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.SO

.SO is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Somalia. The TLD is intended to be use by individuals and commercial entities associated with the Somalia.

Registry

	File:So.jpg
Introduced	1997
Country	Somalia
Registry	dotSO
IDN Capable	No
Webpage	Register .SO

TLD	{{#IfEmpty: {{#var:TLD}} \| {{#var:TLD}} \| - }}
Allowed TLDs	{{#IfEmpty: {{#var:ADDTLD}} \| {{#var:ADDTLD}} \| - }}
Registry	{{#IfEmpty: {{#var:REGISTRYURL}} \| [{{#var:REGISTRYURL}} {{#var:REGISTRYURLNAME}}] \| - }}
Dispute Policy	{{#IfEmpty: {{#var:REGISTRYDISPUTEPOLICY}} \| [{{#var:REGISTRYDISPUTEPOLICY}} Rules] \| - }}
Registrar	{{#var:REGISTRAR}}
WHOIS-Server	{{#var:REGISTRYWHOISSERVER}}
WHOIS-Update	{{#var:REGISTRYWHOISUPDATE}}
Min. Characters	{{#var:REGISTRYCHARSMIN}}
Max. Characters	{{#var:REGISTRYCHARSMAX}}
Character Set	{{#var:REGISTRYDOMAINNAMECHARSET}}
Limitations	{{#var:CONTACTSLIMITATIONSENTENCE}}
{{{Possible Extensions}}}












IDN capable	{{#var:REGISTRYIDNCAPABLE}}
Restore capable	{{#var:RESTOREPOLICY}}
Handle Updates	{{#var:REGISTRYHANDLEUPDATE}}
Registration System	{{#var:REGISTRYREGISTRATIONSYSTEM}}
Allowed number of NS	{{#var:NAMESERVERMIN}} to {{#var:NAMESERVERMAX}}
Registry Nameservercheck	{{#var:REGISTRYNAMESERVERCHECKS}}
Host IP-Addresses Type	{{#var:HOSTIPADDRESSESTYPE}}
Hosts managed as	{{#var:HOSTMANAGEDAS}}
Root Nameserver Update	{{#var:REGISTRYNAMESERVERROOTUPDATE}}
SEC DNS Interface	{{#var:ZONESECDNSINTERFACE}}
Transferclass	{{#var:REGISTRYTRANSFERCLASS}}
Transfer Periods	{{#var:ZONETRANSFERPERIODS}}
Transfer Authcode required	{{#var:REGISTRYTRANSFERREQUIREAUTHCODE}} {{#var:REGISTRYTRANSFERREQUIREAUTHCODEADDITION}}
Transfer Real-Time	{{#var:REGISTRYTRANSFERREALTIME}}

Transfer Lock	{{#var:REGISTRYTRANSFERLOCK}}
Transfer Confirmation (Request / Approve)	{{#var:ZONEPOLICYDOMAINTRANSFERCONFIRMATION}}
Owner Change by	{{#var:ZONEPOLICYREGISTRANTNAMECHANGEBY}}
Trade Real-Time	{{#var:REGISTRYTRADEREALTIME}}
Trade Periods	{{#var:ZONETRADEPERIODS}}
Transfer included	{{#var:REGISTRYTRADETRANSFERINCLUDED}}
Trade Confirmation (Request / Approve)	{{#var:ZONEPOLICYDOMAINTRADECONFIRMATION}}
Trade ACK by	{{#var:REGISTRYTRADEACKBY}}
Trade NACK by	{{#var:REGISTRYTRADENACKBY}}

Periods












{{{Possible Extensions}}}
Registration Periods	{{#var:ZONEREGISTRATIONPERIODS}}
Add Grace Period	{{#var:ZONEREGISTRATIONGRACEPERIOD}}
Accounting Period	{{#var:ZONERENEWALACCOUNTINGPERIOD}}
Finalization Period	{{#var:ZONERENEWALFINALIZATIONPERIOD}}
Failure Period	{{#var:ZONERENEWALFAILUREPERIOD}}
Payment Period	{{#var:ZONERENEWALPAYMENTPERIOD}}

Deletion Restorable Period	{{#var:DELETIONRESTORABLEPERIOD}}
Deletion Hold Period	{{#var:DELETIONHOLDPERIOD}}
Explicit Renewals	{{#var:REGISTRYEXPLICITRENEWAL}}
Renewal Periods	{{#var:ZONERENEWALPERIODS}}

API

Registrant Nexus Requirements

Any Applicant, any party submitting a Domain Name Registration Request and any Domain Name Holder represents and warrants that:

it meets the nexus requirement of having a bona fide connection to Somalia, which includes but are not limited to a) institutions and organizations in Somalia; b) residents of Somalia; c) others who have a legitimate, clear and provable connection to Somalia;
it will meet the nexus requirement above at all times during the period in which the domain registration is valid; to its knowledge, the registration of the Domain Name mentioned in the Application or Domain Name Registration Request will not infringe upon or otherwise violate the rights of any third party;
it is not submitting the Application or Domain Name Registration Request and, upon registration, will not use the Domain Name for an unlawful purpose (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes concepts and content relating to indecency, pornography and gambling), contrary to public policy or morality, for offensive purposes, to mislead the public and/or contrary to good and fair business practices; and
it will not knowingly use the domain name in violation of any applicable laws or regulations, including third party interests; and
it will keep the WHOIS information related to the Domain Name accurate and up-to-date at all times, both with its Registrar and the Registry.

Domain Registration

{{#var:REGISTRATIONSENTENCE}} {{#var:ADDDOMAINCOMMAND}} REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1 = (NAMESERVER)

OPTIONAL

auth = <TEXT> | <NULL>
transferlock = 0 | 1 | <NULL>
subuser = <TEXT> | <NULL>

Domain Transfer

{{#var:TRANSFERSENTENCE}} A pending transfer will auto-approve after 5 days. {{#var:TRANSFERDOMAINCOMMAND}} REQUIRED

auth = <TEXT> | <NULL>
action = REQUEST | APPROVE | DENY | CANCEL | USERTRANSFER

OPTIONAL

order = CREATE | REPLACE | UPDATE
period = <PERIOD>
transferlock = 0 | 1 | <NULL>
subuser = <TEXT> | <NULL>

Delete Domain

{{#var:DELETESENTENCE}} It is not possible to delete .SO domains if there are active Host Records. Attempting to do so will return the error "Object association prohibits operation: subordinate hosts". {{#var:DELETEDOMAINCOMMAND}}

Restore Domain

OPTIONAL

renewalmode = <NULL> | <TEXT>
subuser = <TEXT>

Ownerchange

TLD specific

Authorization code

There are special requirements regarding the format of the authorization code. Please consider the following restrictions, if you want to assign a new authorization code to a .SO domain:

Minimum 8 characters
having at least one (1) numeric,
one (1) alphabetic, and
one (1) special character

These syntax rules are legible as of November 14th, 2009. It is possible that updates for domains which still have an "old" AuthCode assigned, will fail with this error message:

505 AUTH - minimum 8 characters, containing at least one numeric, one alphabetic and one special character

You may generate a valid random auth code by adding this parameter to the ModifyDomain command:

GENERATERANDOMAUTH = 1

Example:

 command = ModifyDomain
 domain = domain.so
 generaterandomauth = 1

Addons

RegistrarOC