<s>
.tp	B-General_Concept
was	O
the	O
listed	O
Internet	B-Application
country	I-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	O
domain	O
(	O
ccTLD	B-Application
)	O
for	O
East	O
Timor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
letters	O
refer	O
to	O
Timor	O
Português	O
,	O
or	O
Portuguese	O
Timor	O
,	O
a	O
legacy	O
from	O
the	O
nation	O
's	O
previous	O
status	O
as	O
a	O
Portuguese	O
colony	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
domain	O
.tp	B-General_Concept
was	O
officially	O
launched	O
in	O
December	O
1997	O
by	O
connect.ie,	O
an	O
internet	O
service	O
provider	O
based	O
in	O
Dublin	O
,	O
Ireland	O
,	O
in	O
cooperation	O
with	O
the	O
East	O
Timorese	O
authorities	O
in	O
absentia	O
,	O
while	O
East	O
Timor	O
was	O
under	O
Indonesian	O
authority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
.tp	B-General_Concept
remained	O
active	O
for	O
the	O
period	O
of	O
transition	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
now	O
no	O
longer	O
complies	O
with	O
the	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
3166-1	I-General_Concept
standard	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
two-letter	O
codes	O
for	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
countries	O
as	O
the	O
code	O
for	O
East	O
Timor	O
changed	O
from	O
TP	O
to	O
TL	O
after	O
independence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
listed	O
change	O
and	O
update	O
for	O
.tp	B-General_Concept
was	O
on	O
April	O
22	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
set	O
in	O
motion	O
the	O
acquisition	O
the	O
.tp	B-General_Concept
domain	O
(	O
then	O
the	O
only	O
available	O
nomenclature	O
for	O
East	O
Timor	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.tp	B-General_Concept
domain	O
registry	O
was	O
successfully	O
acquired	O
and	O
activated	O
mainly	O
for	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
"	O
declaring	O
independence	O
"	O
at	O
least	O
in	O
the	O
virtual	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
subsequent	O
attack	O
on	O
the	O
.tp	B-General_Concept
domain	O
registry	O
gained	O
extensive	O
worldwide	O
media	O
coverage	O
and	O
public	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
1999	O
East	O
Timorese	O
crisis	O
the	O
cctld	B-Application
server	O
services	O
for	O
the	O
'	O
.tp	B-General_Concept
'	O
domain	O
were	O
attacked	O
by	O
hackers	O
believed	O
to	O
be	O
at	O
the	O
behest	O
and	O
with	O
support	O
from	O
a	O
faction	O
of	O
the	O
Indonesian	O
military	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
.tl	O
is	O
the	O
ccTLD	B-Application
that	O
now	O
complies	O
with	O
the	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
3166-1	I-General_Concept
standard	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Department	O
of	O
Information	O
Technology	O
in	O
East	O
Timor	O
is	O
working	O
cooperatively	O
with	O
Connect	O
Ireland	O
to	O
ensure	O
a	O
stable	O
and	O
secure	O
transition	O
to	O
the	O
.tl	O
ccTLD	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Existing	O
registrants	O
in	O
the	O
.tp	B-General_Concept
ccTLD	B-Application
were	O
initially	O
granted	O
the	O
same	O
domain	O
in	O
the	O
.tl	O
ccTLD	B-Application
at	O
no	O
cost	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
year	O
of	O
registration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
.tp	B-General_Concept
and	O
.tl	O
"	O
versions	O
"	O
continue	O
to	O
resolve	O
and	O
registrant	O
information	O
,	O
whois	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
name	O
server	O
delegations	O
were	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
same	O
for	O
both	O
.tl	O
and	O
.tp	B-General_Concept
,	O
for	O
legacy	O
domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
June	O
2005	O
,	O
no	O
further	O
registrations	O
were	O
accepted	O
in	O
the	O
.tp	B-General_Concept
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
search	O
engines	O
found	O
approximately	O
twice	O
as	O
many	O
pages	O
in	O
the	O
.tp	B-General_Concept
domain	O
as	O
in	O
its	O
successor	O
,	O
.tl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
long	O
time	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
IANA	O
site	O
,	O
.tl	O
was	O
listed	O
as	O
unassigned	O
,	O
with	O
.tp	B-General_Concept
still	O
being	O
listed	O
for	O
East	O
Timor	O
(	O
Xanana	O
Gusmão	O
,	O
a	O
major	O
political	O
figure	O
and	O
former	O
president	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
administrative	O
contact	O
)	O
.	O
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