General
- Extension
- .be
- Type
- Country-code extension
- Meaning
- Belgium
- Registry
- DNS Belgium vzw/asbl
- Registry website
- www.dnsbelgium.be
- Registered since
- 5 August 1988
Properties
- DNSSEC signed
- yes
- Name servers
- 6 (6 with IPv6)
- WHOIS server
- whois.dns.be
- RDAP server
- none reported to IANA
- At 1blu
- available to order directly
Registration conditions
- Who may register?
- Any person, organisation or company; residence in Belgium is not required. First come, first served.
- Length
- 2 to 63 characters; IDN names at least 2 characters.
- Characters
- a–z, 0–9 and hyphen as well as the IDN characters in Annex 1 of the terms.
- Allocation
- In order of application (first come, first served).
- Term
- One year, renewable.
- Registrant data
- A working e-mail address of the registrant is mandatory.
- Transfer
- With a transfer code: it is requested via DNS Belgium or the current or new registrar, sent to the holder's e-mail address and valid for 7 days. The holder gives it to the new registrar; if the code is correct, the transfer takes place immediately. A transfer lock is only set at the holder's explicit request.
The registry's current rules are binding: www.dnsbelgium.be.
Sources: DNS Belgium: Terms and conditions 6.3 · DNS Belgium: Change registrar · DNS Belgium: Terms and conditions 6.3 · IANA Root Zone Database: .be · As of 28 October 2026
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