infrastructural facilities.
Interconnectivity at the logical infrastructural level ensures interoperability of ICT devices,
enables the efficient routing of data packets to the desired destination and / or ICT device,
and guarantees compliance with appropriate network security. Emphasis will be placed
on:
a) Establishing a transparent national management plan of the national domain name
system, (currently managed by SDNP) to guarantee the efficient routing of data,
including the installation of a local copy of DNS root server;
b) Transitioning government networks to IPv6 and developing policies to encourage
IPv6 adoption within other national networks;
c) To ensure efficient utilization of national Internet resources, government will take its
role for the management of the .TT country code .mw Top Level Domain (ccTLD)
based on the principles and guidelines for the delegation and administration of
country code top level domains provided by ICANN (Committte, 2005) which state
that “ultimate public policy authority over the relevant ccTLD rests with the relevant
government or public authority; how this authority is exercised is determined by
applicable law” and that “government or public authority is strongly encouraged to
ensure that the ccTLD is being administered in the public interest, within the
framework of its national public policy and relevant laws and regulations” ; and
d) Development of national computer incident response capability to protect critical
infrastructure and systems against malicious threats.
Building ICT institutional capacity and the professional capital stock for managing
Internet Governance related issues is critical to a number of Key Initiatives identified
under Malawi Department of E-Government strategic plan. Provision will be made
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