A special-use domain name is a domain name that is defined and reserved in the hierarchy of the Domain Name System of the

Internet The Internet (or internet) is the Global network, global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a internetworking, network of networks ...

for special purposes. The designation of a reserved special-use domain is authorized by the

Internet Engineering Task Force The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a standards organization for the Internet standard, Internet and is responsible for the technical standards that make up the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP). It has no formal membership roster ...

(IETF) and executed, maintained, and published by the

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a standards organization that oversees global IP address allocation, Autonomous system (Internet), autonomous system number allocation, DNS root zone, root zone management in the Domain Name Syste ...

(IANA).

Reserved domain names

The following list comprises the domain names list by IANA in the category of ''special-use domain names''.

References

{{reflist Domain Name System Placeholder names Internet properties established in 1999

Reserved domain names

See also

References