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Privacy

India requires VPN Service Providers to log client activities and keep accurate information on them

The Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In) is a functional organisation under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.

Ish Sookun

1 min read
Privacy

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.

Ish Sookun

7 min read
AFRINIC

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.

Ish Sookun

1 min read
MIXP

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.

Ish Sookun

1 min read
AFRINIC

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.

Ish Sookun

1 min read
AFRINIC

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.

Ish Sookun

1 min read
openSUSE

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.

Ish Sookun

2 min read
MIXP

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.

Ish Sookun

1 min read
AFRINIC

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.

Ish Sookun

1 min read