.la

For the .la file extension, see Libtool.

.la

Introduced	1996
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	LA Names Corporation
Sponsor	Lao National Internet Committee
Intended use	Entities connected with Laos
Actual use	Marketed as domain for Los Angeles
Registration restrictions	None; some names are reserved as "premium names" at extra cost
Structure	Registrations are taken directly at the second level
Documents	ICANN .la MoU
Dispute policies	UDRP
Website	www.la
DNSSEC	yes

.la is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Laos.

Domain names registered via the .la tld start at $50.00 and skyrocket for other generic associations.

This domain network is attempting to associate themselves in the geographical area of Southern California specifically the Los Angeles market, although the domain belongs to the country of Laos. It is also used for domain hacks in French and more Roman languages because of the meaning of là: there, and for the Mozilla Foundation's URL shortener using the "mzl.la" domain hack.

No official or unofficial association exists between the .la domain and any government in the United States. See .org and .gov

History

The LA Names Corporation, based in Guernsey, has gained the rights to market .la registrations, and they had used the registry services of Afilias and, formerly, the registrar services of DreamHost. However, DreamHost has discontinued registrar services as of May, 2006. LA Names and CentralNic, Ltd. completed the transfer of the .LA domain name to the CentralNic system in 2007.

External links

• IANA .la whois information