Popular Questions
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Geo-location, what's my ip?
AFRINIC doesn't provide geolocation services and has no control over how this information is obtained…
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What is a registered contact?
A registered contact is a person whose contact information have been provided by the organisation(Administrative,…
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I am no longer able to query the AFRINIC whois database. I get the error message "Your IP address has been blocked due to abusive behaviour".
Abusive behaviour regarding whois queries will automatically be blocked. The process is detailed in Section1.7…
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What are the resource types that can be requested from AFRINIC?
IPv4, IPv6 addresses and Autonomous System Numbers(ASN) can be requested from AFRINIC.
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I am getting an error message when I try to create an object on the whois database?
If you are having challenges updating an object in the database, you may want to…
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- Protecting your data
- PGP Authentication
- X509 Authentication supporting document
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- Creating Customer Assignments
- Lame Delegation
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