Reverse DNS, DNSSEC, lame delegations, anycast and root server infrastructure across the region.
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AFRINIC strengthens Africa's DNS infrastructure with a new Anycast DNS node deployment at the Uganda Internet Exchange Point (UIXP). Discover how this expansion reduces latency, improves internet resilience, and…
A country’s economic development does not necessarily correlate with the technical maturity of the DNS infrastructure supporting its country-code Top-Level Doma
The Internet relies heavily on the Domain Name System (DNS) to translate human-readable domain names (example.com) into IP addresses (198.51.100.10, DB8:C001:ABCD:09C0:876A:130B:0000:130F), facilitating the seamless…
The Domain Name System, well known under the acronym DNS, is a critical service used in every single communication that we people, systems, and applications do on the Internet. ICANN implemented a community-wide…
we introduced a lame tool that enables any organisation holding resources within our service region to verify the adequacy of their nameserver configuration. Th
Looking back at 2022, AFRINIC has a lot to be proud of. Despite numerous hurdles, the team stayed dedicated to our goal of supporting the African Internet community by providing effective services in a global…
ICANN to enable faster, more robust connectivity in Kenya with the installation of clusters. ISTANBUL – 28 February 2022 – Internet users in Africa will soon benefit from faster access and better protection from…
An authoritative DNS name server is considered lame when it does not adequately respond to queries for a domain, for which it is the designated Start of Authority (SOA). For the purpose of this policy implementation, a…
he Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the most critical services for the daily functioning of the Internet. It allows names to be resolved into IP addresses and vice versa through a hierarchical system of distributed…
The policy "Lame delegations in AFRINIC reverse DNS" has been ratified on 21 March 2018. The policy ensures that lame delegations appearing in the reverse DNS are acted upon by equipping the WHOIS with automatic checks…
The community is hereby informed that at its meeting of 21 March 2018, the AFRINIC Board, in accordance with article 3.4.4 of the Consolidated Policy Manual (CPM), ratified the policy proposal “Lame delegations in…
