.lb

.lb
Introduced	25 August 1993
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Internet Society Lebanon
Sponsor	Internet Society Lebanon
Intended use	Entities connected with Lebanon
Actual use	Reasonably popular in Lebanon
Registered domains	4166 (2017)
Registration restrictions	Registrant must have a Lebanese address; specific restrictions enforced for each second-level subdomain
Structure	Registrations are at third level beneath second-level categories
Documents	Registration Policy
Registry website	Lebanese Domain Registry

.lb is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Lebanon.

History

The Lebanese Domain Registry (LBDR) was established in 1993. It offered domains free of charge directly to registrants, without the use of a registrar model. Since February 1, 2021, they introduced a registrar model and registrants can't directly register their domains at the registry anymore. At the same time the registry also introduced a yearly fee for domains and removed the trademark requirement for registrants.^[2] On July 13, 2023, ICANN took over the registry management of .lb in a caretaker role due to the death of the registry manager.^[3] On January 21, 2024, ICANN approved the transfer of .lb to the new registry Internet Society Lebanon.^[4]