Message-ID: <199703051602.SAA10594@linux.lisse.na> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 18:02:48 +0200 From: Dr Eberhard W Lisse <mailto:el@LISSE.NA> Subject: Re: Internet in Africa 2 To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Martin[...] >Nigerian Internet top level domain (TDL) .NG is still being from Italy by
Abr >aham Gebrehiwot. This was as a result of the RINAF project in Africa - a
proj >ect to map out Internet for Africa. Traditionally national domains are
run f >rom the country; there is a group charged with that responsibility in
Nigeria >that is ready to spring into action.
[...]Abraham is on leave, following a RINAF course in Kenya where I was involved too. We in fact spoke about Nigeria there :-)-O
As far as I know Abraham registered NG in order to assist Nigeria, as part of the RINAF project. I seem to understand that he of course would lay this into someone's capable hands.
In particular if the person met the criteria of the relevant RFCs :-)-O And while I am on this topic, it is not the domain that is run from the country, it is the function of domain administrator, who must reside inside the country and respond to email. It does not matter one little bit where the server is actually located and who is the technical or zone contact. Until Namibia got IP (stable enough to run DNS) RMI.DE in Germany did us the favor.
I would suggest that any aspiring DNS manager should get in touch with him when he comes back in a month, he is on the CC list.
el