research institutions<ref name=history>Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (2002): 25</ref> on 17 March 1987.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/no.html |title=Delegation Record for .NO |publisher=[[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] |access-date=25 September 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804172425/http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/no.html |archive-date=2012-08-04 |url-status=live }}</ref> The oldest archived [[zone file]] dates from 1989 and includes 19 domains.<ref name=history /> In 1991 and 1992, all state university colleges were connected to the Internet and issued domain names, causing a boom of registrations.<ref name=growth>{{cite web |url=http://www.uninett.no/uninetts-historie |title=Growth in the .no domain |publisher=[[Norid]] |access-date=24 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502152100/http://www.norid.no/statistikk/vekst/index.en.html |archive-date=2012-05-02 |url-status=live |date=2010-01-02 }}</ref> The 1000th domain was registered in 1995.<ref name=history />

Uninett was at first administrated as a division of [[SINTEF]], but was in 1993 transformed to a limited company owned by the [[Ministry of Education and Research (Norway)|Ministry of Education and Research]]. Norid was established as a division within Uninett in 1996, and issued the responsibility of managing the {{mono|.no}} domain.<ref name=history /> On 21 August 1997, Norid was given the responsibility for the newly created {{mono|.sj}} and {{mono|.bv}} domains.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/sj.html |title=Delegation Record for .SJ |publisher=[[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] |date=13 November 2009 |access-date=25 September 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100812043000/http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/sj.html |archive-date=2010-08-12 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/bv.html |title=Delegation Record for .BV |publisher=[[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] |date=13 November 2009 |access-date=25 September 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100813161615/http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/bv.html |archive-date=2010-08-13 |url-status=live }}</ref> Uninett FAS was established the following year as a subsidiary of Uninett to manage the technical network and service infrastructure, including operation of the network systems for the universities and colleges. Thus Norid also became part of the Uninett FAS portfolio. Two organizations were established in 1998: the Domain Resolution Body, to resolve domain disputes, and Norpol, a political advisory board.<ref name=history /> [[Domain name registrar]]s were introduced in 1999 to handle aspects that could be provided by a third party.<ref>Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (2002): 22</ref> Uninett Norid was in 2003 registered as a limited company owned by Uninett, to secure the management of the domains within an independent organization.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uninett.no/uninetts-historie |title=Uninetts historie |publisher=[[Uninett]] |access-date=25 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114095603/https://www.uninett.no/uninetts-historie |archive-date=2012-11-14 |url-status=live |language=no |date=2010-01-02 }}</ref>

Until 2001, each organization could only register a single domain and had to document its right to the name, either directly connected to the company's name or a trademark; this information was verified by Norid. The rules were liberalized on 19 February 2001. A new cap was set at fifteen domains per organization and Norid no longer made an evaluation of the right to the name; if the domain was not registered it would be awarded.<ref>Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (2002): 48</ref> This resulted in a large increase in the number of domains, and the 100,000th domain was registered that same year.<ref name=history /> Originally only the basic [[Latin script|Latin letters]] were permitted, but from 9 February 2004 an additional twenty-three characters from the [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] and [[Sami languages|Sami]] languages were permitted, along with the number of permitted domains per organization increasing to twenty. From 13 June 2007, all-numerical domains names were allowed. The 500,000th domain was registered in January 2011. The {{mono|priv.no}} second-level domain was permitted from June 2011, which gave individuals the possibility to register. On 30 November 2011, organizations were permitted to register 100 domains.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.norid.no/omnorid/historie.en.html |title=The .no history |publisher=[[Norid]] |language=no |access-date=24 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713113957/http://www.norid.no/omnorid/historie.en.html |archive-date=2012-07-13 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 17 June 2014 [[Norid]] opened up for private citizen registrations of .no domains.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.norid.no/domeneregistrering/oss.en.html |title=Norid FAQ |publisher=[[Norid]] |access-date=5 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323201724/https://www.norid.no/domeneregistrering/oss.en.html |archive-date=2015-03-23 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 9 December 2014 [[Norid]] enabled support for [[DNSSEC]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.norid.no/dns/teknisk/dnssec/index.en.html |title=DNSSEC support |publisher=[[Norid]] |access-date=5 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323141352/https://www.norid.no/dns/teknisk/dnssec/index.en.html |archive-date=2015-03-23 |url-status=live |language=en }}</ref>