What is a network sniffer?

Network sniffer, packet sniffer, protocol analyzer, and other such names are often given to network analysis tools that are used for debugging and security purposes. A network sniffer can also be used for malicious purposes.

Supreme Court of Mauritius prohibits AFRINIC CEO, Eddy Kayihura, from acting as AFRINIC Director

The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa. AFRINIC has been fighting against a series of legal battles waged by some of its Resource Members, for quite some time.

MIXP Management Committee election result announced

The Mauritius Internet Exchange Point (MIXP) is the first Internet exchange point in Mauritius, where any network operator can peer and improve its network efficiency.

AFRINIC CEO announced a temporary emergency moderation of the community discussion list

AFRINIC hosts several mailing lists, among which the Community Discuss & the Resource Policy Discussions are two public mailing lists that are mostly active.

The Supreme Court of Mauritius orders AFRINIC to not include Dr. A. Omari in Board Meetings

The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa. It is responsible for the distribution and management of Internet number resources (IPv4, IPv6 and ASN) for the African and Indian Ocean region.

openSUSE Leap 15.4 Released, Let's party 🥳 🍻

openSUSE Leap uses source from SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE), which gives Leap a level of stability unmatched by other Linux distributions, and combines that with community developments to give users, developers and sysadmins the best stable Linux experience available.

Final candidate slate for the MIXP Management Committee 2022 – 2023

The Mauritius Internet Exchange Point (MIXP) is the first Internet exchange point in Mauritius. It is open to any network operator that believes that they can make their network more efficient through peering. The MIXP Management Committee is composed of 7 members elected by the peering members.

Benjamin Eshun appointed as Chairman & Dr. Abdalla Omari, Vice-Chairman of AFRINIC

The AFRINIC Annual General Members’ Meeting (AGMM) is held once a year, usually during an AFRINIC Public Policy Meeting.

AFRINIC restricts attendance to the Annual General Members Meeting (AGMM) even ONLINE 😐

The Africa Internet Summit (AIS) is an annual, regional, multi-stakeholder ICT conference. AIS'22 is jointly organised by the Africa Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) in collaboration with the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG).