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<p>IANA has been updated:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/africaI">http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/africaI</a></p>
<p>I can only assume the launch of dotAfrica will be similar to the
ZA City Launch, Sunrise/Landrush then GA.<br>
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Disclaimer - Please take everything I write as speculation.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 15/02/2017 18:29, Grace B via
kictanet wrote:<br>
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coming......What are the next steps? <br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2017-02-15 19:18 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein
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<div>Great stuff...</div>
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<div id="m_6878593247939401553AppleMailSignature">Are we
going directly to registrations or do we have early bird
conversations? <br>
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<div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div>
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On 15 Feb 2017, at 6:48 PM, Mark Elkins via kictanet
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<div class="h5"><span>FYI - africa - safe and secure
(validating from the root and DNSSEC Signed).</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span># dig @::1 +dnssec +multiline africa soa</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>; <<>> DiG 9.11.0-P2
<<>> @::1 +dnssec +multiline africa
soa</span><br>
<span>; (1 server found)</span><br>
<span>;; global options: +cmd</span><br>
<span>;; Got answer:</span><br>
<span>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY,
status: NOERROR, id: 52213</span><br>
<span>;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2,
AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:</span><br>
<span>; EDNS: version: 0, flags: do; udp: 4096</span><br>
<span>; COOKIE: 6dcba3ed600a97bd6f7a1e7858a475<wbr>f8bd4dc44a8b6fb28e
(good)</span><br>
<span>;; QUESTION SECTION:</span><br>
<span>;africa. IN SOA</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>;; ANSWER SECTION:</span><br>
<span>africa. 3555 IN SOA <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://zone-ds.registry.net.za"
target="_blank">zone-ds.registry.net.za</a>.</span><br>
<span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://support.registry.net.za"
target="_blank">support.registry.net.za</a>. (</span><br>
<span> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:%28201%29%20702-1505"
value="+12017021505" target="_blank">2017021505</a>
; serial</span><br>
<span> 21600 ; refresh (6
hours)</span><br>
<span> 7200 ; retry (2 hours)</span><br>
<span> 1814400 ; expire (3
weeks)</span><br>
<span> 3600 ; minimum (1
hour)</span><br>
<span> )</span><br>
<span>africa. 3555 IN RRSIG SOA 8 1
3600 (</span><br>
<span> 20170301062014
20170214220103 21019 africa.</span><br>
<span> <wbr>RoQQCCDdh6QTEPkjHjfUZjRUlUgPiR<wbr>dw0zjjteu/0Rgv</span><br>
<span> <wbr>7PGHWfhM7CNLjtOHvtyLMdfS9NXyN6<wbr>WJ1iqrXnC8A/rC</span><br>
<span> <wbr>sQeNbCnvK1EjjYwOZ+<wbr>up4Erom7ChxioYP24zSXxpL1Tb</span><br>
<span> <wbr>jAyrX1ef7O9tX4VQlhJRmF//<wbr>Z3iK43Oe7skAiUc=
)</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>;; AUTHORITY SECTION:</span><br>
<span>africa. 86391 IN NS <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ns1.coza.net.za" target="_blank">ns1.coza.net.za</a>.</span><br>
<span>africa. 86391 IN NS <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ns.coza.net.za" target="_blank">ns.coza.net.za</a>.</span><br>
<span>africa. 86391 IN NS <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://coza1.dnsnode.net"
target="_blank">coza1.dnsnode.net</a>.</span><br>
<span>africa. 86391 IN RRSIG NS 8 1
86400 (</span><br>
<span> 20170219184438
20170205084603 21019 africa.</span><br>
<span> O+<wbr>KYJxnFhZoa2iOmnK1BhpxTuse4GoJe<wbr>KbV0tPbZ4jrA</span><br>
<span> <wbr>suzgzFqNTzyYxgTraZlXoyRDeUNATe<wbr>QfsPiVP5A53lz7</span><br>
<span> <wbr>JJxDxn5126EYDIrRM38OM6SZrf3ZKH<wbr>awvDFjYKT2O5Ab</span><br>
<span> <wbr>sBEy00zp3dzQ7N5lq591ExrYvf9kwP<wbr>MImHt1MnQ=
)</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:</span><br>
<span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ns.coza.net.za" target="_blank">ns.coza.net.za</a>.
172754 IN A 206.223.136.200</span><br>
<span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ns1.coza.net.za" target="_blank">ns1.coza.net.za</a>.
172754 IN A 66.135.62.20</span><br>
<span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://coza1.dnsnode.net"
target="_blank">coza1.dnsnode.net</a>.
172754 IN A 194.146.106.74</span><br>
<span></span><br>
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