.hm

Infobox Top level domain
name=.hm
background=#CCF


introduced=1997
type=Country code top-level domain
status=Active
registry=HM Domain Registry
sponsor=HM Domain Registry
intendeduse=Entities connected with Heard and McDonald Islands
actualuse=Not very much used
restrictions=
structure=Permitted directly at second level
document=
disputepolicy=
website= [http://www.registry.hm/ HM Domain Registry] |

.hm is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Heard and McDonald Islands.

There has been limited use of this top-level domain, most of it unrelated in any way to the Heard and McDonald Islands. For instance, my.hm issues "firstname.lastname".hm in a manner similar to the .name registry. Orz.hm is a dynamic DNS server while gbr.hm sells subdomains within its .hm domains to sites within Great Britain.

Often, these sites are presented in such a way as to re-purpose .hm to mean "home".

Oddly, the Australian government's official website for Heard Island conservation efforts is heardisland.aq, an Antarctic domain and not part of .hm.

External links

* [http://www.iana.org/root-whois/hm.htm IANA .hm whois information]
* [http://www.registry.hm/ .hm domain registration website]
* [http://www.heardisland.aq/ Official Australia government site about Heard & Mcdonald Islands, heardisland.aq]