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| Introduced | 10 August 2011(allocated) 2 February 2019(root zone) |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | ssNIC |
| Sponsor | Government ofSouth Sudan |
| Intended use | Entities connected with South Sudan |
| Registration restrictions | generally none; some SLDs are only for local entities |
| Registry website | nic.ss |
.ss is the designatedcountry code top-level domain (ccTLD) forSouth Sudan in theDomain Name System of theInternet. It is derived from theISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for South Sudan, which isSS. According toCIO East Africa, the TLD was allocated on 10 August 2011 following the country'sdeclaration of independence fromSudan.[1] The TLD was registered on 31 August 2011, but not added to theDNS root zone and was thus not operational. It was approved at theICANN Board meeting on 27 January 2019[2] and was added to theDNS root zone on 2 February 2019.[3]
Before .ss was successfully registered, the country's Undersecretary for Telecommunications had initially been concerned about the ccTLD request's possible rejection due toSS also being an abbreviation forSchutzstaffel, the paramilitary force ofNazi Germany.[4]
Before the independence of South Sudan, the applicable domain was.sd, Sudan's top-level Internet domain.
Registration of .ss second-level domain names launched in three phases starting 1 June 2020, with general availability starting 1 September 2020.[5][6] In July 2024 the registry announced registration directly under .ss would open for all applicants on 1 November 2024.[7]
Registration is possible under the following:
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