March 2012 - KICTANet

Is Airtel's 3G move affecting its calls?
by James Mbugua 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

http://nairobitech.blogspot.com/2012/03/airtel-3g-servers-disable-calls.html

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Is this true?
by Barrack Otieno 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/Foreign+firms+beat+locals+to+… -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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An Open Letter to Young, Black Americans
by Norman Boinett 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

Apologies for cross-listing but I find the content of this presentation to be relevant to us too http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rIbCUvRaC3o -- *“And one should bear in mind that there is nothing more difficult to execute, more dubious of success, nor more dangerous to administer than to introduce a new order of things; for he who introduces it has all those who profit from the old order as his enemies,and he has only lukewarm allies in all those who might profit from the new. This lukewarmness partly stems from fear of their adversaries . . . and partly from the skepticism of men, who do not truly believe in new things unless they have actually had personal experience of them.” * (From Chapter VI of Niccoló Machiavelli,The Prince. Peter Bondanella and Mark Musa,translators. Oxford University Press revised edition, 1984, p. 21.)

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Linux Heavyweights Develop Secure Boot Strategy
by Evans Ikua 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

Canonical and Red Hat have issued a joint statement<http://blog.canonical.com/2011/10/28/white-paper-secure-boot-impact-on-linu…>regarding Microsoft’s plan to make UEFI Secure Boot a requirement of Windows 8. Simultaneously, The Linux Foundation has issued a similar statement<http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/making-uefi-secure-boot-work-wi…> . We first covered this issue<http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/microsoft%E2%80%99s-take-uefi-may-imped…>in September. The joint Red Hat and Canonical statement opens with an assessment of the situation: *The UEFI specification for secure boot does not define who controls the boot restrictions on UEFI platforms, leaving the platform implementer in control of the exact security model. Unfortunately, Microsoft’s recommended implementation of secure boot removes control of the system from the hardware owner, and may prevent open source operating systems from functioning. The Windows 8 requirement for secure boot will pressure OEMs to implement secure boot in this fashion. Please read more here<http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-heavyweights-develop-secure-boot-…> *

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Progressive Internet regulation?
by McTim 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

http://allafrica.com/stories/201203050741.html A reaction to cable damage by the Rwandans..... Rgds, McTim -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel

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TEAMS | EASSY Fibre Cables Cut? SEACOM | LION?
by S.M. Muraya 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

What is going on?

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The future is Android - SAFARICOM ACADEMY ANDROID PRESENTATION
by robert yawe 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

Hi, I was privileged yet again to attend the SAFARICOM ACADEMY ANDROID PRESENTATION at Strathmore University, in addition this year I had the opportunity to seat on the judging panel. It was an enlightening function as over 30 students presented their android based applications covering a vast number of areas. The winning application was a shopping cart with a location dependent price update feature that all the judges and even the audience agreed was a brilliant,practical and commercial-able application The second placed application is a must have, an MPesa cash-book that allows you to keep track of how you are using your mpesa and who is sending you money. Many of the other products where also well thought through but needed a little more re-evaluation to make them stand out from the crowd. Now all we wait for is to seeing all the products out there in the public domain, Virtual City's app store, Hewani, has an opportunity here to grow very fast. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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ACTA in UK: 10 years in jail for 'illegal downloads
by Alice Munyua 04 Mar '12

04 Mar '12

ACTA in UK: 10 years in jail for 'illegal downloads' Published: 03 March, 2012, 14:24 SOCA parked page on former RnBxclusive.com file-share service SOCA parked page on former RnBxclusive.com file-share service *TRENDS:* SOPA <https://rt.com/trends/stop-online-piracy-act/> *TAGS:* Crime <https://rt.com/tags/crime/>, Scandal <https://rt.com/tags/scandal/>, UK <https://rt.com/tags/uk/>, Protest <https://rt.com/tags/protest/>, Human rights <https://rt.com/tags/human-rights/>, Law <https://rt.com/tags/law/>, Piracy <https://rt.com/tags/piracy/>, Internet <https://rt.com/tags/internet/>, Marina Dzhashi <https://rt.com/tags/marina-dzhashi/>, Laura Smith <https://rt.com/tags/laura-smith/> UK web surfers have caught a grim glimpse of the future with Internet users being threatened with 10 years in jail for “illegal downloading” after a prominent music file-sharing site was shut down shortly after Britain signed the notorious ACTA bill. It is the first time such a move has been made against Internet users in the UK. The British government introduced regulations in 2009 enabling Internet providers to track users who downloaded illegal content from the web and disable their connection if warning letters had no effect. But signing the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has brought the conflict to a whole new level. In Europe, people are taking to the streets in protest at the contradictory Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, with some countries refusing to sign it. After hackers from the activist group Anonymous attacked practically all US government websites in retaliation, the authorities are now considering adopting their own home-grown anti-counterfeiting laws like PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act) / SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act). In February, Britain's organized crime police shut down RnBxclusive.com, a prominent music file-sharing website with about 250,000 subscribers on Facebook alone and up to 70,000 visitors per day. In fact, the British police effectively took on the role of personal enforcer to the recording industry, standing guard to protect corporate profits. However sad it might be for many, this is a part of a legal game between copyright owners and the police on the one hand, and defenders of the free Internet on the other. Normally, the Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) tackles crimes “that affect the UK and its citizens.” Now, it seems that downloading content from a file-sharing website has been put on a par with “Class A drugs, people smuggling and human trafficking, major gun crime, fraud and money laundering.” The practices of SOCA, while enforcing its crackdown on “illegal downloading,” raises even more questions. 10 years behind bars for ‘stealing’ £60? SOCA is threatening anyone who has downloaded content from RnBxclusive.com or even visited the website with investigation, prosecution, and even jail sentences. Once the police unit gained control of the RnBxclusive web site, it posted a parked page carrying the following warning. SOCA′s warning SOCA's warning /“A 10-year prison sentence you’d expect to be handed down for very serious offenses, sexual assaults and rape, manslaughter,”/ Andrew Pierson from the Howard League for Penal Reform told RT. /“You would not normally expect it to be handed down for downloading music illegally.” / The SOCA confirmed it had arrested the owner of the site, but refused to tell RT why it is threatening users with a decade behind bars. Instead, they sent this statement: /“SOCA targets organized criminal enterprises profiting from the exploitation of the UK public and legitimate businesses. Much of the music offered for download by the RnBxclusive.com website was illegally obtained from artists, leading the industry to attribute losses of approximately £15 million per year to the site’s activity.”/ A simple calculation shows that dividing £15 million even by 250,000 known users of RnBxclusive.com gives not more than £60 worth of “stolen” content per person. Does that mean that the British judicial system believes 10 years in prison correlate with the “theft” of just £60? https://rt.com/news/acta-uk-illegal-downloading-jail-753/ Unprecedented intimidation The message sent by SOCA has given those concerned with Internet freedom an unpleasant taste of what a more regulated future might hold, if the ACTA treaty to protect online copyright infringement and piracy goes ahead. /“It (SOCA) claimed that your IP address was being monitored, so you could be monitored and tracked. Again, this was a move which seems quite unprecedented in the UK,” /Loz Kaye from the Pirate Party told RT. /“I’m really afraid that we’re going to see this kind of abuse on an industrial scale if ACTA comes to pass,”/ he said. After a shocked response from Internet campaigners, SOCA has taken down the harsh message, and replaced it with a simpler one, which just says they have taken control of the domain. But it has already caused much worry and distress, with many Twitter users apparently unaware that they were visiting a dodgy site, and certainly never dreaming they might be liable to do time for it. Internet campaigners say the notice was meant to frighten – and in reality, severe penalties could not be applied to casual downloaders. They also argue there is nothing to link RnBxclusive with criminal gangs. So why is SOCA even involved? What began with threats of cutting users’ Internet connections has grown today into intimidation, with people being threatened, in all seriousness, with a decade behind bars.

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Re: [kictanet] [KICTAnet] TEAMS | EASSY Fiber Cables Cut? SEACOM | LION?
by Matunda Nyanchama 03 Mar '12

03 Mar '12

Critical infrastructure protection based on sound risk management was the subject of my presentation at a past AITEC conference in Nairobi. I can share the presentation with those interested. As we become more and more dependent on complex interconnected infrastructure, the chances of failure increases; ditto for potetial negative impact. We need a comprehensive mapping of critical components of this infrastructure, an assessment of associated risks and finally clear mitigation steps, including rapid response mechanisms to deal with incidents when they happen. The essence of business continuity comes to play here and needs to be the basis of risk assessment with respect to availability. Baadaye. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared to face ICT Security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a workstation…" - Anonymous ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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Kenyan wins Sh8m in Barcelona - Nokia Challenge
by Matunda Nyanchama 02 Mar '12

02 Mar '12

Kenyan wins Sh8m in Barcelona ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared to face ICT Security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a workstation…" - Anonymous ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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