Public Interest Registry

Brian Cute (CEO)

Public Interest Registry ( PIR for short ) is for generic Top Level Domain ( gTLD ). Org responsible registry. It was founded in 2002 as a nonprofit organization, its headquarters are located in Reston ( Virginia). PIR is a pioneer in the introduction of DNSSEC.

History

Originally the top level domain. Org managed by VeriSign. With the liberalization of the market, ICANN, the management of the gTLD decided at the Internet Society ( ISOC) to issue in October 2002. This should primarily be prevented VeriSign could achieve a monopoly on the most important domains. For the operational mode of. Org founded the ISOC, the Public Interest Registry in the form of a non-profit organization.

With effect from 1 January 2003. Finally org VeriSign to PIR passed. For the technical operation of the top -level domain, in turn, is responsible Afilias, the. Org as part of its comprehensive Global Registry Services serves.

The number of registered. Org domains increased to more than 10 million by July 2012. PIR was thus one of the world next to VeriSign (. Com and. Net ) and DENIC (. De ) of the three largest awarding bodies. The anniversary domain has been registered by jadforum.org Jordan River & Dead Sea Basin Forum at GoDaddy.

In 2013, it was announced that PIR under the program for the introduction of new top -level domains for. Ngo and. Has ong advertised. These are intended to supplement the namespace of. Org and particularly the popularity of the ending contribute to non-governmental organizations (NGOs ) account. In February 2013 PIR started to accept reservations for the first two top - level domains.