[kictanet] Africa - delegated!

Liz Orembo lizorembo at gmail.com
Thu Feb 16 12:23:21 EAT 2017


What happens to the domain names that the community reserved some years
back?  If not taken up, are they going to be released to the public?

#AskingForAFriend

On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Great milestone,
>
> The domain name industry in Africa keeps expanding there is something
> for everyone.
>
> Best Regards
>
> On 2/15/17, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> wrote:
> > One of the first domains are up and running http://www.nic.africa
> >
> >
> > EXR-PM1:~ mwendwa$ dig nic.africa
> >
> >
> > ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> nic.africa
> >
> > ;; global options: +cmd
> >
> > ;; Got answer:
> >
> > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56316
> >
> > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> >
> >
> > ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> >
> > ;nic.africa. IN A
> >
> >
> > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> >
> > nic.africa. 600 IN A 206.223.136.234
> >
> >
> > ;; Query time: 487 msec
> >
> > ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.54#53(127.0.0.54)
> >
> > ;; WHEN: Wed Feb 15 23:24:15 2017
> >
> > ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 44
> >
> > ______________________
> > Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
> > twitter.com/lordmwesh
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 15 February 2017 at 22:34, Collins Areba <arebacollins at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Waiting for my choice domain . 15 years in the making , fingers crossed.
> >>
> >> On 15 Feb 2017 20:33, "Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet"
> >> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Mark, you overlooked in the copypaste. Thanks for the resource. Here
> >>> is the correct IANA link
> >>> http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/africa.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ______________________
> >>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
> >>> twitter.com/lordmwesh
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 15 February 2017 at 20:19, Mark Elkins via kictanet
> >>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> >>> > IANA has been updated: http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/africaI
> >>> >
> >>> > I can only assume the launch of dotAfrica will be similar to the ZA
> >>> > City
> >>> > Launch, Sunrise/Landrush then GA.
> >>> >
> >>> > Disclaimer - Please take everything I write as speculation.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On 15/02/2017 18:29, Grace B via kictanet wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > That took a long while coming......What are the next steps?
> >>> >
> >>> > 2017-02-15 19:18 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet
> >>> > <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Great stuff...
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Are we going directly to registrations or do we have early bird
> >>> >> conversations?
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Ali Hussein
> >>> >> Principal
> >>> >> Hussein & Associates
> >>> >> +254 0713 601113
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Skype: abu-jomo
> >>> >>
> >>> >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act
> >>> >> but
> >>> >> a
> >>> >> habit."  ~ Aristotle
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On 15 Feb 2017, at 6:48 PM, Mark Elkins via kictanet
> >>> >> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> FYI - africa - safe and secure (validating from the root and DNSSEC
> >>> >> Signed).
> >>> >>
> >>> >> # dig @::1 +dnssec +multiline africa soa
> >>> >>
> >>> >> ; <<>> DiG 9.11.0-P2 <<>> @::1 +dnssec +multiline africa soa
> >>> >> ; (1 server found)
> >>> >> ;; global options: +cmd
> >>> >> ;; Got answer:
> >>> >> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 52213
> >>> >> ;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 4,
> ADDITIONAL:
> >>> >> 4
> >>> >>
> >>> >> ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
> >>> >> ; EDNS: version: 0, flags: do; udp: 4096
> >>> >> ; COOKIE: 6dcba3ed600a97bd6f7a1e7858a475f8bd4dc44a8b6fb28e (good)
> >>> >> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> >>> >> ;africa.            IN SOA
> >>> >>
> >>> >> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> >>> >> africa.            3555 IN    SOA zone-ds.registry.net.za.
> >>> >> support.registry.net.za. (
> >>> >>                2017021505 ; serial
> >>> >>                21600      ; refresh (6 hours)
> >>> >>                7200       ; retry (2 hours)
> >>> >>                1814400    ; expire (3 weeks)
> >>> >>                3600       ; minimum (1 hour)
> >>> >>                )
> >>> >> africa.            3555 IN    RRSIG SOA 8 1 3600 (
> >>> >>                20170301062014 20170214220103 21019 africa.
> >>> >>                RoQQCCDdh6QTEPkjHjfUZjRUlUgPiRdw0zjjteu/0Rgv
> >>> >>                7PGHWfhM7CNLjtOHvtyLMdfS9NXyN6WJ1iqrXnC8A/rC
> >>> >>                sQeNbCnvK1EjjYwOZ+up4Erom7ChxioYP24zSXxpL1Tb
> >>> >>                jAyrX1ef7O9tX4VQlhJRmF//Z3iK43Oe7skAiUc= )
> >>> >>
> >>> >> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> >>> >> africa.            86391 IN NS ns1.coza.net.za.
> >>> >> africa.            86391 IN NS ns.coza.net.za.
> >>> >> africa.            86391 IN NS coza1.dnsnode.net.
> >>> >> africa.            86391 IN RRSIG NS 8 1 86400 (
> >>> >>                20170219184438 20170205084603 21019 africa.
> >>> >>                O+KYJxnFhZoa2iOmnK1BhpxTuse4GoJeKbV0tPbZ4jrA
> >>> >>                suzgzFqNTzyYxgTraZlXoyRDeUNATeQfsPiVP5A53lz7
> >>> >>                JJxDxn5126EYDIrRM38OM6SZrf3ZKHawvDFjYKT2O5Ab
> >>> >>                sBEy00zp3dzQ7N5lq591ExrYvf9kwPMImHt1MnQ= )
> >>> >>
> >>> >> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> >>> >> ns.coza.net.za.        172754 IN A 206.223.136.200
> >>> >> ns1.coza.net.za.    172754 IN A 66.135.62.20
> >>> >> coza1.dnsnode.net.    172754 IN A 194.146.106.74
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> --
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> >>> >> mje at posix.co.za       Tel: +27.128070590  Cell: +27.826010496
> >>> >> For fast, reliable, low cost Internet in ZA:
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> >>> >>
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> > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform
> for
> > people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
> > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
> > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and
> > development.
> >
> > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
> > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and
> bandwidth,
> > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
> > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
> >
>
>
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> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
>
> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth,
> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
>



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Best regards.
Liz.

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