.ua
.ua is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ukraine. To register 1st level (example) domainname.ua, the exact trademark (TM Domain Name) is required. It is not required for 2nd level domains (.com.ua, .net.ua etc).
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Introduced | December 1, 1992 |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | Hostmaster Ltd. |
Sponsor | Communication Systems |
Intended use | Entities connected with ![]() |
Actual use | Popular in Ukraine |
Registered domains | 557,838 (2017-07)[1] |
Registration restrictions | None known |
Structure | Registrations have been at third level beneath second-level labels (generic and geographic), but there appear to be some direct second-level registrations for trademark holders |
Documents | Policy documents |
DNSSEC | Yes |
Registry website | Hostmaster |
History
- December 1, 1992 - Registered in root zone
- April 13, 2012 - DNSSEC enabled in root zone
Statistics
As of March 2017, around 10.78% of all the .ua domains were served via secured HTTPS protocol, with the Let's Encrypt Authority X3 being the most popular SSL certificate.[2] Nginx is the most popular web server, serving 68.97% of the .ua domains, followed by Apache serving 17.75% of the total .ua domains.[2]
Second-level domains
To remove the risk of cyber squatting, registration of second-level domains directly below .ua is restricted to owners of registered trade marks, who may register a domain name similar to that of the trade mark in question. However you can register third-level domains beneath some of the following:
- .com.ua - paid, commercial organizations, one of the most popular
- .edu.ua - free, available only to proved educational organisations.
- .gov.ua - free, available only to governmental organizations
- .net.ua - paid, network service providers
- .in.ua - paid, domains for individuals
- .pp.ua - free, domains for individuals
- .org.ua - paid, other organizations (non-commercial), individuals
There are also second-level domains which are region-specific. These are less popular than the above list (making domain names more available) but they are sometimes restricted to organisations exclusively from within the region.
- .cherkasy.ua, .cherkassy.ua (also: ck.ua) - Cherkasy Oblast
- .chernigov.ua (.cn.ua) - Chernihiv Oblast
- .chernivtsi.ua, .chernovtsy.ua (cv.ua) - Chernivtsi Oblast
- .crimea.ua (.cr.ua) - Crimea
- .dnipropetrovsk.ua, .dnepropetrovsk.ua (.dp.ua) - Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- .donetsk.ua (.dn.ua) - Donetsk Oblast
- .ivano-frankivsk.ua (.if.ua) - Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- .kharkiv.ua, .kharkov.ua (.kh.ua) - Kharkiv Oblast
- .kherson.ua (.ks.ua) - Kherson Oblast
- .khmelnitskiy.ua (.km.ua) - Khmelnytskyi Oblast
- .kyiv.ua, .kiev.ua (.kv.ua) - Kiev
- .kirovograd.ua (.kr.ua) - Kirovohrad Oblast
- .lugansk.ua (.lg.ua) - Luhansk Oblast
- .lutsk.ua, .volyn.ua (.vl.ua) - Lutsk, Volyn Oblast
- .lviv.ua (.lv.ua)- Lviv Oblast
- .nikolaev.ua (.mk.ua) - Mykolaiv Oblast
- .odesa.ua, .odessa.ua (.od.ua) - Odessa Oblast
- .poltava.ua (.pl.ua) - Poltava Oblast
- .rivne.ua, .rovno.ua (.rv.ua) - Rivne Oblast
- .sevastopol.ua - Sevastopol
- .yalta.ua - Yalta
- .sumy.ua (.sm.ua)- Sumy Oblast
- .ternopil.ua (.te.ua) - Ternopil Oblast
- .uzhgorod.ua (.uz.ua) - Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia Oblast
- .vinnica.ua (.vn.ua) - Vinnytsia Oblast
- .zaporizhzhe.ua (.zp.ua) - Zaporizhia Oblast
- .zhitomir.ua (.zt.ua) - Zhytomyr Oblast
See also
- .укр, a second top domain for Ukraine, active from 2013, which has domains with Cyrillic characters.
- Internet in Ukraine
References
- "Доменна статистика .UA за підсумками липня 2017 року". hostmaster.ua. 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
- "Статистика українського інтернету ukralio.com". www.ukralio.com (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
External links
- IANA .ua whois information
- Official site of domain .ua
- Official site of .ua registry
- Statistic of domain names usage
- Ukrainian Domains Statistics and Information