Muhammad Aslam

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AFGNICAfghanistan Network Information Center

• Muhammad Aslam
• ltmuhammad.aslam_at_nic.afgt
• http//www.nic.af

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AFGNIC

• Established in 2003
• With aim of coordinating body for establishment
  operations of
• .af ccTLD
• AFCERT
• NIXA
• NIRA

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.af ccTLDcountry code top level domain

• .af ccTLD
• 8th January 2003
• http//www.iana.org/reports/af-report-08jan03.htm
• 12th February 2003
• .af is live
• 15th February 2003
• First domain names registered
• www.moc.gov.af,
• www.undp.org.af
• 7th March 2003
• nic.af live
• Manual registration (till now) with only 360
  domains registered
• Now with automatic system of registration called
  CoCCA OpenReg.

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NIRANational Internet Registry of Afghanistan

• NIRA will allocate IP address space, autonomous
  system numbers, and other identifiers that might
  from time to time be appropriate in regard to
  internet resources to internet community in
  Afghanistan
• to provide the service of allocating and
  registering internet resources
• to assist the Afghanistans Internet community in
  the development of procedures, mechanisms, and
  standards to efficiently allocate Internet
  resources as a service to the community as a
  whole
• Status
• Required hardware is procured by UNDP/ICT Project
• Draft policies developed
• Application for establishment of NIRA is prepared

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AFCERTAfghanistan Computer Emergency Response
Team

• With the development of computer networks there
  has been a parallel development of possibilities
  for computer mis-use. The AFCERT shall be a major
  reporting center for Internet security problems
  and computer security problems.
• AFCERT is of a crucial importance for Afghanistan
  as there is potential increase in cyber- threats
  , viruses and other malicious activities in
  cyberspace. As Afghanistan is at the stage of
  establishment national ICT infrastructures (
  Information and Communication Technologies) that
  requires adequate measures in dealing with such
  threats.
• Status
• Required hardware procured by UNDP/ICT Project
• Project document developed

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NIXANational Internet Exchange Point of
Afghanistan

• As the Internet grows in size, number of users,
  and usage, Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
  continue to exchange increasing amounts of data
  traffic. A basic underpinning of the Internet are
  points where inter-ISP traffic can be exchanged
• Benefits
• Cheaper local bandwidth
• Faster local access
• Improve resilience
• Coordinated engineering and reduction in transit
  infrastructure costs
• Status
• Equipment procured by UNDP/ICT Project
• Draft policy document developed

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