.int
| Introduced | November 3, 1988 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Sponsored top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | IANA |
| Sponsor | IANA |
| Intended use | International treaty-based organisations |
| Actual use | Intergovernmental organizations and organizations with United Nations observer status |
| Registration restrictions | Applications screened for eligibility |
| Structure | Registrations at second level permitted |
| Documents | RFC 1591 |
| Dispute policies | None |
| Website | 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. 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.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.
As of June 2012[update], the domain int consists of 166 subdomain delegations.
The subdomain eu.int was used by the European Union-affiliated institutions. However, the aforementioned institutions' domain names switched to the TLD 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. As of 2017[update], the European Central Bank continues to use ecb.int in addition to ecb.eu, and the .int domain is the one used for email purposes.
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