Earlier today href="http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/xxx.html">IANA added the .XXX Top Level Domain to the root nameservers. While the registry operator href="http://www.afilias.info/">Afilias is still in their setup process for href="http://www.icmregistry.com/"> ICM registry, the zone is currently propagating. While a number of registrars have already been taking pre-registrations, the href="http://www.icmregistry.com/about/sunrise.php">actual timeline for the launch has not yet been published. The Sunrise launch is a three phased approach. After much href="http://www.domainnamenews.com/up-to-the-minute/icann-delays-xxx-decision/7315">back and forth and href="http://www.domainnamenews.com/icann-policy/free-speech-coalition-lobby-xxx-tld-icann-meeting/7768">protests against the sTLD the href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-18mar11-en.htm#5">ICANN board had approved the application for the new TLD at their meeting on March 18th of this year.
[Update] As href="http://domainincite.com/xxx-domains-go-live/">Kevin over at DomainIncite points out in his post on the same topic, the href="http://icmregistry.xxx/">registry website, href="http://sex.xxx/">sex.xxx and href="http://porn.xxx/">porn.xxx (both placeholder pages, safe for work) are now resolving under the new TLD. href="http://xxx.xxx/">xxx.xxx is resolving as well.The delegation record for the new TLD can now also href="http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/xxx.html">be found on the IANA website.
Below the output of the dig query:
dig ns xxx. ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER< <- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 22036 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 6, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;xxx. IN NS ;; ANSWER SECTION: xxx. 300 IN NS a2.xxx.afilias-nst.info. xxx. 300 IN NS a0.xxx.afilias-nst.info. xxx. 300 IN NS b2.xxx.afilias-nst.org. xxx. 300 IN NS b0.xxx.afilias-nst.org. xxx. 300 IN NS c0.xxx.afilias-nst.info. xxx. 300 IN NS d0.xxx.afilias-nst.org.
See the IANA record after the jump
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Delegation Record for .XXX
(Sponsored top-level domain)
Sponsoring Organisation
ICM Registry LLC
/> PO Box 30129
/> Palm Beach Gardens Florida 33420
/> United States
Administrative Contact
Chief Operating Officer
/> ICM Registry LLC
/> PO Box 30129
/> Palm Beach Gardens Florida 33420
/> United States
/> Email: rking@icmregistry.com
/> Voice: +1 561 290 0624
/> Fax: +1 561 658 8144
Technical Contact
Domain Technical Contact
/> ICM Registry LLC
/> PO Box 30129
/> Palm Beach Gardens Florida 33420
/> United States
/> Email: domaintech@afilias.info
/> Voice: +1 801 647 1705
/> Fax: +1 801 542 8084
/>
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