Who registers .EDU domain names?

[Bill]

The school I teach for needs their own .edu domain name, but I'm not sure where to go. Most registration sities claim ".edu" capability but do not have more than .com, .org and .net capability.

Bill

Just the USG still, huh? Welp, gotta go to that site then. Yes, we are a college in the U.S.

 

[rahvin]

You must be a college in the US to get a .edu domain and they are still registered by the government.

 

[403Forbidden]

I tried to register a .mil domain once. FBI was at my door 2 minutes later

 

[403Forbidden]

Bill,

only non-profit educational institutions can get the .edu domain. For-profit institutions must stick with com or net or whatever else

 

[Mday]

you don't have to be a college.

my HS has a site, and it is .edu... http://www.stuy.edu/

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bill, why don't you go to a local college that has a website, and ask. try the head of the CS department.

or go to http://www.whois.org/ and look up a local college's website, and see who\what the site is registered to. but sometimes the contact info is empty...

 

[claw]

This article primarily focuses on .org but also mentions .edu as well:
http://slate.msn.com/code/explainer/explainer.asp?Show=7/17/00&idMessage=5696

Edit: forgot to linkify the link

 

[Prodigy^]

403Forbidden: you serious? how did you try to register it?

 

[BoberFett]

FBI? Haha, OK, whatever...

 

[Redwingsguy]

I'm interested as well 403! whats mil stand for? Military?? :Q

 

[Bill]

Thanks for the replies, everyone! I took a look at the gov's naming formulas and I think I figured it out. Of course, since it's the government, I may have to "figure it out" a few more times...hehe...

Bill

 

[BoberFett]

Redwingsguy

You are correct.

 

[DataFly]

Mday, several years ago all educational institutions were given a .edu address. A few years ago, however, the government decided to allow only colleges and universities to register such an address.