<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 5:59 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I came across the Electronic Communication Numbering and Addressing)</div><div>regulations from Tanzania that requires</div><div><br></div><div>11.(1) -All entities assigned with internet resources by</div><div>the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) shall submit to tzNIC</div><div>on a monthly basis both assigned and in use Internet Protocol</div><div>(IP) addresses.</div><div> (2) The tzNIC shall maintain an updated National</div><div>Data Base of any IP addresses in use and registered domain</div><div>names in the United Republic.</div><div> (3) The tzNIC shall after every three months starting</div><div>January, 2012 submit to the Authority information on the</div><div>assigned IP addresses and registered domain Names within</div><div>that period.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the linkt ot the regulations:</div><div><a href="http://www.tanzania.go.tz/egov_uploads/documents/Electronic%20Communication%20Numbering%20and%20Addressing%20regulations%202011.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.tanzania.go.tz/egov_uploads/documents/Electronic%20Communication%20Numbering%20and%20Addressing%20regulations%202011.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Just wondering if there are other countries within Africa that</div><div>requires resource owners to report their usage to the government. What</div><div>are the pros and cons of such regulations?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>No other countries that I know of.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Pros (for the government) are ease of tracking who uses which addresses.</div><div><br></div><div>The Cons (for the people) are ease of government tracking who uses which IP addresses.</div><div><br></div><div>Of course this all depends on the level of granularity of data that TZNIC decides is appropriate to deliver.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>McTim</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br><br><br><br></div></div>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel</div>
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