[kictanet] Africa - delegated!

Mark Elkins mje at posix.co.za
Thu Feb 16 16:03:51 EAT 2017


The public announcement regarding General Availability is here:

http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=159468&A=DIG&S=Digital%20Life&O=E&E=3-319038

My understanding of the community reserved names taken a few years back
is, they are reserved for the entities for one or maybe two years - then
would be released to the public pool - that is - the reservation is not
intended to be indefinite.


On 16/02/2017 11:23, Liz Orembo via kictanet wrote:
>
> 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 <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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 <http://twitter.com/lordmwesh>
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On 15 February 2017 at 22:34, Collins Areba
>     <arebacollins at gmail.com <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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
>     <http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/africa.html>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>> ______________________
>     >>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
>     >>> twitter.com/lordmwesh <http://twitter.com/lordmwesh>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>> On 15 February 2017 at 20:19, Mark Elkins via kictanet
>     >>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>     <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
>     >>> > IANA has been updated:
>     http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/africaI
>     <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
>     <mailto: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
>     <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
>     <mailto: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
>     <http://zone-ds.registry.net.za>.
>     >>> >> support.registry.net.za <http://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
>     <http://ns1.coza.net.za>.
>     >>> >> africa.            86391 IN NS ns.coza.net.za
>     <http://ns.coza.net.za>.
>     >>> >> africa.            86391 IN NS coza1.dnsnode.net
>     <http://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 <http://ns.coza.net.za>.        172754 IN A
>     206.223.136.200
>     >>> >> ns1.coza.net.za <http://ns1.coza.net.za>.    172754 IN A
>     66.135.62.20
>     >>> >> coza1.dnsnode.net <http://coza1.dnsnode.net>.    172754 IN
>     A 194.146.106.74
>     >>> >>
>     >>> >>
>     >>> >>
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