<s>
.no	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
Internet	B-Application
country	I-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	O
domain	O
(	O
ccTLD	B-Application
)	O
for	O
Norway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Norid	O
,	O
the	O
domain	B-Protocol
name	I-Protocol
registry	I-Protocol
,	O
is	O
based	O
in	O
Trondheim	O
,	O
is	O
owned	O
by	O
the	O
state-owned	O
Uninett	O
and	O
operates	O
under	O
supervision	O
of	O
the	O
Norwegian	O
Communications	O
Authority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
24	O
,	O
2022	O
there	O
were	O
843,749	O
registered	O
.no	B-General_Concept
domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Individuals	O
residing	O
in	O
Norway	O
may	O
register	O
in	O
the	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domain	I-Protocol
and	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
June	O
17	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
directly	O
under	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domains	I-Protocol
exist	O
for	O
organizations	O
of	O
certain	O
types	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
municipalities	O
and	O
schools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Management	O
of	O
a	O
ccTLD	B-Application
was	O
awarded	O
to	O
Pål	O
Spilling	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
Uninett	O
four	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Norway	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
allocated	O
two	O
other	O
ccTLDs	B-Application
,	O
for	O
Svalbard	O
and	O
Jan	O
Mayen	O
and	O
for	O
Bouvet	O
Island	O
;	O
neither	O
are	O
open	O
to	O
registration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
domain	B-Protocol
name	I-Protocol
registry	I-Protocol
responsibility	O
for	O
was	O
in	O
1983	O
awarded	O
to	O
Pål	O
Spilling	O
at	O
the	O
Norwegian	O
Telecommunications	O
Administration	O
's	O
Research	O
Institute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
responsibility	O
was	O
therefore	O
transferred	O
to	O
the	O
publicly	O
owned	O
Uninett	O
,	O
a	O
supplier	O
of	O
information	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
communications	I-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
to	O
Norwegian	O
public	O
universities	O
,	O
colleges	O
and	O
research	O
institutions	O
on	O
17	O
March	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
oldest	O
archived	O
zone	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
dates	O
from	O
1989	O
and	O
includes	O
19	O
domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Domain	B-Application
name	I-Application
registrars	I-Application
were	O
introduced	O
in	O
1999	O
to	O
handle	O
aspects	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
provided	O
by	O
a	O
third	O
party	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domain	I-Protocol
was	O
permitted	O
from	O
June	O
2011	O
,	O
which	O
gave	O
individuals	O
the	O
possibility	O
to	O
register	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
17	O
June	O
2014	O
Norid	O
opened	O
up	O
for	O
private	O
citizen	O
registrations	O
of	O
.no	B-General_Concept
domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
9	O
December	O
2014	O
Norid	O
enabled	O
support	O
for	O
DNSSEC	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Management	O
of	O
lies	O
with	O
the	O
Trondheim-based	O
Norid	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
domain	B-Protocol
name	I-Protocol
registry	I-Protocol
for	O
the	O
unused	O
and	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
policy	O
for	O
use	O
of	O
is	O
regulated	O
by	O
the	O
Regulation	O
Concerning	O
Domain	O
Names	O
Under	O
Norwegian	O
Country	B-Application
Code	I-Application
Top-level	I-Application
Domains	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Domain	O
Regulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
regulation	O
also	O
regulates	O
Norway	O
's	O
other	O
two	O
ccTLDs	B-Application
,	O
and	O
,	O
for	O
Bouvetøya	O
and	O
Svalbard	O
and	O
Jan	O
Mayen	O
,	O
respectively	O
;	O
neither	O
are	O
open	O
to	O
registration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registration	O
takes	O
place	O
through	O
a	O
third	O
party	O
,	O
a	O
domain	B-Application
name	I-Application
registrar	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
qualified	O
users	O
may	O
register	O
up	O
to	O
100	O
domains	O
directly	O
under	O
and	O
five	O
additional	O
domains	O
under	O
each	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domain	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
domains	O
cannot	O
be	O
registered	O
,	O
including	O
all	O
that	O
are	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domains	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
a	O
specified	O
series	O
of	O
geographical	O
names	O
,	O
including	O
names	O
of	O
settlements	O
and	O
islands	O
,	O
which	O
may	O
become	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domains	I-Protocol
in	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
general-category	O
potential	O
future	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domains	I-Protocol
have	O
also	O
been	O
blocked	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
and	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
types	O
of	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domains	I-Protocol
:	O
geography-oriented	O
,	O
category-oriented	O
and	O
those	O
managed	O
by	O
other	O
agencies	O
than	O
Norid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
reserved	O
geographic	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domains	I-Protocol
for	O
all	O
counties	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
for	O
Oslo	O
and	O
for	O
Nord-Trøndelag	O
)	O
,	O
all	O
urban	O
areas	O
with	O
at	O
least	O
5,000	O
inhabitants	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
for	O
Orkanger	O
)	O
and	O
all	O
municipalities	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
for	O
Bergen	O
and	O
both	O
and	O
for	O
Inderøy	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
are	O
asked	O
to	O
not	O
register	O
with	O
a	O
geographic	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domain	I-Protocol
unless	O
they	O
have	O
a	O
local	O
presence	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
under	O
a	O
geographic	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domain	I-Protocol
(	O
such	O
as	O
)	O
may	O
only	O
be	O
carried	O
out	O
by	O
the	O
local	O
government	O
of	O
the	O
area	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
municipality	O
,	O
the	O
county	O
municipality	O
and	O
the	O
Governor	O
of	O
Svalbard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
category	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domains	I-Protocol
require	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
meet	O
specific	O
characteristics	O
;	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
only	O
upper	O
secondary	O
schools	O
may	O
register	O
under	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domains	I-Protocol
are	O
managed	O
by	O
Norid	O
,	O
although	O
five	O
domains	O
are	O
managed	O
by	O
three	O
other	O
government	O
agencies	O
,	O
the	O
Government	O
Administration	O
Services	O
for	O
central	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
government	O
,	O
the	O
Norwegian	O
Armed	O
Forces	O
for	O
their	O
own	O
sites	O
and	O
the	O
Norwegian	O
Association	O
of	O
Local	O
and	O
Regional	O
Authorities	O
for	O
municipalities	O
and	O
county	O
municipalities	O
.	O
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