[kictanet] My take: IG Discussions- Day 4 of 10: Critical Internet Resources, IPv6, TLDs

Fri May 1 06:54:29 EAT 2009

1) IPV6: I fear another 'y2k' bug scenario here - much ado about
nothing...Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this a problem for the big
boys (n girls:) who sell us the devices, operating systems and
applications? Why should I be worried if I 'upgrade' or 'patch' my
system regularly...and if I'm still running Win 3.1 (or the linux
equivalent) then I must not need the net...
2) .KE namespace: I think the issue here is how competent CCK is to
manage the namespace. Someone has to do it. And I guess the custodian of
what is for our collective good (read government) is the reasonable
choice. Legislation should be clear on under what circumstances CCK can
act (or not) on .KE. Is it? 

Victor

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From: kictanet-bounces+v-gathara=dfid.gov.uk at lists.kictanet.or.ke
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+v-gathara=dfid.gov.uk at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
Behalf Of John Walubengo
Sent: 30 April 2009 08:24
To: Victor Gathara
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: [kictanet] IG Discussions- Day 4 of 10: Critical Internet
Resources,IPv6, TLDs

I wish to thank all the previous contributors and remind Listers that
they can still contribute belatedly on previous themes - as long as they
pick the corresponding/correct subject lines.

Otherwise getting onto today's theme -IPv6 & Country code Top Level
Domain (ccTLD) Management.

Just some brief background:
1) IPv6: is the new protocol (procedure,standard) for any device (PC,
phone, server, camera, etc) communicating over the internet. The old
protocol IPv4 is set to reach its limit within 2-3yrs. The prominent
item with these protocols is a unique number allocated to each device
that wishes to communicate over the internet.  These numbers for IPv4
are getting depleted and will be exhausted by 2011/12/13 depending on
which scientists you subscribe to.

Issue: Put in bread and butter terms, if your organisation wanted to
extend internet communication to your new branch in 2011/12/13, most
likely you will not succeed unless the Kenyan social and technostructure
was ready for the IPv6 transistion. How ready are we in terms of
technical know-how to transit devices, networks, applications, users,
etc onto the new IPv6 platform? In particular what is the Kenyan status
on this issue? Whose monkey is it to make us ready for the transistion
and how far are they in terms of IPv6-readiness? Or should we just
relax, sit back and wait for 2011?

2)Top Level Domain: Each countries is reserved with an internet name
(.KE for Kenya, .UG for Uganda, etc) which by extension covers
corresponding sub-domains such as xyz.co.ke, xyz.ac.ke, xyz.or.ke, etc.
How this is managed varies accross countries. Indeed in Uganda, the .UG
namespace was created and managed by some private individual (hope this
has changed). In Kenya, the top level domain name, .KE is managed by
KENIC, www.kenic.or.ke, under a Public-Private Partnership.

Issue: Apparently the management of the Kenyan .KE namespace is set to
change - actually has changed - according to the recently enacted Kenya
Communication Amendment Act (KCA Act 2008).  The .KE namespace will now
be exclusively managed by the Regulator, CCK. Is this good or bad for
the internet community? Again, putting it in bread and butter terms, how
would you like the idea that your e.g. www.nation.co.ke site is alive
but could be disabled by our legally Independent Regulator?
We have only 1day on this - tomorrow we move onto the National IXP
infrasture theme. Floor is open for comments, clarification, corrections
and opinions.

walu.

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