ISOC-NSRC ccTLD WORKSHOP

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ISOC-NSRC ccTLD WORKSHOP

• SHORT INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATION
• BY TELONE ZIMBABWE
• 
  
  Sternford Gapu
• 
  
  Khulekani
  Khupe
• 
  
  
  September 2005

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Introduction - TelOne

• A fixed Telecommunications Operator providing
• Fixed telephony
• Data services
• Internet services
• As an IAP
• As an ISP

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Introduction - TelOne
Organisational Structure
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TelOne Internet and Data function

• Operate internet backbone for Zimbabwe
• Most ISPs connect thru Telone
• Only a few operate their own international
  Gateway as additional capacity

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TelOne Internet and Data function

• Mandated by the Regulator to administer the ccTLD
  for Zimbabwe
• Steps to make Telone the sole administrator of
  all Domain name services for Zimbabwe being
  undertaken

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DNS Administration in Zimbabwe

• Telone responsible for
• .zw the ccTLD
• .org.zw
• All DNS expected to come under one Operators
  administration soon

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Administration of Domains in common use
TelOne
.zw
.org.zw
.co.zw
.ac.zw
.gov.zw
.ngo.zw
.mango.zw
TelOne
ZISPA
UZ
GTA
Other
Other
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Domain Registration Process

• Directly applying Customers use Co. letterhead
• Customer assisted in completing a Domain
  Template
• ISPs send a completed template through soft copy
• Registration involves manual editing of zone
  files
• Once registered the customer is billed
• Others register through ZISPA

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Telone DNS Technology levels

• Two Solaris 5.7 based servers used
• Ns1.telone.co.zw
• Ns2.telone.co.zw
• No special databases except the zone files
  themselves
• No whois service available in Zimbabwe
• Simple lookup commands used to query zone
  information
• BIND 8.1.2 used for the DNS service
• Manual update /entry of zone done at primary
  server
• Distribution to secondary set at 3 hrs

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