Reserved Domain Names

In the .com, .net, and .org top-level domains (TLDs), various domain names are reserved. These names are reserved from initial registration, but to the extent they are already registered the existing registrant may renew them. The reserved labels are in three groups, as described below:

A. Labels Reserved at All Levels. Within .com, .net, and .org, the following labels are reserved at the second level:

ICANN-related names:

• aso
• dnso
• icann
• internic
• pso

IANA-related names:

• afrinic
• apnic
• arin
• example
• gtld-servers
• iab
• iana
• iana-servers
• iesg
• ietf
• irtf
• istf
• lacnic
• latnic
• rfc-editor
• ripe
• root-servers

Other names:

• All single-character labels
• All two-character labels
• arpa
• biz
• com
• coop
• edu
• gov
• info
• int
• mil
• museum
• name
• net
• org
• pro

The reservation of the above names is implemented by showing the names in the above group that are not registered to an existing registrant as sponsored under the registrar name "Reserved-Internet Assigned Numbers Authority".

B. Tagged Domain Names. All labels with hyphens in the third and fourth character positions (e.g., "bq--1k2n4h4b"). Initial registrations of tagged domain names beginning with "bq--" are made to support Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs).

C. Second-Level Reservations for Registry Operations. The following second-level names for use in connection with the operation of the registry:

• nic
• whois
• www