.invalid
Sign in to saveThe name invalid is reserved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a domain name that may not be installed as a top-level domain in the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, .invalid is referenced by 121 other articles, and connects out to list of Internet top-level domains, proposed top-level domain and .au.
It sits within the topics Internet properties established in 1999 and Top-level domains.
Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Top level domain.name
- invalid
- Top level domain.introduced
- 1999
- Top level domain.type
- Reserved top-level domain
- Top level domain.status
- Reserved to prevent conflict and confusion
- Top level domain.intendeduse
- When necessary to show an address guaranteed to be invalid
- Top level domain.actualuse
- Session Initiation Protocol, for identity protection; address munging e.g. on Usenet
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- top-level domain
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- inception
- 1999-00-00
- main regulatory text
- legal norm
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Connections
list of Internet top-level domains
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proposed top-level domain
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.au
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Request for Comments
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.bcn
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Internet
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top-level domain
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digital object identifier
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CERN
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Domain Name Server
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country code top-level domain
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.com
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.net
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.gov
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.org
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.edu
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.info
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.biz
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.mil
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generic top-level domain
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