Palestine, which is still battling for liberation and international recognition as an independent state, acquired autonomy in cyberspace on 22 March 2000, when the Internet Corporation for Associated Names and Numbers (ICANN), the regulatory body for net addresses, granted the Palestinian National Authority its own two-letter suffix to advertise real estate on-line. Although it is not functioning yet, the authority will now be able to register addresses under its own domain, "ps," in line with other country codes such as "lb" for Lebanon and "it" for Italy.