July 2012 - KICTANet

'Poor' ISP reputation sees Kenya web traffic blocked
by Grace Githaiga 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Web traffic and emails sent from Kenya are being filtered or blocked due to the poor reputation of local internet service providers. Read on. http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/-/1006/1462292/-/3ec4d4z/-/index.html

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Multistakeholderism is it an oxymoron? will it survive the times?
by Barrack Otieno 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Listers, I have been observing various initiatives that have been established under the multistakeholder approach and i must admit that we have a problem there are lots of murmurs suggesting flaws in communication or decision making structures, i i have also noticed that there is a lot of emphasis on personalities and groupings of like minded people as opposed to institutions which appears really harmful at the beginning but is characterised by strained relationships which stifflle synergies that can be achieved through knowledge and information sharing based on experiences. Could this be the very achilles heel of the multistakeholder model? What should we do to redeem it? Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Promotion of Local Content
by Edith Adera 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Listers, Does anyone know what is required to promote African film/production in Kenya (content that is from Africa, not necessarily Kenyan). This is African content that is already produced and the producer looking to promote it in Kenya. What are the requirements, process and channels of promotion? Any contact would also be highly appreciated. Feel free to write to me directly. Regards Edith ________________ Edith Ofwona Adera Senior Program Specialist Climate Change and Water Program Agriculture and Environment International Development Research Centre Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa Liason House 2nd floor, State House Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya +254-20-2713160/1 | Fax: +254-20-2711063 | Mobile: +254-733-624345|Ext 3406 eadera(a)idrc.ca | www.idrc.ca | www.crdi.ca

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Questionnaires on Icann's Africa Strategic plan
by Alice Munyua 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Dear Colleagues, The Working Group on Icann's strategy for Africa, which was established in Prague at ICANN 44 , is administering the attached questionnaire as an additional means for collecting Africans' needs with regards to Icann's specific roles in Africa, and africa's overall contribution to ICANN. As you probably know, the Working Group is expected to deliver its preliminary findings and report outlines prior to ICANN 45 in Toronto. We would be therefore grateful if you could submit your filled out questionnaire by August 5th to ICANN-ASWG(a)Afrinic.net Many thanks in advance for your contributions . Warm regards Maimouna Diop Diagne Palesa Legoze Nii Quaynor Pierre Dandjinou --

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Re: [kictanet] [EANOG] The East Africa Internet Exchange Point-- Where are we?
by Kyle Spencer 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Hi, Forgive my ignorance, but where is the demand for this? What purpose would an EAIXP serve that existing IXPs do not? If I already have access to a local exchange and the EAIXP is in another country, why would I send my traffic via that route? Regards, Kyle Spencer On Jul 23, 2012 1:17 PM, "Stan Ngure" <stanngure(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Networkers, > > Hope we are all keeping well. > > The challenges and issues in the region brought about by lack of this > EAIXP have finally come home to roost in my court. > > Its about time we made this happen, am not sure how but we need an extra > gear, because regional services will not be easy to deliver at this rate. > > > - What needs to be done? > - Who needs to be involved? > - What resources are needed? > - How do we attain and sustain it? > > Am all ears open, and a willing participant to make this EAIXP dream a > reality. > > Cheers. > > Stan Ngure > > _______________________________________________ > eanog mailing list > eanog(a)orion.my.co.ke > http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/eanog > >

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Cybercriminals in developing nations targeted
by Matunda Nyanchama 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Cybercriminals in developing nations targeted Cybercriminals in developing nations are being targeted in a new effort to combat the illegal activity. The International Cyber Security Protection Alliance has launched a research project to identify how attacks are likely to evolve over the next eight years. It said that faster links to the net in parts of Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe were likely to create problems. The ICSPA will advise governments and local authorities on how best to react. The organisation is a coalition of law agencies, security companies and businesses, including Visa Europe and the defence firm EADS. "It's not just about putting a black mark against a particular nation because many of these countries are the unwilling hosts to cybercriminal networks," John Lyons, the organisation's chief executive, told the BBC. "We know the countries that provide 'organised cybercrime' with the ability and the hosting capability to attack the West in terms of its business and customers. "So, what the ICSPA is looking to do is to work with those nations to provide support to help them improve the cyber-resilience of their national infrastructure, to aid their own economies, and to help their law enforcement groups tackle cybercriminals who work out of their country." Advising Africa Although the research project has only just got underway, the group has already started to co-ordinate action. Members of the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) began work with the Ghanaian government in February to help it take technical steps to prevent cybercrime, and ensure offenders are prosecuted. Mr Lyons said Nigeria, Botswana, Uganda and Rwanda were among nations likely to be targeted by the campaign. The countries were starting to benefit from improved internet access, but would struggle to "suppress the criminality that will come with that connectivity," he said. Other countries on his group's watch list included Bulgaria, Romania, India, the Philippines and parts of Latin America. October report The ICSPA wants companies based in developing nations to contribute to the costs of its efforts. However, Mr Lyons acknowledged that the richer nations also needed to do more to combat internet crime. "Something like 67% of malware which is used to attack Western businesses is hosted in the US on servers," he said. "The US needs to take steps to tackle that particular issue." The ICSPA plans to issue a report covering its initial findings before the end of October. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, PhD, CISSP; mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com; Twitter: nmatunda; Skype: okiambe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be prepared for ICT security failures & know how to respond when they happen! Call: +1-888-587-1150 or info(a)aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best revenge is massive success" - Frank Sinatra----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: [kictanet] [Skunkworks] [EANOG] The East Africa Internet Exchange Point-- Where are we?
by Kivuva 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

I understand that the East African Communications Organisation in partnership with regional IXPs is setting up a task force to establish the East Africaninternet Exchange Point (EAIXP). The National IXPs (KIXP, UIXP etc) in East africa are already a success, so the introduction the the EAIXP just stamps that governments are taking the internet seriously and hence egovernance is the way to go. I also understand from some insider sources that the East African Communications Organisation (EACO) is to spearhead this process. I expected these to be the issues discussed at the just concluded EAIGF. Did it ever make it into the agenda? Regards lordmwesh On 23 July 2012 13:16, Stan Ngure <stanngure(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Networkers, > > Hope we are all keeping well. > > The challenges and issues in the region brought about by lack of this > EAIXP have finally come home to roost in my court. > > Its about time we made this happen, am not sure how but we need an extra > gear, because regional services will not be easy to deliver at this rate. > > > - What needs to be done? > - Who needs to be involved? > - What resources are needed? > - How do we attain and sustain it? > > Am all ears open, and a willing participant to make this EAIXP dream a > reality. > > Cheers. > > Stan Ngure > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > -- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva For Business Development Transworld Computer Channels Cel: 0722402248 twitter.com/lordmwesh www.transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know

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IETF 84 in Vancouver (Canada) - Guest Day Pass Information (July 31, 2012)
by Barrack Otieno 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Dear Colleagues, At the forthcoming IETF 84, members of the Internet Society, students and instructors can receive a complimentary one-day Guest Pass (Tuesday, July 31, 2013) to the meeting. Details are attached below. Please pass this information to anyone you think might be interested. Thanks, Sabrina Wilmot Internet Society ----------- IETF Guest Day To: University Professors and Students Local ISOC Members Join the Internet's Leading Engineers in Vancouver! Experience first hand the Internet standards process and meet the world's leading Internet engineers, developers and researchers. We expect 1,200 attendees from more than 40 countries. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) will convene July 29 to August 3 for IETF 84 at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver and you are invited! The IETF is the premiere international open-standards community and is responsible for many of the Internet's most important standards, including TCP/IP, e-mail, instant messaging, VoIP, 3G and IPv6. Its work is concerned with the evolution of the Internet's architecture and its smooth operation. To learn more see: <https://www.ietf.org/newcomers.html> The IETF is unique from other standards groups in that it is a volunteer organization, lead by individuals, not governments or corporations. The IETF's processes are open to all and decisions are made on the basis of "rough consensus and running code." If you are doing research in networking or communications, this is one event you don't want to miss. The IETF meets three times a year face-to-face to progress its work of Internet Standards development for the betterment of the Internet and people worldwide. Tuesday, July 31, 2012 is IETF 84 Guest Day when students, instructors and members of Internet Society can receive a complimentary one-day Guest Pass to the IETF 84 Meeting. Guests shall check in at the Registration Table for their name tags. Guests have an opportunity to attend some of the 30 plus Working Group sessions being held that day. The Agenda will be available here - <https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/84/agenda.html> Note: You may also attend Newcomer Training that is scheduled for Sunday 29 July at 1:00 PM at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver. See: <https://www.ietf.org/meeting/84/tutorials.html> Interested local ISOC members, Students and Instructors must: 1. Register online at <http://www.ietf.org/meeting/84/index.html> but not pay. 2. Send an email to iad at ietf.org, subject: Guest Pass, indicating an ISOC member ID, student or instructor, provide Registration ID and request a one-day Guest Pass. 3. Pick up a Guest Pass on Tuesday. The IETF welcomes your interest in its work and looks forward to the day when you will participate in this volunteer endeavor. **** _______________________________________________ Chapter-delegates mailing list Chapter-delegates(a)elists.isoc.org https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/chapter-delegates -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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88mph dangles $200k investment carrot
by George Nyabuga 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Listers, This may be interesting to some of you. Kenya-based seed investment company, 88mph is launching Africa’s first accelerator program in Nairobi and will invest a minimum of $200,000 in 8-15 startups by mid September. (see details at: http://businesstech.co.za/news/general/18373/88mph-dangles-200k-investment-…) Dr George Nyabuga Tel: +230 403 51 00 Head, Communications and PR, AFRINIC Fax: +230 466 67 58 george(a)afrinic.net - www.afrinic.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join us at AFRINIC-17 for our Public Policy Meeting in Khartoum, Sudan, on 24 – 30 November 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Article compares the misinformation about WCIT to the US stories about WMD in Iraq)
by alice＠apc.org 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Chronicalhttp://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Greatest-threat-to-Internet-… Greatest threat to Internet: governments Milton L. Mueller When U.S. politicians and businesses tell us that the revision of the International Telecommunication Regulations could lead to a takeover of the Internet or global censorship, I think of Saddam Hussein. Why Hussein? The invasion of Iraq was based on the claim that the Iraqi dictator held weapons of mass destruction, and thus posed a clear and present danger to this country and the world. Those who wanted a war played up the threats to manufacture political support. We now know that there were no WMD; we were rushed into war under false pretenses. The result, most agree, was disastrous. Here's the lesson I hope we all learned: a false diagnosis, inflated to provoke extreme, hasty action, leads to bad outcomes. Something very similar to the WMD claims seems to characterize our approach to the World Conference of International Telecommunications (or WCIT, pronounced "wicket"). Maybe the stakes seem lower. No one thinks millions of people are going to die because of an International Telecommunications Union meeting in Dubai. But from another perspective the stakes are much higher. The linkage of powerful information technology to free, open, global communications makes gigantic contributions to civilization and commerce. And it was the Internet - the ability to network computers across borders, free from nation-state controls and permissions - that opened up this new world for us. If that is truly threatened by WCIT, it is indeed something to rise up about. But the claim that the revision of the International Telecommunication Regulations constitutes a mortal threat to the future of the Internet is absurd. It is even less plausible than the claim that Hussein was harboring WMD. The simple fact is that the WCIT cannot possibly undo the Internet revolution unless all the governments involved, including the United States, agree to do so. The International Telecommunications Union has no police force, no army. It cannot make any state do something it doesn't want to do. It cannot even fine or tax corporations. There is no Internet-WMD hidden in its stately offices in Geneva. Internet governance is not even the main target of the current WCIT negotiations …(read the full story on http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Greatest-threat-to-Internet-governmen…)

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