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Update Concerning Recent Outage of the .ly TLD
In response to numerous inquiries from Internet users and other interested parties, ICANN has issued the following update on the recent outage of the .ly TLD.
As of 23:30 UTC on 13 April 2004, the operation of the .ly TLD has been restored on an interim basis. On 7 April 2004, one of the nameservers for .ly stopped responding. Subsequently, on 9 April 2004, the other nameserver went offline, leaving the domain inaccessible.
ICANN's global mission is to coordinate the stable and secure operation of the Internet's domain name system. Consistent with this mission, ICANN requested the operator of the second nameserver to restore service until such time as the .ly local Internet community decides on an appropriate solution to replace the current caretaker arrangements.
ICANN was not responsible for this outage and has made no changes to the domain.
Pursuant to RFC 1591, ICP-1, and the ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee's Principles for the Delegation and Administration of Country Code Top Level Domains, the manager of a ccTLD performs a public service on behalf of the relevant local community, and as such the designated manager has a duty to serve this community and the global Internet community.