What is .latrobe?
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 .latrobe names for sale at any registrar.
.latrobe entered the DNS root zone on December 2, 2014, 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, .latrobe 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 .latrobe, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.latrobe).
.latrobe FAQ
What country is .latrobe?
None. .latrobe is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .latrobe domain extension?
La Trobe University operates .latrobe as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .latrobe created?
.latrobe was delegated to the DNS root zone on December 2, 2014.
Is .latrobe a valid domain?
Yes. .latrobe is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2014, so .latrobe addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .latrobe domain?
No. .latrobe is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for La Trobe University.
Is .latrobe DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .latrobe.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed November 30, 2023. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
