What is .cisco?
Brand TLDs operate under Specification 13 of ICANN's registry agreement. It lets a trademark owner keep every second-level name for itself, so you won't find .cisco names for sale at any registrar.
.cisco entered the DNS root zone on May 15, 2015, 11 years ago. It came out of ICANN's New gTLD Program, the 2012 application round that grew the root from 22 generic TLDs to well over a thousand.
On the technical side, .cisco is served by 6 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .cisco, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP.
.cisco FAQ
What country is .cisco?
None. .cisco is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .cisco domain extension?
Cisco Technology, Inc. operates .cisco as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .cisco created?
.cisco was delegated to the DNS root zone on May 15, 2015.
Is .cisco a valid domain?
Yes. .cisco is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .cisco addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .cisco domain?
No. .cisco is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Cisco Technology, Inc.
Is .cisco DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .cisco.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed May 11, 2024. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.