| .nc | |
| Introduced: | 13 October 1993 |
| Type: | Country code top-level domain |
| Status: | Active |
| Registry: | Office des Postes et Telecommunications |
| Sponsor: | Office des Postes et Telecommunications |
| Registereddomains: | 6,706 |
| Dateregistereddomains: | 2022-12-24 |
| Refregistereddomains: | [1] |
| Intendeduse: | Entities connected with |
| Actualuse: | Gets some use in New Caledonia |
| Restrictions: | Must be a registered company or organization in New Caledonia with a local contact; individuals are not eligible to register domains. Some words are prohibited.[2] |
| Structure: | Registrations are made directly at the second level, or at the third level beneath the .asso.nc 2LD |
| Document: | Rules |
| Disputepolicy: | The registry encourages compromises between disputing parties but otherwise stays out of disputes |
| Website: | Domain registration |
| Dnssec: | yes |
.nc is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for New Caledonia. Registry operations are managed by the Office des postes et télécommunications.[3]
Only New Caledonian registered companies or associations, or private individuals who are resident in New Caledonia are permitted to register .nc domain names.[4]
Many generic terms are prohibited from registration (those linked with crimes); there are also many reserved for particular circumstances. These include "administration", "bible", "blog", "cabinets", "colonisation", "flag", "justice", "mail", "nation", "offense", "outrage", "presses", "registries", "temple", "union", "vote" and hundreds more.
Registrations are taken directly at the second level, or at the third level under two second-level domains.