<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"></BLOCKQUOTE>Hi Andrew,</DIV><DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">This would be ONE of MANY possibilities for using Anycast.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Would this</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">qualify as "critical infrastructure?"<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I'm not sure...</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>IMHO, this case would not qualify as "critical infrastructure" at least not with the End-User IPv4 policy (<A href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v4eu200504.htm#5">http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v4eu200504.htm#5</A>) we have at the moment.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>But if the anycast was to serve zone info for several ccTLD's, then *maybe* it would be considered critical infrastructure.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Regards,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>-Vincent</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>PS: You may *need* to draft a new policy for this.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>--</DIV><DIV>KeNIC - The Kenya Network Information Center</DIV><DIV>http://www.kenic.or.ke</DIV></SPAN></SPAN><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>