Editing .int

{{Short description|Internet top-level domain for intergovernmental organizations}}
{{For|the file extension for Intel hex files|.int (file extension)}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox Top level domain
|name=.int
|introduced={{start date and age|1988|11|3}}
|type=[[Sponsored top-level domain]]
|status=Active
|registry=[[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|IANA]]
|sponsor=[[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|IANA]]
|intendeduse={{flagdeco|United Nations}} International treaty-based organisations
|actualuse=[[Intergovernmental organization]]s and organizations with [[United Nations]] observer status
|restrictions=Applications screened for eligibility
|structure=Registrations at second level permitted
|document={{URL|https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1591/|RFC 1591}}
|disputepolicy=None
|website=[https://www.iana.org/domains/int/ IANA .int page]
|}}

The domain name '''int''' is a [[sponsored top-level domain]] (sTLD) in the [[Domain Name System]] of the [[Internet]]. Its name is derived from the word ''international'', characterizing its use for international organizations and treaty-related purposes.<ref>{{cite web | title = INT Zone Management | publisher = IANA | url = https://www.iana.org/domains/int | access-date = 2012-04-09 }}</ref> The first use of this domain was by [[NATO]], which had previously been assigned the [[top-level domain]] [[.nato]].

According to [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] (IANA) policy, based on RFC 1591, the sTLD ''int'' is reserved for international treaty-based organizations, [[United Nations]] agencies, and organizations or entities having [[observer status]] at the UN.<ref>{{ cite web | title = INT Policy & Procedures | publisher = IANA | url = https://www.iana.org/domains/int/policy/ | access-date = 2012-04-09 }}</ref> ''int'' is considered to have the strictest application policies of all TLDs, as it implies that the holder is a subject of [[international law]]. For this reason, the application procedure requires the applicant to provide evidence that it is indeed treaty-based by providing a United Nations [[treaty]] registration number and that it has independent legal status. Previously, it also was open to Internet infrastructure services; those services have since been required to register in [[.arpa]].

==Delegations==
{{As of|November 2024}}, the domain ''int'' consists of 235 subdomain delegations.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.statdns.com/files/zone.int
|title=INT Zone File
|access-date=2024-11-06}}</ref>

The subdomain [[.eu.int|eu.int]] was used by the [[European Union]]–affiliated institutions. However, the aforementioned institutions' domain names switched to the TLD [[.eu|eu]] on May 9, 2006 ([[Europe Day]]). All previous eu.int addresses continued to be accessible for a transitional period of at least one year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/586&format=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en|title=European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - European institutions' new Web identity to celebrate Europe Day, 9 May.|work=europa.eu}}</ref> {{As of|2017}}, the [[European Central Bank]] continues to use ecb.int in addition to ecb.eu and ecb.europa.eu, and the .int domain is still sometimes used for email addresses.<ref>{{ cite web | title = Press release | date = March 23, 2012 | publisher = ECB | url = http://www.ecb.int/press/pr/date/2012/html/pr120323_1.en.html | access-date = 2012-04-09 }}</ref>

The [[Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants]] (POPS) saw its initial application for a domain name under ''int'' rejected on the grounds that the convention did not explicitly create an entity subject of international law.<ref name=reconreq02-1>{{ cite web | title = Reconsideration Request 02-1 | publisher = [[ICANN]] | url = http://archive.icann.org/en/committees/reconsideration/ogden-request-22jan02.htm | access-date =2012-03-22}}</ref> However, POPS appealed to the IANA Reconsideration Committee and obtained its domain (pops.int) on the grounds that other conventions lacking such specific language had nevertheless obtained a registration. The IANA granted the domain after the committee determined that (1) the organization was chartered by a treaty that was very likely to enter into force, and (2) despite lacking a legal track record, it met "the requirement for independent international legal personality." This grant was subject to the provision that the status of eligibility be renewed if the treaty had not entered into force within four years of the registration.<ref>{{ cite web | title = Reconsideration Request 02-1: Recommendation of the Committee | date = 25 June 2002 | publisher = ICANN | url = http://archive.icann.org/en/committees/reconsideration/rc02-1.htm | access-date = 2012-03-22 }}</ref>

Additionally, the domain ''int'' was historically also used for Internet infrastructure databases. The name space [[.arpa|arpa]] had been slated to be moved into ''int'', but in 2000 the [[Internet Architecture Board]] recommended that no new infrastructure databases should be added to ''int'' and that ''arpa'' retain its function.<ref>{{cite web | title = IAB Statement on Infrastructure Domain and Subdomains | date = May 2000 | author = John Klensin | publisher = [[Internet Architecture Board]] | url = http://www.iab.org/documents/docs/iab-arpa-stmt.txt | access-date = 2012-03-22 | archive-date = August 22, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090822012543/http://www.iab.org/documents/docs/iab-arpa-stmt.txt | url-status = dead }}</ref> The only remaining technical role of ''int'' was for reverse translation of [[IPv6 address]]es in the zone ''ip6.int''. This zone was officially removed on 6 June 2006 in favor of ''ip6.arpa'', also administered by IANA.

===Grandfathered delegations===
Several domains under ''int'' were granted prior to the application of the strict guidelines. World [[YMCA]] is an example of the loose guidelines applied in the early 1990s. IANA has not withdrawn the existing assignment from YMCA<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.ymca.int/|access-date=2021-06-22|website=YMCA International - World Alliance of YMCAs|language=en-US}}</ref> and other organisations such as The Phone Company<ref>[http://www.tpc.int/ tpc.int] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061102082522/http://www.tpc.int/ |date=November 2, 2006 }}</ref> (which has however not been available since 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tpc.int/faq/history.html|title=The Phone Company's Remote Printing Service: The History of TPC.INT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727143804/http://www.tpc.int/faq/history.html|archive-date=2010-07-27}}</ref> and the domain name is no longer registered) who do not meet the current criteria.

==See also==
* [[Generic top-level domain]]
* [[List of organizations with .int domain names]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/int.html Delegation Record for .INT], [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] (IANA)
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/int IANA—Intergovernmental Treaty (.INT) Domains]

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