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.bj

Country-code top-level domain

A source-linked reference record for .bj, combining IANA delegation data with registry metadata.

Registry website View IANA record
RegistryAutorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et de la Poste du Bénin (ARCEP BENIN)
IANA typeccTLD
Registered1996-01-18
DNSSECNot determined
Overview

About .bj

IANA

.bj is listed by IANA as a country-code top-level domain. The sponsoring organisation shown in the IANA delegation record is Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et de la Poste du Bénin (ARCEP BENIN).

Policy and eligibility are deliberately not inferred from the string name. Registration rules should be taken from the registry and its official documentation.

ccTLD Delegated
Sponsoring organisation
Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et de la Poste du Bénin (ARCEP BENIN)
Registry website
http://www.nic.bj
RDAP
Not published
WHOIS
whois.nic.bj
Registration date
1996-01-18
IANA last update
2023-04-14
Technical information

DNS and protocol details

Root-level delegation and protocol endpoints surfaced without hiding the source.

Authoritative nameservers

Published in the IANA delegation record.

ns-bj.afrinic.net196.216.168.33 · 2001:43f8:120:0:0:0:0:33
ns-bj.nic.fr194.0.9.1 · 2001:678:c:0:0:0:0:1
ns1.nic.bj154.65.28.218
ns2.nic.bj41.85.191.2
pch.nic.bj204.61.216.125 · 2001:500:14:6125:ad:0:0:1

Protocol endpoints

Published registry lookup services.

RDAP
Not published
WHOIS
whois.nic.bj
Delegation history

Record timeline

Only milestones that can be tied directly to official records are shown.

  1. Transfer of the .BJ (Benin) top-level domain to Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et de la Poste du Bénin (ARCEP BENIN)
  2. IANA registration date

    Registration date shown in the IANA delegation record.

  3. IANA record last updated

    Latest update date displayed by the IANA delegation record.

Sources

Official records

This page keeps operational facts attached to their original source.

IANADelegation record IANA / InterNICAuthoritative root zone RegistryRegistration services
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