The public announcement regarding General Availability is here:
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.
#AskingForAFriendWhat 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?
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Great milestone,
The domain name industry in Africa keeps expanding there is something
for everyone.
Best Regards
> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/
On 2/15/17, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet@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
>
>
>
>
> On 15 February 2017 at 22:34, Collins Areba <arebacollins@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@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
>>>
>>>
>>> ______________________
>>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
>>> twitter.com/lordmwesh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 15 February 2017 at 20:19, Mark Elkins via kictanet
>>> <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>> > IANA has been updated: 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@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
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> "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@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.
>>> >> 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.
>>> >> africa. 86391 IN NS ns.coza.net.za.
>>> >> africa. 86391 IN NS coza1.dnsnode.net.
>>> >> africa. 86391 IN RRSIG NS 8 1 86400 (
>>> >> 20170219184438 20170205084603 21019 africa.
>>> >> O+KYJxnFhZoa2iOmnK1BhpxTuse4GoJe KbV0tPbZ4jrA
>>> >> suzgzFqNTzyYxgTraZlXoyRDeUNATeQfsPiVP5A53lz7
>>> >> JJxDxn5126EYDIrRM38OM6SZrf3ZKHawvDFjYKT2O5Ab
>>> >> sBEy00zp3dzQ7N5lq591ExrYvf9kwPMImHt1MnQ= )
>>> >>
>>> >> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
>>> >> ns.coza.net.za. 172754 IN A 206.223.136.200
>>> >> ns1.coza.net.za. 172754 IN A 66.135.62.20
>>> >> coza1.dnsnode.net. 172754 IN A 194.146.106.74
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
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