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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Greetings All,</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">As we continue with our online discussions, I would like to remind you that you can still post your belated remarks on the previous themes, just remember to click on the right subject/title.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">For the next two days (Thursday & Friday) we will be looking at Critical Internet Resources, Kenya perspective:</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">1) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">�</span>DNSSEC</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Definition: </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: #333333; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">�</span>introduces security at the infrastructure level through a hierarchy of cryptographic signatures attached to the DNS records.� Users are assured that the source of the data is verifiably the stated source, and the mapping of name to IP address is accurate.�</span></span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">In non- technical terms, what is in it for Kenya? why should we discuss it?</font></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri" size="3">2)</font><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">����� </span></span></span><font face="Calibri" size="3">IPV6 � </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="COLOR: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Definition: is the culmination of over a decade's worth of work, mainly inspired by the IPV4 address</span><u><span style="COLOR: #ef4222; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> exhaustation <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">�</span></span></u><span style="COLOR: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">and is designed to enable the global expansion of the Internet.(</span></font></font><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/IPv6/"><font face="Calibri" size="3">http://www.afrinic.net/IPv6/</font></a><font face="Calibri" size="3">)</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">�</span>I would like us to delve into IPV6, discussions from two perspectives:</font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Last year, there was a suggestion that KEBS or KRA should ensure that no hardware or software should be allowed into the country that is not IPV6 compliant.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Any updates on that? Who should be in-charge? </font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="mso-list: Ignore"><font face="Calibri" size="3">b)</font><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">����� </span></span></span><font face="Calibri" size="3">How prepared are we (Kenya) any statistics? Are there any benefits? What are they?</font></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in"><font face="Calibri" size="3">In short the challenges and milestone.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">�</span>I hope that our responses will<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">� </span>put Solomon�s mind to rest, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes">�</span>as he rightfully asked on day 1:<span style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: black">�One thing that I struggle to understand is IPV6. There are a number of essentials that will help the society fully migrate and adapt the IPV6 equipment. One thing that beats logic is how does one really know an equipment is IPV6 compliant? I posit this question because it emerged that all the so-called digital television in Kenya were not digital after all!</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="COLOR: black">��</span></span><span style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Your thoughts, inputs, querries, comments, corrections are most welcome!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Kind Regards,</span></p>
<br>-- <br>�To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.� Kofi Annan<br>