[kictanet] Why are lots of .go.ke websites not https://?

Tue Nov 23 11:25:00 EAT 2021

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Best Regards

On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 11:22 AM Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi @njukey at gmail.com <njukey at gmail.com>
>
> https://registry.kenic.or.ke/statistics.jsp
>
> Regards
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 9:49 AM David Njuki via KICTANet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Hi Barrack,
>>
>> Is there data somewhere on all the .go.ke registered domains?
>>
>> Regards,
>> David
>>
>> On Sat, 20 Nov 2021 at 08:30, Barrack Otieno via KICTANet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Good Stuff Mark
>>>
>>> On Fri, 19 Nov 2021, 12:29 pm Mark Elkins via KICTANet, <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>> For what it's worth, as anyone can get "Let's Encrypt" certificates at
>>>> no charge (they are free), I built a system around this. Now, my Virtual
>>>> Web hosting customers can simply choose what form of SSL Certificate they
>>>> want, from None, Their Own or Automatic&Free. If they choose
>>>> Automatic&Free, then a certificate is created via the Let's Encrypt system
>>>> and then automatically updated every two months.
>>>>
>>>> Yes - it cost me some development time - but now its completely
>>>> automated.
>>>>
>>>> I did the same for DNSSEC signing of zones too - if fact, if your DNS
>>>> is with me - its on by default (if the Parent supports it.) If the DNS is
>>>> not with me - I poll the provided Nameservers and see if there are any CDS
>>>> records and if they exist, import them to my system and then pass on the DS
>>>> records (as appropriate) to the Parents.
>>>>
>>>> Totally automated.
>>>> Both services help to make the Internet a safer place. This is the sort
>>>> of thing we should be doing as a community.
>>>> On 11/19/21 10:44 AM, Benson Muite via KICTANet wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can the tech experts highlight why the transition seems "impossible "
>>>> as I'm curious too.
>>>>
>>>> It is not a tech problem. It is a people and re-education problem.
>>>> Kenya - "Nchi ya Kichwa ngumu!"
>>>>
>>>>
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