DK

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Continent: Europe Capital: Copenhagen Location: 55°43′N 12°34′E Area: 43,098.31 km² Population: 5,534,738 Time Zone: CET² (UTC+1) / Summer CEST (UTC+2) Calling Code: +45

Zone Info

.DK is the official country code Top-Level-Domain (ccTLD) of Denmark.

Zone Use

A .DK Domain is normally used by companies or private entities who are located at Denmark, or who have business relationships with Denmark.

Characters

• Minimum: 3
• Maximum: 63
• Letters and numbers
• Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD
• DK characters

Please note:
You can use all Danish characters in your .dk domain name. This means that you can use æ, ø and å in your domain name. You can also use the letters ö, ä, ü and é and numbers from 0 to 9 and - (negative sign used as a hyphen or substitute for spaces). Hyphen cannot be placed first or last in the domain name. Be aware that not all web browsers and email programs can handle domain names with these letters. Figures and minus signs, however, does not cause any problems. A domain name must not have 2 initial alphanumeric characters followed by 2 hyphens, such as. a2—x6z.dk.

Domain Registration

.DK domains can be registered online through the Webinterface or with the corresponding API command.

After registration the owner will receive an email containing a login ID and pin code to login at the registry site to activate his domain name. If this is not done the domain will be DELETED after 30 days.

Please Note - Domain Modifications - General modifications for .dk domains are only possible via the Hostmaster-DK Self Service in the DK Webinterface.

Change of Registrant

Is currently not possible through our system.

For the current procedure please see here https://www.dk-hostmaster.dk/english/self-service/forms/transfer/

Domain Renewal

As .DK domains can only be registered on a yearly basis, they cannot be renewed explicitly.

Deletion Process

For the deletion of a .DK domain you have to create a document here and send this document via mail or fax to the .DK registry. ' :DK Hostmaster A/S

Kalvebod Brygge 43, 4.sal

DK-1560 København V

Denmark

Fax: +45 3364 6066

The deletion has to be confirmed at the .DK registry by the registrant in the self service area.

Restrictions

• Min./Max nameservers 2-7

• DNS servers for .dk domain names must be approved by DK Hostmaster before sending an registration request.

Register name server

All name servers in the .dk zone must be registered and approved by DK hostmaster. 

To get this approval of name servers, the administrator must document the needed technical knowledge about dns, including setting up domain names
on a name server. DK Hostmaster does not support setting up name servers.

As a part of the approving process, the applicant must allow zone transfer from the name servers to: 

Name server at DK Hostmaster:  hostcount.dk-hostmaster.dk
IPv4 address: 193.163.102.6
IPv6 address: 2a01:630:0:40:3:4:5:6

Approval of name servers form

Approval of name servers will take a minimum of 2 work days to process.

When the name servers are approved, the registry will notify you in an email.

• For the change of nameservers please see procedure below

Change name server

This section of DK Hostmasters website directs primary to DNS contacts

Existing name servers must be administrated, using the registry self service.

New name servers can be created using this form.

Change name servers IP address
When a name server receives a new IP address, DK Hostmaster only needs to update this information, if the name server is a part of the 
.dk zone and the name server hosts its own domain.

   * If the name server is not in the .dk zone?
     It will not be possible to make the update in the .dk zone. The update must be performed in the name servers zone. Ex. .com, .org or .net.
   * Does the name server run its own domain?
     Changes of the name servers IP addresses must be updated, using registry self service.

How can I see if the name server is running its own domain?
In this example, we use the registry name servers:

authns1.ngdc.net
auth01.dk-hostmaster.dk
auth02.dk-hostmaster.dk  

all run our domain: dk-hostmaster.dk

As the name for two of the registry name servers both dk-hostmaster.dk, the registry says, they run their own domain. That is why changes of these name servers 
IP addresses, must be updated in the registry self service.
The name server authns1.ngdc.net must be updated in the .net zone.

Changing the name of your name server If the name server is to given a new name, it must be registered, and approved by dk-hostmaster. 
After the approval, all domain names can be redelegated internally to the new name server. Then the old name server, can be removed from the .dk zone.

Transfers

.DK Transfers are possible.

Transfer procedure

• Transfers can be done.

Transfer notes

• No authcode is needed.

Transfer time

• Transfer should be finished within one working day after it's requested.

Restores

Are currently not possible.