Reserved Domain Names In the .com, .net, and .org top-level domains (TLDs), various domain names are reserved. These names are reserved from initial registration, but to the extent they are already registered the existing registrant may renew them. The reserved labels are in three groups, as described below: A. Labels Reserved at All Levels. Within .com, .net, and .org, the following labels are reserved at the second level: ICANN-related names: aso dnso icann internic pso IANA-related names: afrinic apnic arin example gtld-servers iab iana iana-servers iesg ietf irtf istf lacnic latnic rfc-editor ripe root-servers Other names: All single-character labels All two-character labels arpa biz com coop edu gov info int mil museum name net org pro The reservation of the above names is implemented by showing the names in the above group that are not registered to an existing registrant as sponsored under the registrar name "Reserved-Internet Assigned Numbers Authority". B. Tagged Domain Names. All labels with hyphens in the third and fourth character positions (e.g., "bq--1k2n4h4b"). Initial registrations of tagged domain names beginning with "bq--" are made to support Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). C. Second-Level Reservations for Registry Operations. The following second-level names for use in connection with the operation of the registry: nic whois www Comments concerning the layout, construction and functionality of this site should be sent to webmaster@icann.org. Page Updated 08-Jan-2002 © 2002 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers All rights reserved.