What is .ril?
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 .ril names for sale at any registrar.
.ril entered the DNS root zone on November 15, 2016, 9 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.
Reliance Industries Limited also runs 2 other TLDs, including .jio and .reliance.
On the technical side, .ril is served by 4 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .ril, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.ril).
Same registry, other endings
2 other TLDs share this operator.
.ril FAQ
What country is .ril?
None. .ril is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .ril domain extension?
Reliance Industries Limited operates .ril as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .ril created?
.ril was delegated to the DNS root zone on November 15, 2016.
Is .ril a valid domain?
Yes. .ril is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2016, so .ril addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .ril domain?
No. .ril is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Reliance Industries Limited.
Is .ril DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .ril.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed August 28, 2023. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.