[AfrICANN-discuss] African PKI

[McTim]

Hi,

I am not aware of any effort to create an African CA.

There WAS one back in the day created by an African...it was called
Thawte, now owned by Verisign.


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Cheers,

McTim
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route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel



On 5/29/12, Nacer Adamou Saidou <adamou.nacer at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Amreesh,
> Thank you for replying. I was looking for African CA in fact. I know
> little about rPKI at AfriNIC and I will check the website, but I think
> this is not want I was looking for.
> To be more precise, in some african countries, there are efforts to
> put in place a CA authority for e-government projects. So, I wanted to
> know if there is an initiative at the continental level.
> Regards.
>
> On 28/05/2012 19:42, Amreesh Phokeer wrote:
>> Hi Nacer,
>>
>> What do you mean by Africa PKI project? Like African CAs? At
>> Afrinic we have the RPKI for resource PKI.
>> http://www.afrinic.net/index.php/en/initiatives/rpki-certification
>>
>> Cheers, Amreesh
>>
>>
>> Amreesh Phokeer Applications Unit Manager AfriNIC - The African
>> Network Information Centre http://www.afrinic.net
>>
>> On May 25, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Nacer Adamou Saidou wrote:
>>
>> Hi all, is there an Africa PKI project? Regards
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