Greetings All,

 

Thank you, for all your inputs to the previous threads.  Feel free to post your belated remarks on the previous themes, by  clicking  on the correct subject/title.

 

Today, we continue to discuss Critical Internet Resources,

 

1.       DNSSEC

2.       IPV6- the regulatory angle,

Yesterday,on Regulation McTim,said and I quote “I am of the opinion that if a person or org wants to live in a v4 world, then a nation state sholdn't preclude them from doing that. Having said that, I think it would be useful to point out that most (if not all) kit imported (new and used) is either v6 ready or with a few software changes, can be made v6 ready.”

What is your thought?  Should we be concerned about e.g the hardware getting into our country ?

 And if we should, who should be in charge of that?

 

 Reactions?

 Today , we add

 

3. .ke ccTLD management (Kenya Country Top Level Domain)

                                              

Kenya Network Information Center (KENIC) was borne through a broad based consultative process of the "Local Internet Community" with an aim to institute a local non-profit organization to manage and operate the .KE ccTLD. This was an initial step to facilitate growth of the Internet sub-sect and foster the uptake of ICT's in the country through a public private partnership (ppp's). www.kenic.or.ke

 

KENIC has been managing the .ke , since its inception, but last year,

The Kenya Communications (Amendment) Act of 2009 mandated the Commission to provide public policy oversight on the administration and management of the dot KE country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD).

http://www.e- government.go.ke/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_details&gid=1&Itemid=119

 

1.       A message sent by Mr. Walubengo, before the discussions begun and I quote

“ I just have an update from yesterday's KENIC AGM (www.kenic.or.ke) where the Chair, Sammy Buruchara made some clarification on the role of the regulator (CCK) with regards to the management of the 2nd level Kenyan domain name space.

While he conceded  that the Kenya Comm. Act (2009) does mandate the Regulator to oversee these subdomains,  the Minister had yet to issue regulations on how it would be done because most stakeholders have shown concern and reservations on that specific clause...meaning status quo remains where the multistakeholder, public private partnership that makes up KENIC still manages and oversees all levels of the .KE namespace untill hopefully some consensus is reached on the way forward...”

 

 

Why has it taken this long for the Minister to act? Is there a system/process and is it underway?

 

I would love to hear from the knowledgeable people, what effect has this had in the market, more especially for the Registrars.

 

Your thoughts, inputs, corrections, are most welcome…

 

Kind Regards,

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