Begin forwarded message: > From: Yogesh Chadee <[email protected]> > Subject: AfriNIC Whois Database Changes - 4-byte ASN and DNSSEC support > Date: May 11, 2012 3:34:58 PM GMT+04:00 > To: [email protected] > > > Dear colleagues, > > We are pleased to announce that AfriNIC now supports exclusively > 4-byte AS Numbers and shall not make any distinction between 2-byte > only AS Numbers (ASDOT) and 4-byte only AS Numbers (ASPLAIN). As from > now, AfriNIC will operate AS Number allocations from an > undifferentiated 4-byte AS Number allocation pool. This feature has > been implemented to be compliant with RFC5396 which deals with the > Textual Representation of Autonomous System (AS) Numbers. > > More information can be obtained from: > http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2005-ASN-001.htm > http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5396 > > Moreover, AfriNIC will soon activate DNSSEC support on its DNS > infrastructure including the IANA delegated reverse zones we manage. > We have therefore implemented the "ds-rdata" attribute in the DOMAIN > object of the Whois database. This will allow members to publish > Delegation Signer (DS) records to build the chain of trust for their > RDNS zones. > > More information can be obtained from: > http://www.afrinic.net/dnssec > > Kind regards, > > ------------------------- > Yogesh Chadee > Software Engineer > AfriNIC
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