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First All Female Investor Panel @ 4th Angel Fair Africa - PR
by Eric M K Osiakwan 25 Oct '16

25 Oct '16

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Mucheru says draft law on blogger video uploads to be amended - Politics and policy
by Ali Hussein 25 Oct '16

25 Oct '16

Listers Interesting article. My sense on what's going on in the country is this:- The new constitution is being tested in ways that we should be prepared for. And for every detractor who wants to take us back to the bad old days there are 10 who will fight for it. I commend CS Mucheru for throwing his hat on the good side of history. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Mucheru-says-draft-law-on-blogger-video-… Regards Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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Fwd: CARLP TRAINING ON COMPLIANCE WITH BUSINESS LAWS
by Tirus Wanyoike 25 Oct '16

25 Oct '16

Dear Kictanet, The below program will be beneficial to directors of ICT companies in this forum. Kindly circulate. As I explained, the Centre for Applied Research on Law and Policy (CARLP) has organised a training on compliance with Business Laws, with specific themes focusing on: - Directors’ liability under the Companies Act, 2015; - Compliance with Employment and Labour Laws; - Tax compliance for business entities; - Compliance with Procurement Laws; and - Protection of business ideas and brand names. The training will be at Sopa Resort, Naivasha, from 10th to 11th November. Please support us by circulating the attached training advert to Corporations/Business Enterprises/Directors/Managers within your networks that you think may be interested. Nice weekend. Kind regards, Tom -- Dr. Tom Kabau PhD (University of Hong Kong), LLM and LLB (University of Nairobi) Senior Lecturer and Chair of Law, Science and Technology Department School of Law Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Nairobi Cell Phone: +254 721 628646 / +254 735 070312 Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Applied Research on Law and Policy: http://www.carlp.org Partner, Kabau & Associates Advocates: www.kabauadvocates.com Select Publications: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/ cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1600181 -- *Note: *All emails sent from Strathmore University are subject to Strathmore’s Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here <http://www.strathmore.edu/en/email-policy> to read the policy. "Visit our Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/StrathmoreUniversity>Page and Twitter <https://twitter.com/StrathU>Account".

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Re: [kictanet] Who to blame for recent DDoS Attacks on Dyn
by Bonface Witaba 24 Oct '16

24 Oct '16

Hello Listers,I have been keenly following the latest DDoS developments and its interesting how the once futuristic concept (IoT) - now here with us, is starting to shape Internet security debates. Just an update; one of the companies whose devices were used in the attacks is recalling its devices:Link: Chinese Electronics Firm to Recall its Smart Cameras recently used to Take Down Internet | | | | | | | | | | | Chinese Electronics Firm to Recall its Smart Cameras recently used to Take Down Internet Chinese Electronics Firm Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology to recall its vulnerable smart products whose Internet connected cameras were hacked by Mirai botnet to take down the Internet with massive ddos attack. | | | | Bonface Witaba Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, 23 Oct, 2016 at 21:24, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke<kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Send kictanet mailing list submissions to kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke You can reach the person managing the list at kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Fwd: Who to Blame for the Attack on the Internet - The answer is You, me and everyone else is in between (Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 21:22:46 +0300 From: Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu <chemukoechk(a)gmail.com> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fwd: Who to Blame for the Attack on the Internet - The answer is You, me and everyone else is in between Message-ID: <CAApgMtyMgNGGvkx0yX-AW+5rZT6hgb+XuNkQq-rQ_ZxNoaNDBA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I agree, we must critically analyse the risk exposure we place ourselves in as we enthusiastically embrace IOT. It is a wake up call because for once we realise that our cameras, fridges and printers can be used as weapons of mass destruction. In as much as this whole thing sounds like a script from a dooms day sci-fi thriller we must accept that it is a new reality which must adequately prepare ourselves for. >From a regulatory point of view, we must lobby to ensure that all IOT devices have very strict security standards, just like those required of all other sensitive technological infrastructure. Kind regards, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu. On 23 Oct 2016 19:13, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Dear listers > > Cross-posting intentional > > In the last few days the blogosphere and social media in general has been > abuzz with the DDoS attack that brought down popular sites like Amazon and > a Twitter. > > Have you wondered what role YOU could have played in this attack? Well, it > turns out we are all not so innocent..Read on.. > > > *From:* "FORTUNE Data Sheet" <fortune(a)email.fortune.com> > *Date:* 22 October 2016 at 10:18:07 PM EAT > *To:* <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > *Subject:* *Who to Blame for the Attack on the Internet* > *Reply-To:* "Fortune" <reply-fec915777065057a-20_HTML-56937916-7213333-13@ > email.fortune.com> > > > [image: twitter share] > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd89a63bd3156595a18fb76a8e…> > [image: facebook share] > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd86111430ea32dfe4cf2a46a8…> > FOLLOW > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8a6aadcbdb98150198f4606e…> > subscribe > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8e3c7a0604f4495fd5d26a05…> > ANON TIP > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd81f6cc120ae2be6d360b40ec…> > October 22, 2016 > > Our worst hacking fears came true on Friday as criminals deployed millions > of everyday objects ? internet-connected cameras, printers and so on ? to > launch an attack > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8ae24cd6e62c52fc5fcf166a…> > on a critical part of the Internet. The attack was a success, crippling the > websites of major companies like Amazon > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd85042ba44640a09611552bd5…>, > Netflix > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8b6bfa06478bd79a6417b1e4…> > and Twitter for hours at a time. > > We now have a handle on what happened: hackers used publicly available > source code to assemble a bot-net army of internet-enabled devices, and > then directed those devices to send massive waves of junk requests to a DNS > provider. The attack meant the provider, New Hampshire based Dyn, could not > carry out its job of acting as a switchboard for the internet, and > consumers could no longer reach popular websites. > > The compromised devices, which make up the bot-net army, are still out > there and unpatched, which means other attacks are likely on the way. This > makes it a good time to ask who?s to blame for this debacle. We can start, > of course, by fingering the hackers themselves, who appear to have > unleashed the attack with profit motives > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8d92181cd55f6c6b3f035afe…> > in mind. > > But we can also assign much of the blame to the companies whose sloppy > security standards made the attack possible: > > Wondering which IoT device types are part of the Mirai botnet causing > trouble today? @briankrebs > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8b40a3a8949c758766798afb…> > has the list: https://t.co/bETefDMa4Y > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8510b05d14ce1ef716063e0b…> > > ? Eric Skinner (@EricSkinner) October 22, 2016 > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8be8a26a11a685b24cbc0324…> > > //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd866493dc7c47e363e222e27f…> > > We need laws that allow civil and/or criminal penalties for companies that > sell systems this insecure https://t.co/Gj4S5Hj0xV > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8e220a1a259bbec7f41da1aa…> > > ? Christopher Mims (@mims) October 22, 2016 > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd82b5f0a9985d53b548e0f94d…> > > //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd866493dc7c47e363e222e27f…> > > A list of alleged culprits > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8c27958954642dc875648b88…>, > compiled by security researcher Brian Krebs, include familiar names like > Panasonic, Samsung and Xerox > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd89b9c2ea8fb6dfa9c953537c…> > printers. The names also include lesser known makers of routers and > cameras, which reportedly made up the bulk of the bot-net army. > > It?s a good bet these companies are scrambling to update their product > lines in a way that requires users to change the passwords (widespread use > of default passwords are the main reason the devices got hacked in the > first place). But it?s not fair to lay the entire blame squarely on the > companies. Part of the responsibility should also lie with lawmakers and > regulators, who have failed to create a safety system to account for the Internet-of-Things > era > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8fa41254767352c180d4e2b7…> > we are now living in. > > Finally, it?s time for consumers to acknowledge they have a role in the > attack too. By failing to secure the internet-connected devices, they are > endangering not just themselves but the rest of the Internet as well. No > one think it?s acceptable for consumers to be clueless when they operate > products like automobiles or propane tanks ? so why is it okay for them to > be careless with routers and security cameras? > > On another note, there?s other security news this week, including a couple > cool fin-tech features by Robert, which can read about below. Thanks as > always for reading. And, for heaven?s sake, lock down your devices. > > Jeff Roberts > > @jeffjohnroberts > > jeff.roberts(a)fortune.com > > *Welcome to the Cyber Saturday edition of Data Sheet, *Fortune?*s* *daily > tech newsletter. *Fortune* reporter Robert Hackett here. You may reach me > via Twitter > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd816fc246a0753a1689ad4a09…>, > Cryptocat > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd850b38c007e565f3a845bc7e…>, > Jabber > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8b5882fd27b213153972fd3b…> > (see OTR fingerprint on my about.me > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd889235418310da4cb397ae44…>), > PGP encrypted email (see public key on my Keybase.io > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8a107f886a95135a1ca5dddb…>), > Wickr > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8a73c56e73f96e3640c0be90…>, > Signal > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8611d65f6926f7e9d6538ef8…>, > or however you (securely) prefer. * *Feedback welcome.* > > <http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/8484/fort/newsletter_f…> > . > THREATS > > *Meet Coinbase 2.0. *In 2012, Coinbase was one of the early cool kids of > the bitcoin scene. Four years later, the company is barely mentioning > bitcoin as it carries out a full pivot into a digital brokerage service for > a wide range of money. (Fortune > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd83e9621187a3d691c6f4c41a…> > ) > > *Facial recognition stops a Facebook burglar*: Social media > companies announced they have broken ties with a controversial company that > scans their streams to identify faces for police departments. But it turns > out Facebook has itself used the company to stop an intruder in CEO Mark > Zuckerberg's office. (The Verge > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd872d08c4febcfa90bb7f0703…> > ) > > *Ripple rocks it.* Meanwhile, another fin-tech darling is riding > high. Ripple announced a successful trial with 12 big banks that could > lower settlement costs for cross-border currency transactions by 60 > percent. (Fortune > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8b926c40f3baacb9509a9523…> > ) > > *How Russia doxxed the DNC*: Everyone not named Donald Trump is by now > acknowledging that the hack of Democratic party emails was carried out by > Russia. But just what did this entail? An Esquire feature reveals how the > work was a years-long, meticulously planned operation. (Esquire > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8dadfb4f35711468176f1182…> > ) > > *I forgive you, Yahoo.* How do customers react when you suffer the > largest cyber-security breach in history? Apparently, they shrug. Yahoo > said user numbers are about the same since the breach. Alas, it looks like > the company's merger-mate won't be so forgiving ? Verizon is making noises > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8e4ce3f73f27ada49e7c1450…> > about bailing. (Fortune > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd834cd00f045ab4d96adac353…> > ) > > > *Share today's Data Sheet with a friend: *http://fortune.com/newsletter/ > datasheet/ > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd84b1f87e4e839e7aab2e21ca…> > > *Looking for previous Data Sheets? Click here > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8324b9b0652d59711abbd7b3…>.* > . > ACCESS GRANTED > > *Mmmm, blockchain. Robert has a fascinating look at how Wal-Mart and IBM > are using fin-tech tools to track pork safety in China: * > > Walmart plans to use technology developed by the Hyperledger Project, an > open source software project that builds blockchain tools and is based out > of the Linux Foundation... > > The blockchain in question, a private database co-developed by IBM, is > designed to provide the retailer with a way to indelibly record a list of > transactions indicating how meat has flowed through a commercial network, > from producers to processors to distributors to grocers?and finally, to > consumers. *Read more on Fortune.com > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8214e52c722f93a27eeab0e7…>* > . > FORTUNE RECON > > 97% of Java Apps Harbor a Known Security Hole > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8e1819d20aff867b635a2761…> > by Robert Hackett > > Microsoft Cloud Warrant Cases Move Closer to Supreme Court > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd834cada4c548652662c55f9f…>by > Jeff John Roberts > > This Badge Blocks Your Face in Social Media Photos > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8d6392e04b370ce749473b6e…> > by Maddie Farber > > Half of US Adults' Faces Are Being Scanned by Law Enforcement > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd82a95103426d7e9e538ca57f…> > by Jeff John Roberts > > NSA Contractor Accused of Stealing Data Will Face Espionage Charges > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8c896e751142b7100ba64717…> > Fortune/Reuters > . > > <http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/8484/fort/newsletter_f…> > . > ONE MORE THING > > If you want to hack a high profile target, spear-phishing is still the > best bet. But just how do you carry it out? In the case of General Colin > Powell and DNC Chair John Podesta, it was a plain old "Gmail" message. > Here's an up close look at what *not* to click. (*Motherboard*) > . > EMAIL Robert Hackett <robert.hackett(a)fortune.com> > subscribe > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8e3c7a0604f4495fd5d26a05…> > share: [image: TW] > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd89a63bd3156595a18fb76a8e…> [image: > FB] > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd86111430ea32dfe4cf2a46a8…> [image: > IN] > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd857a7b351acebcc6112bfd18…> > . > This message has been sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > Cyber Saturday > *Unsubscribe here > <https://pages.email.fortune.com/page.aspx?qs=1550dccf35ce5f7448636ad41dbb8a…>* > > Please read our Privacy Policy, or copy and paste this link into your > browser: > *http://www.fortune.com/privacy > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8ba2d82a44785b34fc598c6f…>* > > For Further Communication, Please Contact: > FORTUNE Customer Service > 3000 University Center Drive > Tampa, FL 33612-6408 > > > > > > *Advertising Info > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8ba2d82a44785b34fc598c6f…> > | Subscribe to Fortune > <https://click.email.fortune.com/?qs=7d1cb97b08a54cd8f27fcb1e2398e728028f06c…>**Ali > Hussein* > *Principal* > *Hussein & Associates* > +254 0713 601113 > > Twitter: @AliHKassim > > Skype: abu-jomo > > LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim > > > "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking > what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Gy?rgyi > > Sent from my iPad > > Begin forwarded message: > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ > mailman/options/kictanet/chemukoechk%40gmail.com > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. 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Fwd: [afnog] AIS 2017 - AfNOG ANNOUNCEMENT (ENGLISH & FRENCH)
by McTim 24 Oct '16

24 Oct '16

FYI, a great opportunity for more folk to get involved!! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: 2016-10-24 8:38 GMT-04:00 Subject: [afnog] AIS 2017 - AfNOG ANNOUNCEMENT (ENGLISH & FRENCH) To: Afnog <afnog(a)afnog.org>, Afrigeek <afrigeek(a)psg.com> Hi All, Please find below Announcement for AfNOG 2017 to be held in Nairobi - KENYA, from 21st May - 2 June 2017. Kindly send to various lists. Please note Deadline for receipt of Applications is 21 January, 2017. Best Regards Nancy Dotse AfNOG Secretariat *AIS 2017 - AfNOG ANNOUNCEMENT - ENGLISH* *Africa Internet Summit (AIS) : Workshop & Meetings 21st May – 2nd June 2017* Africa Internet Summit (AIS) Secretariat announces AfNOG’s program at The Africa Internet Summit scheduled to be held in Nairobi, KENYA from 21st May to 2nd June 2017. AIS is the pinnacle multi-stakeholder event combining, workshops, conferences and networking for the internet Industry. The annual summit attracts internationally renowned Instructors, Experts and Speakers to share the latest innovations and Best practices in the Internet industry. This is the place where the African Technical Institutions and Af* such as AfNOG, AFRINIC, AfREN, AfricaCERT, AfTLD - AROC, ISOC Africa, AfrICANN, AfGWG etc meet. *Meeting the needs of the Africa Internet Community* AIS aims at meeting the ever-changing needs of the ICT Industry and includes the core IP Engineering as well as integrating the real world use and impact of IP Technologies. Sessions include technical and business aspects of the Internet : ie Capacity Building, Infrastructure, Security, Policy, Content & Names, Internet Numbers and Research. *About the Entire Event* Event Calendar include the following: - AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology (offering advanced training in a week-long hands-on workshop) - Several one /two full-day Advanced AfNOG Tutorials - AfricaCERT Workshop & Forums - AFRINIC Trainings - AfREN Forum - AfTLD – AROC Workshop & Meeting - ISOC Africa Sessions - ICANN Africa Day - A one-day AfNOG Plenary Session - A three-day AFRINIC Plenary Session. In addition, several side meetings and workshops were hosted in collaboration with other organizations. *Who Attends?* A broad range of ICT Industry leaders and technical experts including Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Engineers who wish to acquire the necessary skills in ICT, Government, Regulators, Telecommunication companies and ICT vendors. It is a good opportunity for networking among peers and businesses. *Why Attend?* - The AIS addresses the current and future needs of operators in the ICT Industry - It is focused on popular and emerging ICT Industries such as Cyber Security, Mobile Networking among other. - It features discussions on a wide range of issues of the Internet including the current and newest trends in ICT. - Industry experts will be participating in conference sessions from thought-provoking and visionary keynote presentations to interactive panel sessions, all addressing the most pressing topics *Local Host* The Local Hosts for the Event are TESPOK & KENIC. *Venue & Hotel* This will be announces shortly. *Time Table* *Workshop & Tutorials* *Event* *Date(s)* Unix Boot Camp 21 May 2017 (Sunday) Networking Boot Camp 21 May 2017 (Sunday) AfNOG Workshop 22 - 26 May 2017 (Monday - Friday) AfricaCERT Workshop 22 - 26 May 2017 (Monday - Friday) AfTLD - AROC 22 - 26 May 2017 (Monday - Friday) AFRINIC Trainings 27 - 29 May 2017 (Saturday - Monday) AfNOG Tutorials 28 - 29 May 2017 (Sunday - Monday) ISOC Africa Sessions 28 May 2017 (Sunday) *Conference* *Event* *Date(s)* Opening Session 29 May 2017 (Monday at 5 pm) AfREN Meeting / AAF 29 May 2017 (Monday) AfNOG-18 Conference 30 May 2017 (Tuesday) AFRINIC-26 Conference 31 May - 2 June, 2017 (Wednesday - Friday) *About AfNOG* AfNOG (See *http://www.afnog.org/* <http://www.afnog.org/>) is a forum for cooperation and the exchange of technical information between operators of Internet-connected networks in Africa. AfNOG aims at building a community of engineers helping each other operate Internet Infrastructure in Africa, and on the Global Internet as well as promote the discussion of issues relating to implementation of new networks that require community cooperation. AfNOG has since year 2000 organized their annual Event in a different African country each year. *“While AfNOG fuels the rapid growth of the Internet in Africa with trained technical capacity, our content has been determined by the needs of the community. In so doing AfNOG’s output training capacity has multiplied in the past decade and the community flourished”* *AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology* The AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology aims to offer advanced training to people who are in the process of developing and enhancing an Internet-connected network with regional and international connectivity. The target audience includes senior and mid-level technical staff of commercial Internet service providers (ISPs), academic networks, government networks, or NGO networks. This workshop builds on the experience of previous AfNOG workshops held annually from 2000 to 2016 in seventeen different African countries, and also the Internet Society's INET workshops, held annually from 1993 to 2000 at eight locations around the world. The workshop's Instructors are an international team with many years of experience in operating large networks and teaching about network operations. The workshop is divided into six parallel tracks: ( 5 English & 1 French Tracks) - SS-E Scalable Internet Services (in English), focused on the design and operation of email, web, and other Internet services, in ways that can scale to handle large numbers of end users. - SI-E - Scalable Network Infrastructure (in English), focused on the design and operation of networks using routers and switches, in ways that can scale to handle large numbers of interconnected sites. - NM – E, Network Monitoring & Management (English) - NM-F, Network Monitoring & Management (en francais), similar to track NM-E, but given in French. - AR –E, Advanced Routing Techniques (English) - CT- E, CERT Training (English) Workshop application information is at : *English: * *http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php* <http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php> *French: **http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php* <http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php> ***Workshop Deadline – January 21, 2017 *** *About AFRINIC* AFRINIC (See *http://www.afrinic.net/* <http://www.afrinic.net/>) AFRINIC has been set up to serve the African community by providing professional and efficient management of Internet Number Resources, supporting Internet technology usage and development, and promoting a participative and multi-stakeholder approach to Internet self governance. AFRINIC is a non-government, not-for-profit, membership based organization, based in Mauritius. Trainings and capacity building are a central part of AFRINIC’s activities and our objective is to build competence within our region in IPv6 implementation and associated technologies required to use our resources effectively and to increase awareness within the service region on how Internet is governed and the roles organisations have in this environment. AFRINIC organizes two Public Policy meetings every year (see *http://www.afrinic.net/meeting* <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting>). *AfricaCERT* AfricaCERT will hold a 6 day Workshop & Tutorial on CERT from 22nd – 27th May 2017 in Kenya. AfricaCERT is the African forum of computer incident response teams, and aims to propose solutions to Challenges for a better health in the Af* Internet Ecosystem. The objectives of AfricaCERT include, but are not restricted to : - Assisting African countries in establishing CSIRTs; - Strengthening the relationships amongst CSIRTs in Africa and with other stakeholders all over the World; - Fostering and supporting education and outreach programs in ICT Security; - Encouraging information sharing in ICT Security; - Promoting good practices and experiences sharing among members to develop a comprehensive framework for cybersecurity including better addressing of legal and regulatory issues; - Assisting African CSIRTS in improving Cyber readiness and enhancing the resilience of ICT Infrastructure; - Promoting Collaborative Technology Research, Development and Innovation in the ICT security field. Please visit *www.africacert.org* <https://afnog.org/www.africacert.org> for further information. *AfTLD – AROC Workshop & Meeting* Africa Top Level Domains Organization will be conducting an Advanced Registry Operators Course (AROC) from 22nd to 26th May 2017. The Advanced Registry Operations Course is a 5 day (40 Hour) Course tailored for operators looking to build robust operations moving forward into advanced installation and configuration topics. This course focuses on demonstrating a structured approach to network monitoring and management including further risk management plans. The course is highlighted by hands-on exercises to installation and configuration components. Topics in this course include but are not limited to architecture, monitoring tools and scripting. *ISOC AFRICA* ISOC Africa will be holding sessions/tutorials on Internet Governance, etc. on 28th May 2017. Further information will be provided shortly. *AfNOG Tutorials* AfNOG will offer 1 to 2 full-day(s) tutorials on advanced topics. Tutorials take place in a classroom-style environment, and may include a hands-on practical component. Tutorials are non-commercial in nature, and most are technically oriented. They are intended to offer advanced training on technology already deployed or soon to be deployed on networking and related services provisioning for ISP operations. Additional information about AfNOG 2017 Tutorials will be available here shortly: *http://www.afnog.org/afnog2017/tutorial/* <http://www.afnog.org/afnog2017/tutorial/> *AfREN* The Africa Research and Education Networking (AfREN) will be holding a one day meeting on 29th May 2017. AfREN is the annual forum on African research and education networking. As one of the Af* organizations, the AfREN forum is part of the annual Africa Internet Summit (AIS) and was convened since 2007 by the Research and Education Networking Unit (RENU) of the Association of African Universities in collaboration with AfNOG & AFRINIC. The forum is a platform for discussions on issues of interest to the research and education networking (REN) community such as collaboration, advocacy and coordination of activities in Africa. Sharing of experience and best practices as well as presentation of innovative networking technologies are also regularly addressed at AfREN. The sponsorship of campus network managers to attend the annual AfNOG training workshops has also become an integral part of AfREN. Since 2012, with the formation of regional RENs covering all the countries of Africa, there is a traditional session on updates from the UbuntuNet Alliance (Eastern and Southern Africa), WACREN (West and Central Africa) and ASREN (Arab countries, including North Africa). Typical AfREN participants include among others, campus and research and education network practitioners, REN operators, telecom operators, regulators, policy makers and international partners. Additional information on AfREN 2017 will be provided shortly. *AfNOG-18 Meeting* The 17th AfNOG meeting will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 30th May 2017. AfNOG conferences provide a forum for the coordination and dissemination of technical information related to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and operational practices. The meetings are informal, with an emphasis on relevance to current and future African backbone engineering practices. The AfNOG 2017 conference in Tunisia drew over 500 participants, mainly consisting of network engineering staff from lnternet Service providers, Telecommunication Companies, Government, Research and Education community, Civil Society. Additional information and the Conference schedule will be available here shortly: *http://www.afnog.org/afnog2017/conference/* <http://www.afnog.org/afnog2017/conference/> *AFRINIC-26 Public Policy Meeting* The AFRINIC-24 Public Policy meeting will be held in Nairobi, Kenya for three days from 31st to 2nd June, 2017. AFRINIC Meetings are open to everyone and provide an excellent opportunity to take part in Internet policy discussions. These policies, which describe how Internet Number Resources should be managed and distributed, are developed by the community. The meeting will include tutorials, presentations, update on the various working groups and the AFRINIC Public Policy Meeting. The three day meeting will be preceded by a two-day IPv6 training and one day training in Internet Number Resource Management. The meeting will focus on the IPv6 protocol and its deployment, especially in Africa and the issue of the exhaustion of the IPv4 pool of address space. Further information will be available at *http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/afrinic-events* <http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/afrinic-events>. *Visa Requirements* Citizens of certain countries require a visa to enter Kenya. Please check with the Kenya Embassy or Consulate in your country *Please join us, once again, as we come together to learn, network and shape the future of ICT in Africa.* *&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&* *AIS 2017 - AfNOG ANNOUNCEMENT - FRENCH* *Sommet Afrique de l’Internet (AIS) : Atelier & Réunions 21 Mai – 2 Juin, 2017* Le Secrétariat du Sommet Afrique de l’Internet (AIS) annonce le programme d’AfNOG au Sommet Afrique de l’Internet 2017 qui se tiendra à Nairobi, KENYA du 21 Mai au 02 Juin 2017. AIS est l'événement multipartite ; sommet combinant des ateliers, des conférences et rencontres de l'industrie d'Internet. Le sommet annuel attire des instructeurs de renommée internationale, des experts et des conférenciers pour partager les dernières innovations et les meilleures pratiques dans l'industrie de l'Internet. C'est l'endroit où les institutions techniques africaines et Af * comme AfNOG, AfriNIC, AfricaCERT, AfREN, AfTLD, ISOC Afrique, AfrICANN, AfGWG etc. se rencontrent. *Répondre aux besoins de la communauté Internet en Afrique* AIS vise à répondre aux besoins en constante évolution de l'industrie des TICs et de l'ingénierie IP et integre l'utilisation et l'impact des technologies IP. Les séances comprennent des aspects techniques et commerciaux de l'Internet: à savoir le renforcement des capacités, de l'Infrastructure, Sécurité, Politique, Contenu & noms, numéros de l'Internet et la Recherche. *A propos de l'événement* Le Calendrier de l’événement comprend les éléments suivants: - Atelier AfNOG sur les technologies de réseau (offre une formation de ponte en ateliers pratiques avancés) - Plusieurs ateliers techniques AfNOG avances sur une / deux journées complètes - Formations Ateliers & forum AfricaCERT - Formations AFRINIC - Forum AfREN - AfTLD - AROC Atelier & Réunion - Evénement et Tutoriax ISOC Afrique - Journée ICANN Afrique - Une journée AfNOG de session plénière - Trois jours AfriNIC de session plénière En outre, plusieurs réunions parallèles et des ateliers seront organisés en collaboration avec d'autres organisations. *Qui participe?* Un large éventail de leaders de l'industrie des ICT et des experts techniques, y compris les fournisseurs de services Internet (FSI), les ingénieurs réseau qui souhaitent acquérir les compétences nécessaires en matière des TICs, les gouvernements, les régulateurs, les entreprises de télécommunications et les fournisseurs d’equipements. C'est une bonne occasion de réseautage entre pairs et entreprises. *Pourquoi participer?* - L'AIS répond aux besoins actuels et futurs des opérateurs dans le secteur des TICs - Il est axé sur les tendances actuelles et nouvelles de l’industries des TICs telles que la cyber sécurité, les réseaux mobiles entre autres. - Il propose des discussions sur un large éventail de questions de l'Internet, y compris les tendances actuelles et les plus récents en matière d’ICT. - Les experts du l’industrie participeront à des sessions de conférences, des présentations de conférenciers inspirants et visionnaires, de tables rondes interactives, abordant tous les sujets les plus pressants. *Hôte local* Les hôtes pour l’évènement sont TESKPOK et KENIC. *Lieu de la réunion & Hôtel* Ce sera annoncé prochainement. *Calendrier* *Atelier & tutoriels* *Evénement* *Date* Unix Boot Camp 21 May 2017 (Dimanche) Boot Camp Réseautage 21 May 2017 (Dimanche) Atelier AfNOG 22 - 26 May 2017 (Lundi - Vendredi) Atelier AfricaCERT 22 - 26 May 2017 (Lundi - Vendredi) AfTLD - AROC 22 - 26 May 2017 (Lundi - Vendredi) AFRINIC Trainings 27 - 29 May 2017 (Samedi - Lundi) AfNOG Tutoriels 28 - 29 May 2017 (Dimanche - Lundi) SessionsISOC Afrique 28 May 2017 (Dimanche) Séance d'ouverture 29 May 2017 (Lundi à 17 heures) AfREN Réunion / AAF 29 May 2017 (Lundi) AfNOG-18 Conférence 30 May 2017 (Mardi) AFRINIC-26 Conférence 31 May - 2 June (Wed - Friday) *Conférence* *À Propos d’AfNOG* AfNOG (Voir *http://www.afnog.org/* <http://www.afnog.org/>) est un forum pour la coopération et l'échange d'informations techniques entre opérateurs de réseaux connectés à Internet en Afrique. AfNOG vise à construire une communauté d'ingénieurs qui s'entraident pour exploiter l'infrastructure Internet en Afrique, et l'Internet mondial. AfNOG vise aussi a promouvoir le débat sur les questions relatives à la mise en œuvre de nouveaux réseaux qui nécessitent la coopération de la communauté. AfNOG a depuis 2000 organisé leur manifestation annuelle dans un pays africain différent chaque année. *“Alors que AfNOG alimente la croissance rapide de l'Internet en Afrique en formant des competences techniques qualifiees, notre contenu a été déterminé par les besoins de la communauté. Ce faisant, le rendement en terme de capacité de formation de AfNOG s'est multiplié au cours de la dernière décennie entrainant une croissance de la communauté ”* *Atelier AfNOG sur les technologies de réseau* L'atelier AfNOG sur les technologies réseaux vise à offrir une formation avancée aux personnes qui sont dans le processus de mise en place et l'optimisation d'un réseau connecté à Internet avec connectivité régionale et internationale. Le public visé comprend le personnel technique de haut niveau et de niveau intermédiaire de fournisseurs commerciaux de services Internet (FSI), les réseaux universitaires, réseaux gouvernementaux, ou des réseaux d’ONG. Cet atelier s'appuie sur l'expérience des ateliers AFNOG précédents tenus chaque année de 2000 à 2016 dans dix-sept pays africains différents, et aussi des ateliers INET de l'Internet Society, a lieu chaque année de 1993 à 2000 dans huit endroits dans le monde. Les instructeurs de l'atelier sont une équipe internationale avec de nombreuses années d'expérience dans l'exploitation de grands réseaux et de l'enseignement sur l'exploitation de réseau. L'atelier est divisé en six Sessions parallèles: (5 Anglais et 1 Français) - SS-E Services Internet Evollutive (Scalable en anglais), porte sur la conception et le fonctionnement des services de courrier électronique, le Web et d'autres services Internet, dimensionnés pour supporter un grand nombre d'utilisateurs. - SI-E - Infrastructure Réseau Evolutive (en anglais), focalisé sur la conception et l'exploitation de réseaux utilisant routeurs et Switch, dimensionnes pour supporter un grand nombre de sites interconnectés. - NM-E, Gestion et Supervision de reseau (en Anglais) - NM-F, semblable à NM-E, en français. - AR-E, Techniques avancées de routage (en Anglais). - CT-E, Formation de CERT (Anglais). *Plus d’Informations sur les candidatures de l'atelier se trouvent à:* *http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php* <http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php> *http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php* <http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php> *** Atelier Date limite - 21 Janvier, 2017* *À Propos d’AfriNIC* AfriNIC (Voir ) AfriNIC a été mis en place pour servir la communauté africaine en fournissant une gestion professionnelle et efficace des ressources Internet, en soutenant l'utilisation des technologies de l'Internet et le développement, et pour promouvoir une approche participative et multi approche des parties prenantes à la gouvernance de l'Internet. AfriNIC est une organisation non gouvernementale, sans but lucratif, organisation basée sur l’adhésion, située à l'île Maurice. Formations et renforcement des capacités constituent un élément central des activités d’AfriNIC et notre objectif est de développer des compétences au sein de notre région dans la mise en œuvre d’IPv6 et des technologies connexes requis pour utiliser efficacement nos ressources et à accroître la sensibilisation au sein de la région de service sur la façon dont Internet est régie et les rôles des differentes organisations dans cet environnement. AfriNIC organise deux réunions chaque année (voir *http://www.afrinic.net/meeting* <http://www.afrinic.net/meeting>). *AfricaCERT* AfricaCERT tiendra une série de formation pour les équipes de réponse aux incidents de sécurité et des tutoriels du 22 mai au 27 Mai 2017 à Nairobi, KENYA. AfricaCERT est le forum africain des équipes d'intervention en cas d'incident informatique, et a pour objectif de proposer des solutions aux défis pour une meilleure santé dans le Af * écosystème Internet. Les objectifs de AfricaCERT comprennent, mais ne sont pas limités à: - Aider les pays africains à établir CSIRT; - Renforcer les relations entre les CERT en Afrique et avec d'autres parties prenantes partout dans le monde; - Favoriser et soutenir des programmes d'éducation et de sensibilisation à la sécurité des TIC; - Encourager le partage dans la sécurité des TIC informations; - Promouvoir les bonnes pratiques et l'échange d'expériences entre les membres pour élaborer un cadre global pour la cybersécurité, y compris de mieux répondre juridique et les questions de réglementation; - Aider les CSIRT africains à améliorer Cyber préparation et le renforcement de la résilience des Infrastructure des TIC; - Promouvoir la collaboration en recherche de la technologie, du développement et de l'innovation dans le Domaine de la sécurité des TIC. S'il vous plaît visitez *www.africacert.org* <https://afnog.org/afnog2017/www.africacert.org> pour plus d'informations. *AfTLD - AROC Atelier & Réunion* AfTLD tiendra un atelier sur les Operations de Registre Avancées pour ccTLD du 22 au 26 Mai 2017. L'atelier AROC représente cinq journées (40h) techniques sur les Operations de Registre Avancés. Ce cours porte sur la démonstration d'une approche structurée de la gestion et supervision de réseau, y compris les plans de gestion de risque. Le cours est mis en évidence par des exercices pratiques d’installation et de configuration d’outils. Ce cours comprends mais ne se limite pas a de l’architecture réseau, outils de supervisions, écriture de scripts. *ISOC AFRIQUE* Le bureau Afrique de Internet Society organise des sessions / tutoriaux sur la gouvernance de l’Internet etc. le 28 Mai 2017. Plus de détails seront communiqués. *AfNOG Tutoriels* AfNOG offrira 1 à 2 journées complet (es) des tutoriels avancés. Les Tutoriaux auront lieu dans un environnement de type salle de classe, et peuvent inclure des composants pratiques. Les didacticiels sont non-commerciaux, et sont orientés techniques. Ils sont destinés à offrir une formation avancée sur des technologies déjà déployées ou en cours de déploiement pour les fournisseurs d'ISP. Des renseignements supplémentaires sur les tutoriels AfNOG 2017 seront disponible ici peu de temps: *http://www.afnog.org/afnog2017/tutorial/* <http://www.afnog.org/afnog2017/tutorial/> *AfREN* Le réseau de la recherche et de l'éducation en Afrique (AfREN) organisera une réunion d'une journée le 29 Mai 2017. AfREN est un forum annuel sur la recherche et les réseaux de l'éducation en Afrique. Etant une des organisations Af*, le forum AfREN fait partie du Sommet Internet Afrique et a été convoquée depuis 2007 par l'Unité de Recherche et de mise en Réseau de l'Education (RENU) de l'Association des Universités Africaines, en collaboration avec AfNOG & AFRINIC. Le forum est une plate-forme pour les discussions sur les questions présentant un intérêt pour la Recherche et le Réseau de l’Education (REN) comme la collaboration, la sensibilisation et la coordination des activités en Afrique. Partage des expériences et de bonnes pratiques ainsi que la présentation des technologies de réseaux innovants sont également régulièrement abordée lors des reunions AfREN. Le parrainage des gestionnaires de réseau de campus pour assister aux ateliers annuels de formation AFNOG est également devenu une partie intégrante d’AfREN. Depuis 2012, avec la formation de REN régionaux couvrant tous les pays d'Afrique, une séance traditionnelle des mises à jour de l'UbuntuNet Alliance (Afrique orientale et australe), WACREN (Afrique occidentale et centrale) et ASREN (pays arabes, y compris l'Afrique du Nord) est organisee. Les participants de AfREN incluent entre autres, les professionnels de l’Education et gestionaires de reseaux de campus et de recherche, les opérateurs télécoms, les régulateurs, les décideurs politiques et les partenaires internationaux. Des informations supplémentaires sur AfREN 2017 seront fournies prochainement. *AfNOG - 18 Conférence* La 18éme Conférence AfNOG aura lieu à KENYA le 30 Mai 2017. Les conférences AfNOG sont un forum pour la coordination et la diffusion des informations techniques et pratiques relatives aux technologies réseaux ; architecture, cœur de réseau, entreprise. Les réunions sont informelles, avec un accent sur la pertinence des pratiques de backbones africains actuels et futurs. La conférence AfNOG 2016 à Gaborone a drainée plus de 400 participants, constitués essentiellement de personnel d'ingénierie de réseaux de fournisseurs de services internet, les Compagnies de télécommunications, Gouvernement, la communauté de la Recherche et de l'éducation, la Société civile. Des informations supplémentaires et le calendrier de la conférence seront disponibles d’ici prochainement: *http://www.afnog.org/afnog2017/conference/* <http://www.afnog.org/afnog2017/conference/> *AfriNIC-26 Conférence* La réunion AfriNIC-24 sera organisée à Nairobi, Kenya sur trois jours à partir du 31 Mai au 2 Juin 2017. Les réunions AfriNIC sont ouverts à tous et offrent une excellente occasion de prendre part à des discussions relative a la gestion des ressources Internet. Les règles de Gestions décrivent comment les Ressources de numéros Internet devraient être géré et distribué, sont développés par la communauté. La réunion comprendra des tutoriels, des présentations, mise à jour sur des différents groupes de travail et la réunion de publique d'AfriNIC. La réunion de trois jours sera précédée par une formation IPv6 sur trois jours et une journée de formation à la Gestion des Ressources. La réunion portera sur le protocole IPv6 et son déploiement, notamment en Afrique et la question de l'épuisement du pool IPv4 de l'espace d'adressage. Plus d’informations seront disponibles à *http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/afrinic-events* <http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/afrinic-events> *Exigences relatives aux visas* Les citoyens de certains pays ont besoin d'un visa pour entrer au Kenya. Veuillez s'il vous plaît vérifier auprès de l'Ambassade du Kenya ou avec le consulat dans votre pays. *Nous vous invitons a nous rejoindre une fois encore, pour ensemble apprendre, echanger et façonner l'avenir des TIC en Afrique.* _______________________________________________ afnog mailing list https://www.afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog -- 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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CIO100 Symposium and Awards
by Harry Hare | African eDevelopment Resource Centre 24 Oct '16

24 Oct '16

Hello All, Here is your invitation to the 6th CIO100 Symposium and Awards slated for 10-11 November 2016 at the Enashipai Resort and Spa. More details are here https://2016cio100.eventbrite.com and here cio100.cio.co.ke Drop me a note if you need clarification and/or more info. Apologies for cross-posting. Kindest Regards Harry Hare Director | African eDevelopment Resource Centre PO Box 49475 00100 | Nairobi, Kenya Kenya +254 20 4041646 | Cel +254 725 650044 Nigeria + 234 814 636 4611

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KICTANet Assessment Survey
by Grace Githaiga 23 Oct '16

23 Oct '16

Listers Greetings. KICTANet is conducting a brief survey to obtain feedback from the community members on its performance. This will enable us know whether KICTANet's values and objectives are well understood and the extent to which there is consistency of the values and work of KICTANet. Please take a few minutes and fill the survey by Thursday October 27, 2016. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10_Oo4UD8Y4ZkF3p2Uklh01yuOBTcaascFctyVdm-G3… This will help make KICTANet platform a more vibrant multistakeholder forum. Best regards Githaiga, Grace

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Fwd: Who to Blame for the Attack on the Internet - The answer is You, me and everyone else is in between
by Ali Hussein 23 Oct '16

23 Oct '16

Dear listers Cross-posting intentional In the last few days the blogosphere and social media in general has been abuzz with the DDoS attack that brought down popular sites like Amazon and a Twitter. Have you wondered what role YOU could have played in this attack? Well, it turns out we are all not so innocent..Read on.. > From: "FORTUNE Data Sheet" <fortune(a)email.fortune.com> > Date: 22 October 2016 at 10:18:07 PM EAT > To: <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > Subject: Who to Blame for the Attack on the Internet > Reply-To: "Fortune" <reply-fec915777065057a-20_HTML-56937916-7213333-13(a)email.fortune.com> > > > > > > > > FOLLOW > SUBSCRIBE > ANON TIP > OCTOBER 22, 2016 > Our worst hacking fears came true on Friday as criminals deployed millions of everyday objects — internet-connected cameras, printers and so on — to launch an attack on a critical part of the Internet. The attack was a success, crippling the websites of major companies like Amazon, Netflix and Twitter for hours at a time. > > We now have a handle on what happened: hackers used publicly available source code to assemble a bot-net army of internet-enabled devices, and then directed those devices to send massive waves of junk requests to a DNS provider. The attack meant the provider, New Hampshire based Dyn, could not carry out its job of acting as a switchboard for the internet, and consumers could no longer reach popular websites. > > The compromised devices, which make up the bot-net army, are still out there and unpatched, which means other attacks are likely on the way. This makes it a good time to ask who’s to blame for this debacle. We can start, of course, by fingering the hackers themselves, who appear to have unleashed the attack with profit motives in mind. > > But we can also assign much of the blame to the companies whose sloppy security standards made the attack possible: > > Wondering which IoT device types are part of the Mirai botnet causing trouble today? @briankrebs has the list: https://t.co/bETefDMa4Y > > — Eric Skinner (@EricSkinner) October 22, 2016 > > //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js > > We need laws that allow civil and/or criminal penalties for companies that sell systems this insecure https://t.co/Gj4S5Hj0xV > > — Christopher Mims (@mims) October 22, 2016 > > //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js > > A list of alleged culprits, compiled by security researcher Brian Krebs, include familiar names like Panasonic, Samsung and Xerox printers. The names also include lesser known makers of routers and cameras, which reportedly made up the bulk of the bot-net army. > > It’s a good bet these companies are scrambling to update their product lines in a way that requires users to change the passwords (widespread use of default passwords are the main reason the devices got hacked in the first place). But it’s not fair to lay the entire blame squarely on the companies. Part of the responsibility should also lie with lawmakers and regulators, who have failed to create a safety system to account for the Internet-of-Things era we are now living in. > > Finally, it’s time for consumers to acknowledge they have a role in the attack too. By failing to secure the internet-connected devices, they are endangering not just themselves but the rest of the Internet as well. No one think it’s acceptable for consumers to be clueless when they operate products like automobiles or propane tanks — so why is it okay for them to be careless with routers and security cameras? > > On another note, there’s other security news this week, including a couple cool fin-tech features by Robert, which can read about below. Thanks as always for reading. And, for heaven’s sake, lock down your devices. > > Jeff Roberts > > @jeffjohnroberts > > jeff.roberts(a)fortune.com > > Welcome to the Cyber Saturday edition of Data Sheet, Fortune’s daily tech newsletter. Fortune reporter Robert Hackett here. You may reach me via Twitter, Cryptocat, Jabber (see OTR fingerprint on my about.me), PGP encrypted email (see public key on my Keybase.io), Wickr, Signal, or however you (securely) prefer. Feedback welcome. > > > . > > THREATS > Meet Coinbase 2.0. In 2012, Coinbase was one of the early cool kids of the bitcoin scene. Four years later, the company is barely mentioning bitcoin as it carries out a full pivot into a digital brokerage service for a wide range of money. (Fortune) > > Facial recognition stops a Facebook burglar: Social media companies announced they have broken ties with a controversial company that scans their streams to identify faces for police departments. But it turns out Facebook has itself used the company to stop an intruder in CEO Mark Zuckerberg's office. (The Verge) > > Ripple rocks it. Meanwhile, another fin-tech darling is riding high. Ripple announced a successful trial with 12 big banks that could lower settlement costs for cross-border currency transactions by 60 percent. (Fortune) > > How Russia doxxed the DNC: Everyone not named Donald Trump is by now acknowledging that the hack of Democratic party emails was carried out by Russia. But just what did this entail? An Esquire feature reveals how the work was a years-long, meticulously planned operation. (Esquire) > > I forgive you, Yahoo. How do customers react when you suffer the largest cyber-security breach in history? Apparently, they shrug. Yahoo said user numbers are about the same since the breach. Alas, it looks like the company's merger-mate won't be so forgiving — Verizon is making noises about bailing. (Fortune) > > Share today's Data Sheet with a friend: > http://fortune.com/newsletter/datasheet/ > > Looking for previous Data Sheets? Click here. > > . > > ACCESS GRANTED > Mmmm, blockchain. Robert has a fascinating look at how Wal-Mart and IBM are using fin-tech tools to track pork safety in China: > > Walmart plans to use technology developed by the Hyperledger Project, an open source software project that builds blockchain tools and is based out of the Linux Foundation... > > The blockchain in question, a private database co-developed by IBM, is designed to provide the retailer with a way to indelibly record a list of transactions indicating how meat has flowed through a commercial network, from producers to processors to distributors to grocers—and finally, to consumers. Read more on Fortune.com > > . > > FORTUNE RECON > 97% of Java Apps Harbor a Known Security Hole by Robert Hackett > > Microsoft Cloud Warrant Cases Move Closer to Supreme Court by Jeff John Roberts > > This Badge Blocks Your Face in Social Media Photos by Maddie Farber > > Half of US Adults' Faces Are Being Scanned by Law Enforcement by Jeff John Roberts > > NSA Contractor Accused of Stealing Data Will Face Espionage Charges Fortune/Reuters > > . > > . > > ONE MORE THING > If you want to hack a high profile target, spear-phishing is still the best bet. But just how do you carry it out? In the case of General Colin Powell and DNC Chair John Podesta, it was a plain old "Gmail" message. Here's an up close look at what not to click. 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Kenya School of Internet Governance: KICTANet Calls for Applications
by Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) 21 Oct '16

21 Oct '16

Dear Listers, KICTANet in partnership with HIVOS East Africa and Facebook is pleased to announce an open call for participants of the first Kenya School of Internet Governance (KeSIG). We are interested in getting citizens from all sectors: government, academia, tech community, civil society, bloggers and journalists who are new to Internet Governance issues. KeSIG is an introductory course covering technical, economic, legal and contemporary social issues brought about by the Internet. The main topics to be covered include: 1. Introduction to Internet Governance 2. Main issues in Internet Governance in Kenya 3. Kenya’s Internet Governance policy /legal framework(s) 4. Internet Governance processes and how to engage in them The training will use a participatory approach and will have faculty sourced from all stakeholder groups. It will take place at Strathmore University from 16th to 18th November 2016. Please apply here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqUujJUxh_hJFaaRE9EckBhNj0Od61IXZ…> . If you have any questions, do not hesitate to get in touch with Liz Orembo (lizorembo(a)gmail.com) who is coordinating this project. Kind Regards, -- Grace L.N. Mutung'u Nairobi Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: @Bomu <http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu> PGP ID : 0x33A3450F

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Fwd: Call for Applications! | 2016 GAIA AgTech Innovation Challenge
by Thomas Kaberi 21 Oct '16

21 Oct '16

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Livestream: 5th AfIGF 16-18 Oct, Durban
by Kawsu Sillah 16 Oct '16

16 Oct '16

Dear Colleagues, Apologies for cross-posting. The 5th meeting of the African Internet Governance Forum, is currently underway in Durban, South Africa. For those of you interested to participate remotely, please join using the link Livestreaming: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/zndcZASeqKJ You can as well interact with hanlde @AfrIGF and hashtag #afigf #afigf2016 on Twitter. See you there! Best, Kawsu. Youth@AfIGF2016. -- Best Regards, [image: --] Kawsu Sillah [image: https://]about.me/ksillah <https://about.me/ksillah?promo=email_sig> AMBASSADOR <https://ideas.itu.int/page/view/933> ITU Telecom World Young Innovators Competition. Mobile : +220 9865300 | 6865300 | 3965300 Skype: profkawsu | Facebook: Kawsu.f.Sillah <https://www.facebook.com/kawsu.f.sillah> Twitter: @ksillah1 | LinkedIn: KAWSU SILLAH <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=103784437&trk=nav_responsive_tab_p…> *‘Every single person must have access to a computer, must understand it, must have access to good software and good teachers and to the Internet, so that every person will have the opportunity to make the most of his or her own life’ – Bill Clinton, the former US President.*

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Re: [kictanet] Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Share Data with Location-based Social Media Surveillance Startup
by Stephanie Muchai 15 Oct '16

15 Oct '16

Very interesting convo & engagement. Good spirit and thoughtful responses Ebele, keep em coming 👍 My question for FB - how does FB usually ensure that these type of folks use the "publicly available" info they gather for the specific use assigned? Maybe you've answered this on the thread and I missed it. Does the developer store the info they gather or no? Is it just "accessed" on FB for a set time? If they do store it, or even just are able to store it - what happens in countries with no data protection laws on gathering/use/storage of data? Thanks, Steph. On 14 Oct 2016 19:27, "Anderson Levi via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Ngigi, has hit the nail on the head. Everything else is "white noise". If access to the API equals access to 'public' info then why all this... On 14 Oct 2016 18:35, "Ebele Okobi via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > This is not a legal issue. It's against the rules of Facebook's developer > agreement for someone to pose as a commercial developer and then sell > information it gathered based upon APIs targeting publicly available > information to police. None of this is illegal-it's just really creepy and > against our terms. > > In answer to your last question, absolutely not. > > Ebele Okobi | Public Policy Director, Africa > > m. +44 (0) 771 156 1315 <+44%20(0)%20771%20156%201315> > > 10 Brock Street | London | NW1 3FG > > ebeleokobi(a)fb.com > > [image: 6F376569-CC77-422B-BAD3-794055B1E02B] > > On Oct 14, 2016, at 3:16 PM, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > > Ebele, > > There is something about this that I am not understanding. > > If the APIs only allows a developer to access *publicly* available > information that is in the FB Platform, why would it be illegal for law > enforcement / intelligence to even access it? > > It can *only* be a problem if the API allows accessing *private > *information from FB users. > > Which then brings us to an even *bigger problem*; is FB allowing > developers to access our private information and messaging on FB for > commercial purposes? > > Regards > Sent from Nylas N1 > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nylas.com_n1-3Fref-3Dn…>, > the extensible, open source mail client. > > On Oct 12 2016, at 8:58 pm, Ebele Okobi via kictanet < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> Yes-this is a mess, and this article isn't an accurate report. >> Basically-this was a private company that set itself up as a developer-same >> as, say, Candy Crush makers or those quiz things about your friends on FB. >> As a developer, it got access to API (see here >> http://readwrite.com/2013/09/19/api-defined/ >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__readwrite.com_2013_09_1…> >> for definition) that allowed it to build programs into FB. This allowed it >> to write programs targeting publicly available information on FB platform. >> That means-no private chats, no private groups, no data that users haven't >> made publicly available. The point of APIs in this context is SUPPOSED to >> be so advertisers (from small business to nonprofits to Andela, etc.) can >> send ads to targeted users. This group completely violated our policies and >> used their API access to target publicly available info to send to police. >> FB has kicked them off our platform. As you can imagine, there are many >> conversations now about this. But key to know that FB did NOT and does not >> sell user data; that this was a completely unauthorized use of our >> developer platform, that we rectified this as soon as we were notified, >> that the access was not to user data, but essentially a program that >> allowed them to target public info on Facebook. It's still unacceptable, >> and something we are taking extremely seriously. >> >> Ebele Okobi | Public Policy Director, Africa >> >> m. +44 (0) 771 156 1315 <+44%20(0)%20771%20156%201315> >> >> 10 Brock Street | London | NW1 3FG >> >> ebeleokobi(a)fb.com >> >> [image: 6F376569-CC77-422B-BAD3-794055B1E02B] >> >> On Oct 12, 2016, at 5:43 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet < >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> *The ACLU of California has obtained records showing that Twitter, >> Facebook, and Instagram provided user data access to Geofeedia, a developer >> of a social media monitoring product that we have seen marketed to law >> enforcement as a tool to monitor activists and protesters. We are pleased >> that after we reported our findings to the companies, Instagram cut off >> Geofeedia’s access to public user posts, and Facebook has cut its access to >> a topic-based feed of public user posts.* >> >> More here: https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-future/facebook-instagram- >> and-twitter-provided-data-access-surveillance-product-marketed >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.aclu.org_blog_free…> >> >> -- >> *Ahmed Maawy* >> Executive Director - SwahiliBox / M-Power (CBO) >> Curator - Global Shapers Mombasa Hub >> Ambassador - Open Knowledge >> Director - Startup Grind Mombasa >> Software Developer - AJ+ / EveryLayer >> (KE) +254 714 960 627 >> Skype: ultimateprogramer >> >> swahilibox.co.ke >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__swahilibox.co.ke&d=DQMF…> >> globalshapers.org >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__globalshapers.org&d=DQM…> >> www.okfn.org >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__okfn.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=5V…> >> startupgrind.com >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__startupgrind.com&d=DQMF…> >> ajplus.net >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ajplus.net&d=DQMFaQ&c=5…> >> www.everylayer.com >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.everylayer.com_&d=D…> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.k >> ictanet.or.ke_mailman_listinfo_kictanet&d=DQICAg&c=5VD0RTtNl >> Th3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE >> &m=GhVvdCFxDu4EVUb8ylng2LCvR_0IBt5-yhOx6fQy7Ss&s=tY_FmWozK9w >> ITxf0Wi2mSTnAJ3IESBY7WT33HlgqAYs&e= >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://urldefense.proofpoint. >> com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.kictanet.or.ke_mailman_options_ >> kictanet_ebeleokobi-2540fb.com&d=DQICAg&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd >> 41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE >> &m=GhVvdCFxDu4EVUb8ylng2LCvR_0IBt5-yhOx6fQy7Ss&s=LAZLJsuQHbk >> 66IPOo4JjXcmrto5E92ncpWcgmoqMezk&e= >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform >> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and >> regulation. 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Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Share Data with Location-based Social Media Surveillance Startup
by Ahmed Mohamed Maawy 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

*The ACLU of California has obtained records showing that Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram provided user data access to Geofeedia, a developer of a social media monitoring product that we have seen marketed to law enforcement as a tool to monitor activists and protesters. We are pleased that after we reported our findings to the companies, Instagram cut off Geofeedia’s access to public user posts, and Facebook has cut its access to a topic-based feed of public user posts.* More here: https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-future/facebook-instagram-and-twitter-provid… -- *Ahmed Maawy* Executive Director - SwahiliBox / M-Power (CBO) Curator - Global Shapers Mombasa Hub Ambassador - Open Knowledge Director - Startup Grind Mombasa Software Developer - AJ+ / EveryLayer (KE) +254 714 960 627 Skype: ultimateprogramer swahilibox.co.ke globalshapers.org www.okfn.org <http://okfn.org/> startupgrind.com ajplus.net www.everylayer.com

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Re: [kictanet] [Community-Discuss] IPv6 Chapter 254
by Kevin Kamonye 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

Hi Andrew, This new idea looks promising. It seems to be within Afrinic's obligations as defined by the community(if passed)/IANA, and it also accelerates the 'exhaustion' of our v4 resources in a manner that does not create unnecessary delays. Noah, yes, the soft-landing policy you are referring leans heavily in this direction and I would fully support it if its gains a clear majority. My understanding of it, however, is that it is not pretty much the same thing. It is still very open-ended and provides a chance for us to be stuck with v4 much longer than need be. Following the extreme idea of stopping allocations now, perhaps the already allocated resources could sustain the continent say for at least two years - a long time considering for instance, how many v4-only devices are being sold to knowing/unknowing consumers every single day. So, whose soft landing are we referring to here. Placing a majority of the remaining address space into the fund (trust) means that they are not easily available for allocation to commercial parties (OUR requirements could be served within a community-defined and extensively communicated time frame of which I will say even just 6 months would be enough) and we therefore do not have to all wait on the others to provide the required impetus. Regards, *Kevin K.* *+254720789158* On 14 October 2016 at 13:20, Noah <noah(a)neo.co.tz> wrote: > On 14 Oct 2016 09:17, "Andrew Alston" <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com> > wrote: > > > > Basically, individuals can apply to the access fund for projects that > need v4 space that will directly benefit the continent, they would have to > prove v6 deployment alongside it (not just plans to take a v6 block and > announce it, actual deployment plans, which would be monitored), and the > project would have to provide KPI’s etc etc. > > > > > > +1 Andrew and I totally agree with you. > > Similarly there is a policy whose text proposes the same narrative... > > http://afrinic.net/fr/community/policy-development/ > policy-proposals/1815-ipv4-soft-landing-bis > > I believe this covers pretty much what we are so far discusssing. > > Noah > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > Community-Discuss(a)afrinic.net > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > >

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Kenya Electoral Assistance Program: Innovation Grants for Electoral Support
by Mildred Achoch 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

Dear Listers, This may be of interest to some: https://www2.fundsforngos.org/democracy-and-good-governance/kenya-electoral… Regards, Mildred. Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 113, Issue 30
by Bonface Witaba 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

Greetings Listers,Apologies for cross posting but just wanted to share this article I wrote sometimes back about "IPv6; The Inevitable Migration".Link: https://bonfacewitaba.wordpress.com/2015/08/19/ipv6-transition-the-inevitab… Kind regardsBonface Witaba It does NOT matter how SLOWLY you GO so long as you do Not STOP. --Confucious (Chinese Philosopher and Reformer) On Thursday, 13 October 2016, 16:44, "kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Send kictanet mailing list submissions to kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke You can reach the person managing the list at kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: [Community-Discuss] IPv6 Chapter 254 (Kevin Kamonye) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:03:23 +0300 From: Kevin Kamonye <kevin.kamonye(a)gmail.com> To: Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com> Cc: General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net>, KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] [Community-Discuss] IPv6 Chapter 254 Message-ID: <CACqJS+K1wLVm540WSHB35YbOj5kPvLA7zUcy4TTbu_xucPi=RA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Andrew, Your apparent passion and commitment to the migration reminds me of *Plato's Cave *:) You have clearly seen the promised land of a native v6 world and it is beautiful. Now, am hardly poet but am forced to say the above in appreciation of the amount of work that you have clearly put into this. You have also raised some very high level points that I will need some more time to fully research on. I do not have the answers at the moment. First, I agree that the proposal of having a reserve block for new entrants is the most rational way forward. Still, some of the reasons why I would consider stopping the allocation of v4 are below. 1. These v4 IPs will eventually be exhausted anyway and the final goal is to stop using the current addressing scheme completely 2. Every single v4 IP that is currently/ to be allocated will have to be swapped eventually - more time and resources will be required 3. To expand on the above, this challenge grows exponentially with every v4-only device that is sold (and this mostly happens in developing countries) 4. There are RIRs that have long stopped v4 allocations (certainly not by choice) and I believe there are still new entrants into those markets and they still find a way to survive. Let us not underestimate human nature. A good point in case is that the exhaustion of v4 has been *imminent* for a long long long time. ?5. For consumers( I include users, developers, Systems/IP guys - all of us), the costs also include the lost opportunities for better connections ( logical and social) and I can also add that we are also restricting innovation. Consider the below especially as regards to 4 & 5. ( I do not necessarily agree with the simplistic opinions given by the author re ISPs as I know we all have different values and priorities - but then again I did not want to create any perception as being subjective on what content to highlight from the article, being in the industry myself) ?? ?"A lot of CGNs are being deployed. Some recent work I have been doing shows that upward of 3% of IPv4 users present on a different source IPv4 address within 10 seconds?i.e. a minimum of 3% of users lie behind CGNs with relatively aggressive address lease timeouts. Secondly, a lot of shared Web hosting is being deployed. It is evidently commonplace to see upward of *10,000* Web host environments co-existing on a *single host IP* server address."? ??ISPs are playing their cards close to the vest, but it looks like many of the ones that are planning to start rolling out IPv6 soon will be deploying IPv6 along with CGN-based IPv4 for new users. They're reluctant to change anything for existing users, because the first rule of being an ISP is "don't generate support calls." Providing broadband Internet access is a very profitable business, but the profit generated by a customer evaporates faster than you can say "have you tried rebooting your router?" when said customer calls for support. ISPs that started deploying IPv6 in past years had access to enough IPv4 addresses to give users their own along with a range of IPv6 addresses. That is no longer true, or will no longer be true as soon as ISPs use up their own stashes of IPv4 addresses. The downside of NAT is that it only works well in one direction: from the inside to the outside. When connections must be set up from the outside to the inside, such as in the case of peer-to-peer audio or video conferencing, additional logic is necessary to find a way to the right internal system through the NAT. This is bad enough when two users are both behind their own home NATs so that two NATs must be bypassed, but it gets much worse as ISPs deploy CGNs, so now four NATs can be in the path. CGNs also can't open up ports as easily as home NATs. As long as it's not firewalled too severely, IPv6 has none of these issues; with 2^128 addresses there is no need for NAT. So it makes sense for ISPs to deploy IPv6 along with CGN-based IPv4. However, there are still ISPs that pooh-pooh IPv6. Huston again: "The pessimistic view is that so far nothing much has broken in IPv4-land, so there is still some more time left to do nothing!" Unless the ISPs that have been ignoring IPv6 plan to just keep their existing customers and not sign up any new ones, those ISPs are still going to be bitten by the IPv4 address exhaustion and will almost certainly be forced to deploy CGN at some point. With no pressure relief valve in the form of IPv6, all user traffic will have to flow through the CGN, which can then easily become a bottleneck and a single point of failure. As a result,* the quality of service delivered by different ISPs will diverge more and more*, with the ones providing unshared public IPv4 addresses as well as IPv6 doing the best and the ones using CGNs with relatively many users per public IPv4 address and no IPv6 doing the worst. The good news is that so far, the Internet has always managed to adapt just before collapse was imminent. In the late 1980s, TCP congestion control saved the Internet from massive congestion. In the 1990s, classless interdomain routing and route flap damping kept the routers going. This time we only have to turn on a feature that's been in our operating systems for a decade and maybe replace an aging modem or two. Call me an optimist, but I think it can be done. But only at the very last moment, of course. (Source <http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/with-the-americas-run…> ) ?So yes v6 will happen with/out any drastic measures. On the other hand, Africa finally has a chance to make a bold message that I can consider to be at the scale of the burning of Ivory in Kenya.? Before, stopping all allocations was impossible as the RIRs would never have been able to convince their customers or even each other to do so. But now that we are the only ones left with a substantive reserve of these (potentially toxic) IPv4 resources, we could agree to start moving in the other direction and let all the others follow this time. I would really be pained to hear the inevitable statements (with very correct language of course) that the reason v4 still exists is to accommodate the developing world. Regards, *Kevin K.* *+254720789158* On 13 October 2016 at 10:00, Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com> wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > > > Just another further note on what I said below. > > > > To quote from Dave Michaud from Rogers Communications yesterday on another > list (used with kind permission of the author who waived Chatham house > rules that exist on the list it was posted to allow me to quote this): > > > > *Once we are done with this phase, we will start migrating some phones to > IPv6-only operation. The transition will be executed per phone model by a > logic implemented in a AAA server that is queried by the PGW when the > PDP/PDN is established. The AAA decides based on IMEI if the phone should > connect to the network using dual-stack or using IPv6-only with > DNS64/CGN64.* > > > > He further sent me the following: > > > > *To clarify the v6-only service, we will be cherry picking devices for > this service. Initially, it will be Samsung Galaxy S4, LG G4 and Nexus 5. > After that, once we are comfortable, we will move more devices to IPv6-only > operation (likely all newer Samsung, LG and Google/Nexus/Pixel devices). > Moving forward, all new devices that we start selling will also be launched > with IPv6-only.* > > > > > > Now ? what does this mean. Firstly, the days of dual-stack as the only > means are over. There **IS** a move towards single-stack v6 with only > translation to v4. I believe (but am open to correction) that t-mobile is > doing the same thing. Secondly ? it emphasises the point of reserving a > small block of space for new-comers that don?t have in order to facilitate > the v6 -> v4 translation referred to above. Thirdly ? the implications of > the above are? quite mind blowing ? because while NAT has certain ways to > transverse back through it (UPNP etc) to enable certain applications to > work ok behind standard v4 NAT, I am far from convinced the same will work > with v6 to v4 NAT in the same manner. (Open to correction and would love > to hear from someone more knowledgeable in this area). But what this means > is ? if people aren?t running v6 and pretty fast ? life on the Internet is > going to start getting really interesting ? because v6 single stack isn?t a > thing for tomorrow ? it?s already happening. > > > > Thanks > > > > Andrew > > > > *From:* Andrew Alston [mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com] > *Sent:* 13 October 2016 09:45 > *To:* Kevin Kamonye <kevin.kamonye(a)gmail.com> > *Cc:* General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net>; > KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>; Barrack > Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > > *Subject:* Re: [Community-Discuss] IPv6 Chapter 254 > > > > Hi Kevin, > > > > I don?t think completely stopping v4 allocations right now would have the > impact we?re looking for. If you look at the policy proposal I?ve put > forward, I propose a /13 reserved entirely for new comers, people who had > zero space from anywhere before this. I think this is still an adequate > number and sufficient, but it is also critical. The reason for this is > that it allows sufficient space for entities to do NAT64 / DNS64 for > translation to legacy equipment in a single-stack v6 environment. I still > believe this will be necessary for a few years to come ? and I think the > /13 reservation is sufficient. > > > > I also think that at the rate of depletion ? we won?t actually be gaining > much time by stopping, and as you say, there are other considerations we > have to keep in mind. Rather than focusing on the financial > considerations, we have to consider the fact that the space that was given > to AfriNIC by IANA was meant to the serve the people, and I?m pretty sure > that if AfriNIC decided to just stop allocating and hold onto all of it > they would run foul of the agreements under which they were given that > space. (I could be wrong here, perhaps someone with more insight can > comment). > > > > What I?d like to see is a situation where those who need the v4 space > today, for use on the continent, can get it, use it, and we deplete > naturally. There is a lot of evidence that there is plenty of demand on > the continent, and while some would say that large allocations indicate > space flowing off the continent, I have yet to see any concrete evidence of > this and in fact the allocation statistics seem to dispute this fact. (The > majority of the really large allocations in recent months looking at the > publically available data are tending to go to African countries that > traditionally had far less space than other places, and an analysis of the > BGP surrounding those allocations gives no indication that they have been > moved off continent, though of course I say that BGP analysis and latency > analysis of space to determine actual geographic location is a bit hit and > miss and far from an exact science). > > > > If we repeal the current soft landing policy and maintain a limited > reservation strictly for new-comers (and I do believe a /13 is sufficient), > this will achieve the necessary in my opinion. It will ensure the rapid > depletion of v4 space on the continent, it will ensure that the space that > is currently within AfriNIC is actually used for proper benefit, it will > ensure that there is still space available for people who have absolutely > none to use for single-stack v6 to v4 translation as necessary, and all in > all, I believe that?s the best solution. > > > > Thanks > > > > Andrew > > > > > > *From:* Kevin Kamonye [mailto:kevin.kamonye@gmail.com > <kevin.kamonye(a)gmail.com>] > *Sent:* 12 October 2016 18:36 > *To:* Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com> > *Cc:* Mark Tinka <mark.tinka(a)seacom.mu>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>; General Discussions of AFRINIC < > community-discuss(a)afrinic.net>; Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > *Subject:* Re: [Community-Discuss] IPv6 Chapter 254 > > > > Hi Andrew, > > > > Solid points all round. > > > > I had really not grasped it properly before, but I can now see how the > concept of actually encouraging the rapid exhaustion of v4 would certainly > be a game changer. > > > > To take it further, would you say that STOPPING the allocation of v4 > starting NOW would have more impact? Of course this would have several > downsides that would need to be mitigated. For instance, I can see that > this would translate into financial challenges for Afrinic as they do rely > (not sure about this) on the revenue from the sale of IPs to fund their > operations. No one likes to lose money, not even a non-profit :) > > > > I would really like to hear your thoughts on this. > > > > Hi Mark, very true. v6 on mobile should be pretty much done by now. Also, > I can already hear that the other big service providers are starting to > stir due to this challenge from Liquid. Perhaps it will even turn into a > race that makes us all winners. > > > > @ Barrack - cheers mate. > > > > Regards, > > > > *Kevin K.* > > *+254720789158* > > > > On 12 October 2016 at 16:22, Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom. > com> wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > > > In the mobile space (LTE), and in the wireless space ? while I can?t > comment on specifics, watch this space. > > > > In particular in KE and ZM dependent on which technology you?re referring > to. > > > > Thanks > > > > Andrew > > > > > > *From:* Mark Tinka [mailto:mark.tinka@seacom.mu] > *Sent:* 12 October 2016 15:55 > *To:* Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com>; Kevin Kamonye < > kevin.kamonye(a)gmail.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > *Cc:* General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net>; > Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > *Subject:* Re: [Community-Discuss] IPv6 Chapter 254 > > > > > > On 12/Oct/16 13:31, Andrew Alston wrote: > > > > On this map, you will see there are only two countries in Africa that have > in excess of half a percent v6 penetration levels. One is Sudan, and one > in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe currently runs at 4.76% penetration and climbing ? > beyond that the rest of Africa has effectively no real penetration. Now, > compare that to the rest of the world where v4 is depleted, and you see a > vastly different picture. The global average deployment rate is sitting at > 12% and climbing, whereas all it took to **double** the aggregate > penetration rate in Africa was the v6 enabling of 10 or 15 thousand FTTH > users in Zimbabwe. This speaks volumes, we have v4, and its slowing us > down in getting v6 deployed. > > > Given that consumers don't generally get a say in when IPv6 can be > enabled, that helps a lot. Much of Europe, North America and Asia-Pac have > sufficient broadband into people's homes that makes all the difference. > > A number of major mobile operators in that part of the world have also > turned on IPv6. > > The majority of Internet access in Africa happens in the mobile space > today. If we want to see the needle shift even a hair's width, mobile > operators in Africa need to enable IPv6. As of today, I have neither seen > nor heard of any plans from any major or small mobile network operator in > Africa re: turning on IPv6, never mind have a strategy or plan. > > If wire-line and non-GSM wireless service providers in Africa were to > enable IPv6 for their broadband customers, there would be an improvement in > the outlook (by your own experience in Zimbabwe), but not as much as if the > mobile operators came to the party. It is absurd that there is no interest > from this group, considering that the thinking is that it is cheaper to > spend millions of $$ to sustain NAT444444444 than it is to roll out IPv6. > > Mark. > > >

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Re: [kictanet] [Community-Discuss] IPv6 Chapter 254
by Kevin Kamonye 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

Hi Andrew, Your apparent passion and commitment to the migration reminds me of *Plato's Cave *:) You have clearly seen the promised land of a native v6 world and it is beautiful. Now, am hardly poet but am forced to say the above in appreciation of the amount of work that you have clearly put into this. You have also raised some very high level points that I will need some more time to fully research on. I do not have the answers at the moment. First, I agree that the proposal of having a reserve block for new entrants is the most rational way forward. Still, some of the reasons why I would consider stopping the allocation of v4 are below. 1. These v4 IPs will eventually be exhausted anyway and the final goal is to stop using the current addressing scheme completely 2. Every single v4 IP that is currently/ to be allocated will have to be swapped eventually - more time and resources will be required 3. To expand on the above, this challenge grows exponentially with every v4-only device that is sold (and this mostly happens in developing countries) 4. There are RIRs that have long stopped v4 allocations (certainly not by choice) and I believe there are still new entrants into those markets and they still find a way to survive. Let us not underestimate human nature. A good point in case is that the exhaustion of v4 has been *imminent* for a long long long time. 5. For consumers( I include users, developers, Systems/IP guys - all of us), the costs also include the lost opportunities for better connections ( logical and social) and I can also add that we are also restricting innovation. Consider the below especially as regards to 4 & 5. ( I do not necessarily agree with the simplistic opinions given by the author re ISPs as I know we all have different values and priorities - but then again I did not want to create any perception as being subjective on what content to highlight from the article, being in the industry myself) "A lot of CGNs are being deployed. Some recent work I have been doing shows that upward of 3% of IPv4 users present on a different source IPv4 address within 10 seconds—i.e. a minimum of 3% of users lie behind CGNs with relatively aggressive address lease timeouts. Secondly, a lot of shared Web hosting is being deployed. It is evidently commonplace to see upward of *10,000* Web host environments co-existing on a *single host IP* server address." ISPs are playing their cards close to the vest, but it looks like many of the ones that are planning to start rolling out IPv6 soon will be deploying IPv6 along with CGN-based IPv4 for new users. They're reluctant to change anything for existing users, because the first rule of being an ISP is "don't generate support calls." Providing broadband Internet access is a very profitable business, but the profit generated by a customer evaporates faster than you can say "have you tried rebooting your router?" when said customer calls for support. ISPs that started deploying IPv6 in past years had access to enough IPv4 addresses to give users their own along with a range of IPv6 addresses. That is no longer true, or will no longer be true as soon as ISPs use up their own stashes of IPv4 addresses. The downside of NAT is that it only works well in one direction: from the inside to the outside. When connections must be set up from the outside to the inside, such as in the case of peer-to-peer audio or video conferencing, additional logic is necessary to find a way to the right internal system through the NAT. This is bad enough when two users are both behind their own home NATs so that two NATs must be bypassed, but it gets much worse as ISPs deploy CGNs, so now four NATs can be in the path. CGNs also can't open up ports as easily as home NATs. As long as it's not firewalled too severely, IPv6 has none of these issues; with 2^128 addresses there is no need for NAT. So it makes sense for ISPs to deploy IPv6 along with CGN-based IPv4. However, there are still ISPs that pooh-pooh IPv6. Huston again: "The pessimistic view is that so far nothing much has broken in IPv4-land, so there is still some more time left to do nothing!" Unless the ISPs that have been ignoring IPv6 plan to just keep their existing customers and not sign up any new ones, those ISPs are still going to be bitten by the IPv4 address exhaustion and will almost certainly be forced to deploy CGN at some point. With no pressure relief valve in the form of IPv6, all user traffic will have to flow through the CGN, which can then easily become a bottleneck and a single point of failure. As a result,* the quality of service delivered by different ISPs will diverge more and more*, with the ones providing unshared public IPv4 addresses as well as IPv6 doing the best and the ones using CGNs with relatively many users per public IPv4 address and no IPv6 doing the worst. The good news is that so far, the Internet has always managed to adapt just before collapse was imminent. In the late 1980s, TCP congestion control saved the Internet from massive congestion. In the 1990s, classless interdomain routing and route flap damping kept the routers going. This time we only have to turn on a feature that's been in our operating systems for a decade and maybe replace an aging modem or two. Call me an optimist, but I think it can be done. But only at the very last moment, of course. (Source <http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/with-the-americas-run…> ) So yes v6 will happen with/out any drastic measures. On the other hand, Africa finally has a chance to make a bold message that I can consider to be at the scale of the burning of Ivory in Kenya. Before, stopping all allocations was impossible as the RIRs would never have been able to convince their customers or even each other to do so. But now that we are the only ones left with a substantive reserve of these (potentially toxic) IPv4 resources, we could agree to start moving in the other direction and let all the others follow this time. I would really be pained to hear the inevitable statements (with very correct language of course) that the reason v4 still exists is to accommodate the developing world. Regards, *Kevin K.* *+254720789158* On 13 October 2016 at 10:00, Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com> wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > > > Just another further note on what I said below. > > > > To quote from Dave Michaud from Rogers Communications yesterday on another > list (used with kind permission of the author who waived Chatham house > rules that exist on the list it was posted to allow me to quote this): > > > > *Once we are done with this phase, we will start migrating some phones to > IPv6-only operation. The transition will be executed per phone model by a > logic implemented in a AAA server that is queried by the PGW when the > PDP/PDN is established. The AAA decides based on IMEI if the phone should > connect to the network using dual-stack or using IPv6-only with > DNS64/CGN64.* > > > > He further sent me the following: > > > > *To clarify the v6-only service, we will be cherry picking devices for > this service. Initially, it will be Samsung Galaxy S4, LG G4 and Nexus 5. > After that, once we are comfortable, we will move more devices to IPv6-only > operation (likely all newer Samsung, LG and Google/Nexus/Pixel devices). > Moving forward, all new devices that we start selling will also be launched > with IPv6-only.* > > > > > > Now – what does this mean. Firstly, the days of dual-stack as the only > means are over. There **IS** a move towards single-stack v6 with only > translation to v4. I believe (but am open to correction) that t-mobile is > doing the same thing. Secondly – it emphasises the point of reserving a > small block of space for new-comers that don’t have in order to facilitate > the v6 -> v4 translation referred to above. Thirdly – the implications of > the above are… quite mind blowing – because while NAT has certain ways to > transverse back through it (UPNP etc) to enable certain applications to > work ok behind standard v4 NAT, I am far from convinced the same will work > with v6 to v4 NAT in the same manner. (Open to correction and would love > to hear from someone more knowledgeable in this area). But what this means > is – if people aren’t running v6 and pretty fast – life on the Internet is > going to start getting really interesting – because v6 single stack isn’t a > thing for tomorrow – it’s already happening. > > > > Thanks > > > > Andrew > > > > *From:* Andrew Alston [mailto:Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom.com] > *Sent:* 13 October 2016 09:45 > *To:* Kevin Kamonye <kevin.kamonye(a)gmail.com> > *Cc:* General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net>; > KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>; Barrack > Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > > *Subject:* Re: [Community-Discuss] IPv6 Chapter 254 > > > > Hi Kevin, > > > > I don’t think completely stopping v4 allocations right now would have the > impact we’re looking for. If you look at the policy proposal I’ve put > forward, I propose a /13 reserved entirely for new comers, people who had > zero space from anywhere before this. I think this is still an adequate > number and sufficient, but it is also critical. The reason for this is > that it allows sufficient space for entities to do NAT64 / DNS64 for > translation to legacy equipment in a single-stack v6 environment. I still > believe this will be necessary for a few years to come – and I think the > /13 reservation is sufficient. > > > > I also think that at the rate of depletion – we won’t actually be gaining > much time by stopping, and as you say, there are other considerations we > have to keep in mind. Rather than focusing on the financial > considerations, we have to consider the fact that the space that was given > to AfriNIC by IANA was meant to the serve the people, and I’m pretty sure > that if AfriNIC decided to just stop allocating and hold onto all of it > they would run foul of the agreements under which they were given that > space. (I could be wrong here, perhaps someone with more insight can > comment). > > > > What I’d like to see is a situation where those who need the v4 space > today, for use on the continent, can get it, use it, and we deplete > naturally. There is a lot of evidence that there is plenty of demand on > the continent, and while some would say that large allocations indicate > space flowing off the continent, I have yet to see any concrete evidence of > this and in fact the allocation statistics seem to dispute this fact. (The > majority of the really large allocations in recent months looking at the > publically available data are tending to go to African countries that > traditionally had far less space than other places, and an analysis of the > BGP surrounding those allocations gives no indication that they have been > moved off continent, though of course I say that BGP analysis and latency > analysis of space to determine actual geographic location is a bit hit and > miss and far from an exact science). > > > > If we repeal the current soft landing policy and maintain a limited > reservation strictly for new-comers (and I do believe a /13 is sufficient), > this will achieve the necessary in my opinion. It will ensure the rapid > depletion of v4 space on the continent, it will ensure that the space that > is currently within AfriNIC is actually used for proper benefit, it will > ensure that there is still space available for people who have absolutely > none to use for single-stack v6 to v4 translation as necessary, and all in > all, I believe that’s the best solution. > > > > Thanks > > > > Andrew > > > > > > *From:* Kevin Kamonye [mailto:kevin.kamonye@gmail.com > <kevin.kamonye(a)gmail.com>] > *Sent:* 12 October 2016 18:36 > *To:* Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com> > *Cc:* Mark Tinka <mark.tinka(a)seacom.mu>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>; General Discussions of AFRINIC < > community-discuss(a)afrinic.net>; Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > *Subject:* Re: [Community-Discuss] IPv6 Chapter 254 > > > > Hi Andrew, > > > > Solid points all round. > > > > I had really not grasped it properly before, but I can now see how the > concept of actually encouraging the rapid exhaustion of v4 would certainly > be a game changer. > > > > To take it further, would you say that STOPPING the allocation of v4 > starting NOW would have more impact? Of course this would have several > downsides that would need to be mitigated. For instance, I can see that > this would translate into financial challenges for Afrinic as they do rely > (not sure about this) on the revenue from the sale of IPs to fund their > operations. No one likes to lose money, not even a non-profit :) > > > > I would really like to hear your thoughts on this. > > > > Hi Mark, very true. v6 on mobile should be pretty much done by now. Also, > I can already hear that the other big service providers are starting to > stir due to this challenge from Liquid. Perhaps it will even turn into a > race that makes us all winners. > > > > @ Barrack - cheers mate. > > > > Regards, > > > > *Kevin K.* > > *+254720789158* > > > > On 12 October 2016 at 16:22, Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston@liquidtelecom. > com> wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > > > In the mobile space (LTE), and in the wireless space – while I can’t > comment on specifics, watch this space. > > > > In particular in KE and ZM dependent on which technology you’re referring > to. > > > > Thanks > > > > Andrew > > > > > > *From:* Mark Tinka [mailto:mark.tinka@seacom.mu] > *Sent:* 12 October 2016 15:55 > *To:* Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com>; Kevin Kamonye < > kevin.kamonye(a)gmail.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > *Cc:* General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net>; > Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > *Subject:* Re: [Community-Discuss] IPv6 Chapter 254 > > > > > > On 12/Oct/16 13:31, Andrew Alston wrote: > > > > On this map, you will see there are only two countries in Africa that have > in excess of half a percent v6 penetration levels. One is Sudan, and one > in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe currently runs at 4.76% penetration and climbing – > beyond that the rest of Africa has effectively no real penetration. Now, > compare that to the rest of the world where v4 is depleted, and you see a > vastly different picture. The global average deployment rate is sitting at > 12% and climbing, whereas all it took to **double** the aggregate > penetration rate in Africa was the v6 enabling of 10 or 15 thousand FTTH > users in Zimbabwe. This speaks volumes, we have v4, and its slowing us > down in getting v6 deployed. > > > Given that consumers don't generally get a say in when IPv6 can be > enabled, that helps a lot. Much of Europe, North America and Asia-Pac have > sufficient broadband into people's homes that makes all the difference. > > A number of major mobile operators in that part of the world have also > turned on IPv6. > > The majority of Internet access in Africa happens in the mobile space > today. If we want to see the needle shift even a hair's width, mobile > operators in Africa need to enable IPv6. As of today, I have neither seen > nor heard of any plans from any major or small mobile network operator in > Africa re: turning on IPv6, never mind have a strategy or plan. > > If wire-line and non-GSM wireless service providers in Africa were to > enable IPv6 for their broadband customers, there would be an improvement in > the outlook (by your own experience in Zimbabwe), but not as much as if the > mobile operators came to the party. It is absurd that there is no interest > from this group, considering that the thinking is that it is cheaper to > spend millions of $$ to sustain NAT444444444 than it is to roll out IPv6. > > Mark. > > >

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Three problems choking Africa’s technology entrepreneurs
by Mbugua Njihia 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

The proper way to build a business is to figure out how to sustainably scratch a perpetual itch and in Africa we have no shortage of opportunities or brains that apply themselves toward that pursuit. As technology fashioned by Africa’s techpreneurs continues to be produced and taken to market, there are three issues that that I have identified as stifling their ability to take root and grow, outside of capital and talent - http://www.mbuguanjihia.com/business/three-problems-choking-africas-technol… *Regards,* Mbugua Njihia | +254721668709 Entrepreneur in pursuit of opportunities without regard to resources currently controlled #WhatIsNext #AfricaRising ᐧ

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Re: [kictanet] [Community-Discuss] IPv6 Chapter 254
by Kevin Kamonye 12 Oct '16

12 Oct '16

Hi Andrew, Solid points all round. I had really not grasped it properly before, but I can now see how the concept of actually encouraging the rapid exhaustion of v4 would certainly be a game changer. To take it further, would you say that STOPPING the allocation of v4 starting NOW would have more impact? Of course this would have several downsides that would need to be mitigated. For instance, I can see that this would translate into financial challenges for Afrinic as they do rely (not sure about this) on the revenue from the sale of IPs to fund their operations. No one likes to lose money, not even a non-profit :) I would really like to hear your thoughts on this. Hi Mark, very true. v6 on mobile should be pretty much done by now. Also, I can already hear that the other big service providers are starting to stir due to this challenge from Liquid. Perhaps it will even turn into a race that makes us all winners. @ Barrack - cheers mate. Regards, *Kevin K.* *+254720789158* On 12 October 2016 at 16:22, Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > > > In the mobile space (LTE), and in the wireless space – while I can’t > comment on specifics, watch this space. > > > > In particular in KE and ZM dependent on which technology you’re referring > to. > > > > Thanks > > > > Andrew > > > > > > *From:* Mark Tinka [mailto:mark.tinka@seacom.mu] > *Sent:* 12 October 2016 15:55 > *To:* Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com>; Kevin Kamonye < > kevin.kamonye(a)gmail.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions < > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > *Cc:* General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net>; > Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > *Subject:* Re: [Community-Discuss] IPv6 Chapter 254 > > > > > > On 12/Oct/16 13:31, Andrew Alston wrote: > > > > On this map, you will see there are only two countries in Africa that have > in excess of half a percent v6 penetration levels. One is Sudan, and one > in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe currently runs at 4.76% penetration and climbing – > beyond that the rest of Africa has effectively no real penetration. Now, > compare that to the rest of the world where v4 is depleted, and you see a > vastly different picture. The global average deployment rate is sitting at > 12% and climbing, whereas all it took to **double** the aggregate > penetration rate in Africa was the v6 enabling of 10 or 15 thousand FTTH > users in Zimbabwe. This speaks volumes, we have v4, and its slowing us > down in getting v6 deployed. > > > Given that consumers don't generally get a say in when IPv6 can be > enabled, that helps a lot. Much of Europe, North America and Asia-Pac have > sufficient broadband into people's homes that makes all the difference. > > A number of major mobile operators in that part of the world have also > turned on IPv6. > > The majority of Internet access in Africa happens in the mobile space > today. If we want to see the needle shift even a hair's width, mobile > operators in Africa need to enable IPv6. As of today, I have neither seen > nor heard of any plans from any major or small mobile network operator in > Africa re: turning on IPv6, never mind have a strategy or plan. > > If wire-line and non-GSM wireless service providers in Africa were to > enable IPv6 for their broadband customers, there would be an improvement in > the outlook (by your own experience in Zimbabwe), but not as much as if the > mobile operators came to the party. It is absurd that there is no interest > from this group, considering that the thinking is that it is cheaper to > spend millions of $$ to sustain NAT444444444 than it is to roll out IPv6. > > Mark. >

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Re: [kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 113, Issue 21
by June Tessy 11 Oct '16

11 Oct '16

Listers, As at 1300 hours Dr. Ezekiel Mutua (albeit under coercive pressure from the stakeholders), unequivocally stated that the draft proposed bill was done away with during today's stakeholder meeting. The way forward as resolved at the meeting is to develop a new policy framework on which industry legislation can be founded on, to review the Proposed 2012 Films Bill as well as review and possible amendment of the current statute Cap 222. On 11 Oct 2016 12:01 p.m., <kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Mutua is at it again: KFCB Draft. (Collins Areba) > 2. Re: Mutua is at it again: KFCB Draft. (Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu) > 3. Jadili the Proposed Kenya's Film, Stage Plays and > Publications Law (Mose Karanja) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:39:52 +0300 > From: Collins Areba <arebacollins(a)gmail.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] Mutua is at it again: KFCB Draft. > Message-ID: > <CAFb6RxDbywLydTmLVjO0D4U91tE3qL2hDWnqoevTZRwoRw7Msw@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear Listers, > > Apologies if this has been shared before. I would like to bring your > attention to this bill... > http://kfcb.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DRAFT-BILL- > KFCB-21-7-Draft-10.pdf > In particular to chapter 39 which specifically refers to Internet Service > Providers. I think in their zeal to create a solution where no problem > exists they are forcibly trying to provide service providers into being > enforcers of said bill. This would at worst mean Forced DPI on the service > providers end, which I might argue is an infringement on privacy: a > fundamental right, yes? > > > > -- > Regards, > > Collins Areba, > Kilifi, Kenya. > Tel: +*254 707 750 788 */ *0731534124* > Twitter: @arebacollins. > Skype: arebacollins >

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Jadili the Proposed Kenya's Film, Stage Plays and Publications Law
by Mose Karanja 11 Oct '16

11 Oct '16

Greetings from Strathmore. The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has published the Films, Stage Plays and Publications Bill (2016) as part of reviewing the existing the Film and Stage Plays Act Cap222 with the aim of aligning it with the Constitution of Kenya (2010). As an effort to use technology to supplement existing public participation avenues in Kenyan law making, we have developed Jadili <http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/kfcb2016>, an open source project running on Madison <https://github.com/opengovfoundation/madison> as a transparent tool for aggregating pubic sentiments, comments and annotations to specific parts of proposed laws. We hope you can use Jadili to read the Bill, support or oppose it, single out specific clauses and provide alternative wording. This, we think, is a progressive path to constructive public participation as it avoids the general good/bad dichotomy while giving the drafters much more insight into which parts of the Bill need revision. After the public participation window closes, we send ALL input as received to the drafters for their consideration. I hope you will use Jadili and if you have any suggestions to improve on it, that will be greatly appreciated. Find the Bill here: http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/kfcb2016 <http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/kfcb2016> ~~~ www.moseskaranja.com/blog

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IPv6 Chapter 254
by Kevin Kamonye 11 Oct '16

11 Oct '16

As always, thanks Ali and team for breathing some life into this one. My story with IPv6 started much longer than I can remember. The key moment, however, came in 2010/2011 when the hype hit its peak due to the then projected exhaustion of IANA's central pool (officially announced in 3/02/2011). I was working at KDN at the time and being the largest IP transit provider in the region, a decision was agreed by all that we had to move quick - I think mostly to avoid potential embarrassment :) Our then HOD David W. K., and I sincerely applaud him for the work he has put into building the Telecom Industry in the region, got wind of an Afrinic IPv6 Workshop in Ghana and 13 days later another very commendable colleague and myself were in that class and it all went superbly well. The problem for me started a few weeks after I got back because I realised that there really wasn't a particular motivation for us to get the other providers to respond (though the hard-core techies like us did some 'test' peering here and there). We even conducted a major upgrade on KDN's infrastructure at KIXP to ensure that all ISPs could get at least 1Gbps capacity ( though this was mostly driven by the Google Youtube Cache that we deployed to handle the post-Seacom Internet traffic explosion in 254 and region). We also pursued ISPs in the region through forums such as AfPIF, ISOC etc. but the matter collapsed mostly due to natural causes. In short, I would say that there will never be a major crisis as regards to IPv4 exhaustion. Techies will do their thing of patching networks until they can't do it anymore and then they will switch the rest of the population to IPv6. What we can do for now is to follow in the example of formulating the policies, which I can volunteer some of my time as would be needed. Lastly, I will quote from this <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ipv4-exhaustion-5-implications-africa-runnin…> article by one of the guys that led us through the training at NIITA back in 2011 (and I advise going it through in full if you want to learn more of IPv6 in Africa) *Implication #3: Driving Complacency in Africa Towards IPv6 Adoption* *[image: Inline images 1]* *So long as it is still possible and easy to get IPv4 addresses, 95% of network operators will do so; humans (and the organisations that they make up) don't change easily. Particularly, organisations fixated on short term results will fail to realise that using every every single IPv4 address available to AFRINIC is not enough for us to catch up with the rest of the world. Not being able to look beyond a the proverbial tree to the forest, it is easy to totally be blind to drastic change in resource availability that will result if one of Africa's large mobile telecommunications companies (say MTN) decides to remove NAT on their mobile networks and give each mobile user a true Internet access experience using public IP addresses (I didn't think it was possible until experienced it for myself in Dar es Salaam last year with Airtel).* *Networks will move to deploy IPv6 under the following influences:* *a) The cost of getting IPv4 addresses becomes un-bearable (as would be if they have to be acquired from the Transfer market) * *b) There are no IPv4 addresses to be gotten, anywhere (even if you have money to buy them)* *c) The network's owners have this blinding insight of the obvious that the IPv4 game is an un-winable one and IPv6 is the only sustainable way* *d) Some powerful entity forces them (by mandates or by incentives) to deploy IPv6 (like gov't IT regulators)* *For most African companies, scenarios (a & b) are unlikely to happen in next 2 – 3 years (unless the shell companies increase and succeed in getting addresses which depletes AFRINIC's current space). Only a few network operators to my knowledge pay anything other that lip service to scenario (c) and the only party that can make scenario (d) happen (gov't regulators) still largely don't know how to go about it (if you are an African gov't IT leader and need help with this, I might be able to help). Therefore, we have ourselves an IPv4 address resource curse!* Good afternoon, *Kevin K. K.* *+254720789158* On 10 October 2016 at 14:42, Barrack Otieno via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Dear Andrew, > > Many thanks for the feedback and for sharing the policy which i > believe is a good starting point. Maybe we need a couple of town hall > meetings with the business/corporate communicate and policy makers to > break the resistance. > > Best Regards > > On 10/10/16, Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com> wrote: > > Hi Barrack, > > > > We are also running native v6 on our FTTH network and continuing to > deploy. > > We plan to also shortly enable our public wifi networks in Kenya and are > > working towards this (couple of vendor related issues that are being > worked > > on in this regard) > > > > We are in a position to roll out IPv6 to any corporate customer and IP > > transit customer who wishes it as well, and have some IPT customers > actively > > using IPv6 - Basically the entire Liquid network, irrespective of which > > country we operate in, is fully V6 ready. > > > > The reason the percentage point indicators in the stats I've given > haven't > > moved that much though is because convincing corporate customers to take > > IPv6 is slightly more challenging, and our consumer rollouts in Kenya are > > still relatively new (and as a result not yet large enough to seriously > move > > the penetration figures for the entire country). We are however working > > with our customers to continue to increase the penetration percentages > and > > get the v6 adopted by the customers. > > > > Thanks > > > > Andrew > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Barrack Otieno [mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com] > > Sent: 10 October 2016 14:29 > > To: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > > <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > > Cc: General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net> > > Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] [kictanet] Liquid Telecom warns of > looming > > address shortage - Daily Nation > > > > Dear Walu et al? > > > > Liquid has been on Zimbabwean Media over successfull V6 deployment. > > Andrew , what is impeding deployment of the same in Kenya? > > > > Regards > > > > On 10/10/16, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > > wrote: > >> @Mwendwa,>>> > >> What can you do? > >> - Government Organizations: Coordinate with industry to support and > >> promote awareness and educational activities. Adopt regulatory and > >> economic incentives to encourage IPv6 adoption. Require IPv6 > >> compatibility in procurement procedures. Officially adopt IPv6 within > >> your government agencies. > >>>>>The above text is what we were looking for to include in our revised > >>>>>.KE ICT Policy. How I wish you had shared this earlier :-) > >> walu. > >> > >> From: Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet > >> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > >> To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com > >> Cc: Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com>; General Discussions > >> of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net> > >> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 11:55 AM > >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] [Community-Discuss] Liquid Telecom warns of > >> looming address shortage - Daily Nation > >> > >> This is an extremely important debate for the continent. Thank you Ali > >> for that. > >> Some of these issues have been debated thoroughly in several forums. > >> It's very important we continue debating them until we see an > >> exponential growth of IPv6 in the continent.To answer a few questions, > >> there is a clear justification on why it is necessary to migrate to > IPv6. > >> Among them: > >> - There are no enough IPv4 remaining for everyone. There are more > >> devices, and people on earth than IPv4. Maximum IPv4 addresses are > >> 4billion. > >> Population of Earth is 7.3Billion. Maximum IPv6 address 3.4×10 38 > >> - Migration will not happen overnight since the recommended > >> implementation is dual-stacking; that is, running IPv4 and IPv6 in > >> parallel. > >> We are not telling people to do away with IPv4, but to run the two > >> protocols in parallel. > >> - To be a producer of information, you cannot use a shared IP, you > >> need a dedicated IP. This has been a big challenge in the continent. > >> We have stifled innovation by using shared IPs. > >> - There are many services now around the world which are IPv6 only > >> website and services. If you are not on IPv6, you cannot get to these > >> networks. Africa may get into what I can call "Information dark age" > >> if we cannot acess some parts of the Internet. > >> - IPv6 is necessary for business growth. How? How will your > >> business scale when IPv4 has run out? > >> What has AFRINIC done to bridge the gap?1. Trainings. This year alone, > >> AFRINIC is conducting free IPv6 trainings to over 23 countries across > >> the continent. Kenya was among the beneficiaries. Check this link > >> http://www.afrinic.net/services/training > >> AFRINIC has an extensive training program provides free training to > >> over 600 network engineers per year on Internet Number Resources > >> Management (INRM) and IPv6 Planning and Deployment. Our training > >> courses are always growing to support the technologies related to > >> Internet resources, including DNSSEC & RPKI. AFRINIC's IPv6 course are > >> IPv6 Forum (Gold) Certified and are fully hands-on, making use of > >> extensive IPv6 testbed access which gives participants hands-on > >> experience on real equipment to configure, test and troubleshoot IPv6. > >> > >> 2. AFRINIC has a Government Working Group (AfGWG). Here government > >> players are brought together to be sensitized on the need to push for > >> IPv6 adoption, and rollout of IXPs, among other. Here is the link > >> https://meeting.afrinic.net/afgwg/ > >> 3. Issuance of v6 blocks to ISPs. All ISPs have been issued V6 blocks > >> by AFRINIC. What we should be seeing now is clients insisting they > >> want the ISPs to pass the benefits to the end users. > >> What can you do? > >> - Government Organizations: Coordinate with industry to support and > >> promote awareness and educational activities. Adopt regulatory and > >> economic incentives to encourage IPv6 adoption. Require IPv6 > >> compatibility in procurement procedures. Officially adopt IPv6 within > >> your government agencies. > >> - Broadband Access Providers: Your customers want access to the > >> entire Internet, and this means IPv4 and IPv6 websites. Offering full > >> access requires running IPv4/IPv6 transition services and is a > >> significant engineering project. Multiple transition technologies are > >> available, and each provider needs to make their own architectural > >> decisions. > >> - Internet Service Providers: Implement a plan that will allow your > >> customers to connect to the Internet via IPv6 and IPv6/IPv4, not just > >> IPv4. > >> Businesses are beginning to ask for IPv6 over their existing Internet > >> connections and for their co-located servers. Communicate with your > >> peers and vendors about IPv6, and confirm their timelines for > >> production IPv6 services. > >> - Internet Content Providers: Content must be reachable to future > >> Internet customers. Plan on serving content via IPv6 in addition to > >> IPv4 as soon as possible. > >> - Enterprise Customers: Email, web, and application servers must be > >> reachable via IPv6 in addition to IPv4. Open a dialogue with your ISP > >> about providing IPv6 services. Each organization must decide on > >> timelines, and investment level will vary. > >> > >> What is the role of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in deploying > >> IPv6?This link > >> https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/afripv6-discuss/attachments/201607 > >> 10/f7e693ac/attachment-0001.pdf contains some very interesting > >> statistics and findings on V6 deployments around the world, shared at > >> the OECD Ministerial Meeting in June2016. One lesson we can learn from > >> this is work very closely with ISPs. That seems to be the solution in > >> the success stories. > >> > >> *Some statistics on deployments*Belgium 55.11%,Germany 34.50%,United > >> States 32.83%Greece 28.53%Portugal 25.80%Ecuador 20.8%,Peru > >> 19.35%,Estonia 17,32%Japan 16.61%,Canada 9.83%Norway 6.65%Bolivia > >> 3.8%Italy 0.73%Spain 0.7%Denmark 0.61% Some interesting findings is > >> that deployment depends on the large ISPs uptake of v6 regardless of > >> economic circumstances. e.g Peru has a lower per capita but has more > >> deployment than Norway. Portugal with $22,000/capita and Greece > >> $21,000/capita are outperforming Denmark with $60,000/capita. Canada > >> $45,000/capita is trailing Estonia with $19,000/capita. > >> In the success stories, the majority of the commercial access market > >> products have IPv6 enabled by default, and competing products have > >> matching features. > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> ______________________ > >> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya > >> twitter.com/lordmwesh > >> > >> > >> > >> On 10 October 2016 at 11:44, Joseph Mucheru via kictanet > >> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > >> > >> That said, do we have any experts on DOA? I personally believe this is > >> the way forward... > >> https://www.google.co.kr/url? sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url= > >> https://www.itu.int/ITU-D/arb/ ARO/2011/CyberSecurityForum- > >> Eg/Docs/Doc11-Sorene_18-12- 2011.pptx&ved=0ahUKEwjsv8jc3c_ > >> PAhUU82MKHeXuALIQFggZMAA&usg= AFQjCNGzWEx4VBdgLQYrceW- > >> eme4GvjaWwThanks On 10 Oct 2016 4:37 PM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" > >> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: > >> > >> Andrew > >> Thank you so much for that informative response. > >> So let's paint a scenario. > >> Say, v4 exhausts in say 3 years. What are the implications for the > >> continent esp those who will not have migrated? > >> Ali HusseinPrincipalHussein & Associates+254 0713 601113 > >> Twitter: @AliHKassimSkype: abu-jomoLinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.c > >> om/in/alihkassim > >> > >> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking > >> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my > >> iPad On 10 Oct 2016, at 9:25 AM, Andrew Alston > >> <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.c om> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Hi Ali, If I may respond here. Firstly – I think we need to be > >> careful about referring to blanket transition – what Liquid has said > >> is, we have to be ready with dual-stack networks. As v4 runs out – > >> that dual-stack becomes more and more critical because it will enable > >> the full transition when the time comes for it. How soon that will > >> come is hard to say – but it is coming. What are the major > >> impediments? There are 2 or 3 major points > >> here: a.) Lack of will to actually do it – it takes work, it takes > >> time, it takes effort – and the will power to actually move beyond > >> talking the talk into walking the walk doesn’t seem to be thereb.) > >> Lack of understanding/skill – The fact is that implementing v6 vs > >> implementing v4 – it’s just another protocol, same routing, same > >> everything. But there is a fear factor walking into something that is > >> misunderstood. That lack of understanding that you can build this > >> simultaneously in the same way you build v4, creates the fear factor. > >> The fear of handling addressing plans in hexadecimal is also > >> prohibiting growth. I run into that one a lot – people having issues > >> with the address planning.c.) The last question is the million > >> dollar one – because the reality is – all it takes is will power and a > >> willingness to actually take some action. The simple fact is – we had > >> a relatively small team on this – we committed a bunch of hours – we > >> stuck our heads down and did it. We did not spend money – other than > >> the cost of the time (which is an OPEX cost admittedly). We said > >> ourselves deadlines and we DID it. There are those who propose that > >> setting policies to try and force > >> v6 is workable – it’s not – unless the will is there it will achieve > >> nothing. People have to WANT this. It is a matter of desire and a > >> matter of seeing the benefits – the benefits are future proofing – > >> they are not based on revenue generation, but more revenue retention. > >> And if anyone wants to see just how much impact you can have with a > >> small team that actually has the desire, please see the following > >> stats out of Zimbabwe (our largest consumer market) > >> http://stats.labs.apnic.net/ip > >> v6/ZW?b=20161001&d=10http://stats.labs.apnic.net/ip > >> v6/AS30969?b=20161001&d=10http://stats.labs.apnic.net/ip > >> v6/XB?b=20161001&d=10 (I see things have slightly dropped off today, > >> these stats tend to fluctuate, but fact is – it’s out there and it > >> work’s. Andrew From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > >> Date: Monday, 10 October 2016 at 09:01 > >> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >, > >> General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net > > >> Subject: [Community-Discuss] Liquid Telecom warns of looming address > >> shortage - Daily Nation Dear listersGreetings and apologies for > >> cross-posting.Internet service provider Liquid Telecom Kenya has > >> warned that Africa is set to run out of Internet Protocol (IP) > >> addresses as early as next year, potentially slowing down digital > >> growth in the continent.Read on:-http://www.nation.co.ke/busine > >> ss/Liquid-Telecom-warns-of- > >> looming-address-shortage/996- 3410850-format-xhtml-aub5sm/ > >> index.htmlCouple of questions:-1. How involved are we as a community > >> in ensuring the smooth transition from IPV4 to IPV6?2. What have been > >> the major impediments to the successful migration?3. How can we move > >> the needle faster?Ali Hussein > >> Tel: +254 713 601113 > >> > >> ______________________________ _________________ kictanet mailing list > >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m > >> ailman/listinfo/kictanet > >> > >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m > >> ailman/options/kictanet/joe%40 mucheru.com > >> > >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder > >> platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT > >> policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for > >> reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled > >> growth and development. > >> > >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and > >> bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, > >> respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or > qualifications. > >> > >> > >> ______________________________ _________________ kictanet mailing list > >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ > >> mailman/listinfo/kictanet > >> > >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ > >> mailman/options/kictanet/ kivuva%40transworldafrica.com > >> > >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder > >> platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT > >> policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for > >> reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled > >> growth and development. > >> > >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and > >> bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, > >> respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or > qualifications. > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> kictanet mailing list > >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > >> > >> Unsubscribe or change your options at > >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.co > >> m > >> > >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder > >> platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT > >> policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for > >> reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled > >> growth and development. > >> > >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and > >> bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, > >> respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or > qualifications. > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Barrack O. Otieno > > +254721325277 > > +254733206359 > > Skype: barrack.otieno > > PGP ID: 0x2611D86A > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Community-Discuss mailing list > > Community-Discuss(a)afrinic.net > > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > > > > > -- > Barrack O. Otieno > +254721325277 > +254733206359 > Skype: barrack.otieno > PGP ID: 0x2611D86A > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ > mailman/options/kictanet/kevin.kamonye%40gmail.com > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >

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Mutua is at it again: KFCB Draft.
by Collins Areba 10 Oct '16

10 Oct '16

Dear Listers, Apologies if this has been shared before. I would like to bring your attention to this bill... http://kfcb.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DRAFT-BILL-KFCB-21-7-Draft-10.… In particular to chapter 39 which specifically refers to Internet Service Providers. I think in their zeal to create a solution where no problem exists they are forcibly trying to provide service providers into being enforcers of said bill. This would at worst mean Forced DPI on the service providers end, which I might argue is an infringement on privacy: a fundamental right, yes? -- Regards, Collins Areba, Kilifi, Kenya. Tel: +*254 707 750 788 */ *0731534124* Twitter: @arebacollins. Skype: arebacollins

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IP v6 Strategy - was Liquid Telecom warns of looming address shortage - Daily Nation
by Walubengo J 10 Oct '16

10 Oct '16

NB: Zims IPv6 Strategy @ https://www.potraz.gov.zw/images/documents/Zimbabwe-Draft-IPv6-Implementati… I recall Prof. Ndemo tried to get one for Kenya but looks like the idea died when he left office :-) walu. ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com> To: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Cc: General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 1:46 PM Subject: RE: [Community-Discuss] [kictanet] Liquid Telecom warns of looming address shortage - Daily Nation As another note – I would STRONGLY encourage every government on this continent to take a very close look at the draft Zimbabwean IPv6 strategy plan as published by POTRAZ (the Zimbabwean regulator), which was open for public comment. It is a detailed, in depth, carefully worded document – not perfect – but far and away one of the better v6 documents I have seen coming out of any regulator. There is plenty to learn from in there. If anyone is looking for this document – it can be found at:https://www.potraz.gov.zw/images/documents/Zimbabwe-Draft-IPv6-Implementation-Strategy.pdf Thanks Andrew From: Walubengo J [mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com] Sent: 10 October 2016 12:39 To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Cc: General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net> Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] [kictanet] Liquid Telecom warns of looming address shortage - Daily Nation @Mwendwa, >>> What can you do? - Government Organizations: Coordinate with industry to support and promote awareness and educational activities. Adopt regulatory and economic incentives to encourage IPv6 adoption. Require IPv6 compatibility in procurement procedures. Officially adopt IPv6 within your government agencies. >>> The above text is what we were looking for to include in our revised .KE ICT Policy. How I wish you had shared this earlier :-) walu. From: Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com Cc: Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com>; General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [kictanet] [Community-Discuss] Liquid Telecom warns of looming address shortage - Daily Nation This is an extremely important debate for the continent. Thank you Ali for that. Some of these issues have been debated thoroughly in several forums. It's very important we continue debating them until we see an exponential growth of IPv6 in the continent. To answer a few questions, there is a clear justification on why it is necessary to migrate to IPv6. Among them: - There are no enough IPv4 remaining for everyone. There are more devices, and people on earth than IPv4. Maximum IPv4 addresses are 4billion. Population of Earth is 7.3Billion. Maximum IPv6 address 3.4×10 38 - Migration will not happen overnight since the recommended implementation is dual-stacking; that is, running IPv4 and IPv6 in parallel. We are not telling people to do away with IPv4, but to run the two protocols in parallel. - To be a producer of information, you cannot use a shared IP, you need a dedicated IP. This has been a big challenge in the continent. We have stifled innovation by using shared IPs. - There are many services now around the world which are IPv6 only website and services. If you are not on IPv6, you cannot get to these networks. Africa may get into what I can call "Information dark age" if we cannot acess some parts of the Internet. - IPv6 is necessary for business growth. How? How will your business scale when IPv4 has run out? What has AFRINIC done to bridge the gap? 1. Trainings. This year alone, AFRINIC is conducting free IPv6 trainings to over 23 countries across the continent. Kenya was among the beneficiaries. Check this link http://www.afrinic.net/services/training AFRINIC has an extensive training program provides free training to over 600 network engineers per year on Internet Number Resources Management (INRM) and IPv6 Planning and Deployment. Our training courses are always growing to support the technologies related to Internet resources, including DNSSEC & RPKI. AFRINIC's IPv6 course are IPv6 Forum (Gold) Certified and are fully hands-on, making use of extensive IPv6 testbed access which gives participants hands-on experience on real equipment to configure, test and troubleshoot IPv6. 2. AFRINIC has a Government Working Group (AfGWG). Here government players are brought together to be sensitized on the need to push for IPv6 adoption, and rollout of IXPs, among other. Here is the link https://meeting.afrinic.net/afgwg/ 3. Issuance of v6 blocks to ISPs. All ISPs have been issued V6 blocks by AFRINIC. What we should be seeing now is clients insisting they want the ISPs to pass the benefits to the end users. What can you do? - Government Organizations: Coordinate with industry to support and promote awareness and educational activities. Adopt regulatory and economic incentives to encourage IPv6 adoption. Require IPv6 compatibility in procurement procedures. Officially adopt IPv6 within your government agencies. - Broadband Access Providers: Your customers want access to the entire Internet, and this means IPv4 and IPv6 websites. Offering full access requires running IPv4/IPv6 transition services and is a significant engineering project. Multiple transition technologies are available, and each provider needs to make their own architectural decisions. - Internet Service Providers: Implement a plan that will allow your customers to connect to the Internet via IPv6 and IPv6/IPv4, not just IPv4. Businesses are beginning to ask for IPv6 over their existing Internet connections and for their co-located servers. Communicate with your peers and vendors about IPv6, and confirm their timelines for production IPv6 services. - Internet Content Providers: Content must be reachable to future Internet customers. Plan on serving content via IPv6 in addition to IPv4 as soon as possible. - Enterprise Customers: Email, web, and application servers must be reachable via IPv6 in addition to IPv4. Open a dialogue with your ISP about providing IPv6 services. Each organization must decide on timelines, and investment level will vary. What is the role of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in deploying IPv6? This linkhttps://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/afripv6-discuss/attachments/2016071… contains some very interesting statistics and findings on V6 deployments around the world, shared at the OECD Ministerial Meeting in June2016. One lesson we can learn from this is work very closely with ISPs. That seems to be the solution in the success stories. *Some statistics on deployments* Belgium 55.11%, Germany 34.50%, United States 32.83% Greece 28.53% Portugal 25.80% Ecuador 20.8%, Peru 19.35%, Estonia 17,32% Japan 16.61%, Canada 9.83% Norway 6.65% Bolivia 3.8% Italy 0.73% Spain 0.7% Denmark 0.61% Some interesting findings is that deployment depends on the large ISPs uptake of v6 regardless of economic circumstances. e.g Peru has a lower per capita but has more deployment than Norway. Portugal with $22,000/capita and Greece $21,000/capita are outperforming Denmark with $60,000/capita. Canada $45,000/capita is trailing Estonia with $19,000/capita. In the success stories, the majority of the commercial access market products have IPv6 enabled by default, and competing products have matching features. Regards ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh On 10 October 2016 at 11:44, Joseph Mucheru via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: That said, do we have any experts on DOA? I personally believe this is the way forward... https://www.google.co.kr/url? sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url= https://www.itu.int/ITU-D/arb/ ARO/2011/CyberSecurityForum- Eg/Docs/Doc11-Sorene_18-12- 2011.pptx&ved=0ahUKEwjsv8jc3c_ PAhUU82MKHeXuALIQFggZMAA&usg= AFQjCNGzWEx4VBdgLQYrceW- eme4GvjaWw Thanks On 10 Oct 2016 4:37 PM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: Andrew Thank you so much for that informative response. So let's paint a scenario. Say, v4 exhausts in say 3 years. What are the implications for the continent esp those who will not have migrated? Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.c om/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad On 10 Oct 2016, at 9:25 AM, Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.c om> wrote: Hi Ali, If I may respond here. Firstly – I think we need to be careful about referring to blanket transition – what Liquid has said is, we have to be ready with dual-stack networks. As v4 runs out – that dual-stack becomes more and more critical because it will enable the full transition when the time comes for it. How soon that will come is hard to say – but it is coming. What are the major impediments? There are 2 or 3 major points here: a.) Lack of will to actually do it – it takes work, it takes time, it takes effort – and the will power to actually move beyond talking the talk into walking the walk doesn’t seem to be there b.) Lack of understanding/skill – The fact is that implementing v6 vs implementing v4 – it’s just another protocol, same routing, same everything. But there is a fear factor walking into something that is misunderstood. That lack of understanding that you can build this simultaneously in the same way you build v4, creates the fear factor. The fear of handling addressing plans in hexadecimal is also prohibiting growth. I run into that one a lot – people having issues with the address planning. c.) The last question is the million dollar one – because the reality is – all it takes is will power and a willingness to actually take some action. The simple fact is – we had a relatively small team on this – we committed a bunch of hours – we stuck our heads down and did it. We did not spend money – other than the cost of the time (which is an OPEX cost admittedly). We said ourselves deadlines and we DID it. There are those who propose that setting policies to try and force v6 is workable – it’s not – unless the will is there it will achieve nothing. People have to WANT this. It is a matter of desire and a matter of seeing the benefits – the benefits are future proofing – they are not based on revenue generation, but more revenue retention. And if anyone wants to see just how much impact you can have with a small team that actually has the desire, please see the following stats out of Zimbabwe (our largest consumer market) http://stats.labs.apnic.net/ip v6/ZW?b=20161001&d=10 http://stats.labs.apnic.net/ip v6/AS30969?b=20161001&d=10 http://stats.labs.apnic.net/ip v6/XB?b=20161001&d=10 (I see things have slightly dropped off today, these stats tend to fluctuate, but fact is – it’s out there and it work’s. Andrew From:Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> Date: Monday, 10 October 2016 at 09:01 To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >, General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net > Subject: [Community-Discuss] Liquid Telecom warns of looming address shortage - Daily Nation Dear listers Greetings and apologies for cross-posting. Internet service provider Liquid Telecom Kenya has warned that Africa is set to run out of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses as early as next year, potentially slowing down digital growth in the continent. Read on:- http://www.nation.co.ke/busine ss/Liquid-Telecom-warns-of- looming-address-shortage/996- 3410850-format-xhtml-aub5sm/ index.html Couple of questions:- 1. How involved are we as a community in ensuring the smooth transition from IPV4 to IPV6? 2. What have been the major impediments to the successful migration? 3. How can we move the needle faster? Ali Hussein Tel: +254 713 601113 ______________________________ _________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m ailman/options/kictanet/joe%40 mucheru.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. ______________________________ _________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/options/kictanet/ kivuva%40transworldafrica.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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Re: [kictanet] [Community-Discuss] Liquid Telecom warns of looming address shortage - Daily Nation
by Barrack Otieno 10 Oct '16

10 Oct '16

Dear Andrew, Many thanks for the feedback and for sharing the policy which i believe is a good starting point. Maybe we need a couple of town hall meetings with the business/corporate communicate and policy makers to break the resistance. Best Regards On 10/10/16, Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com> wrote: > Hi Barrack, > > We are also running native v6 on our FTTH network and continuing to deploy. > We plan to also shortly enable our public wifi networks in Kenya and are > working towards this (couple of vendor related issues that are being worked > on in this regard) > > We are in a position to roll out IPv6 to any corporate customer and IP > transit customer who wishes it as well, and have some IPT customers actively > using IPv6 - Basically the entire Liquid network, irrespective of which > country we operate in, is fully V6 ready. > > The reason the percentage point indicators in the stats I've given haven't > moved that much though is because convincing corporate customers to take > IPv6 is slightly more challenging, and our consumer rollouts in Kenya are > still relatively new (and as a result not yet large enough to seriously move > the penetration figures for the entire country). We are however working > with our customers to continue to increase the penetration percentages and > get the v6 adopted by the customers. > > Thanks > > Andrew > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barrack Otieno [mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com] > Sent: 10 October 2016 14:29 > To: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions > <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Cc: General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net> > Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] [kictanet] Liquid Telecom warns of looming > address shortage - Daily Nation > > Dear Walu et al? > > Liquid has been on Zimbabwean Media over successfull V6 deployment. > Andrew , what is impeding deployment of the same in Kenya? > > Regards > > On 10/10/16, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote: >> @Mwendwa,>>> >> What can you do? >> - Government Organizations: Coordinate with industry to support and >> promote awareness and educational activities. Adopt regulatory and >> economic incentives to encourage IPv6 adoption. Require IPv6 >> compatibility in procurement procedures. Officially adopt IPv6 within >> your government agencies. >>>>>The above text is what we were looking for to include in our revised >>>>>.KE ICT Policy. How I wish you had shared this earlier :-) >> walu. >> >> From: Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet >> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> >> To: jwalu(a)yahoo.com >> Cc: Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva(a)transworldafrica.com>; General Discussions >> of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net> >> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 11:55 AM >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] [Community-Discuss] Liquid Telecom warns of >> looming address shortage - Daily Nation >> >> This is an extremely important debate for the continent. Thank you Ali >> for that. >> Some of these issues have been debated thoroughly in several forums. >> It's very important we continue debating them until we see an >> exponential growth of IPv6 in the continent.To answer a few questions, >> there is a clear justification on why it is necessary to migrate to IPv6. >> Among them: >> - There are no enough IPv4 remaining for everyone. There are more >> devices, and people on earth than IPv4. Maximum IPv4 addresses are >> 4billion. >> Population of Earth is 7.3Billion. Maximum IPv6 address 3.4×10 38 >> - Migration will not happen overnight since the recommended >> implementation is dual-stacking; that is, running IPv4 and IPv6 in >> parallel. >> We are not telling people to do away with IPv4, but to run the two >> protocols in parallel. >> - To be a producer of information, you cannot use a shared IP, you >> need a dedicated IP. This has been a big challenge in the continent. >> We have stifled innovation by using shared IPs. >> - There are many services now around the world which are IPv6 only >> website and services. If you are not on IPv6, you cannot get to these >> networks. Africa may get into what I can call "Information dark age" >> if we cannot acess some parts of the Internet. >> - IPv6 is necessary for business growth. How? How will your >> business scale when IPv4 has run out? >> What has AFRINIC done to bridge the gap?1. Trainings. This year alone, >> AFRINIC is conducting free IPv6 trainings to over 23 countries across >> the continent. Kenya was among the beneficiaries. Check this link >> http://www.afrinic.net/services/training >> AFRINIC has an extensive training program provides free training to >> over 600 network engineers per year on Internet Number Resources >> Management (INRM) and IPv6 Planning and Deployment. Our training >> courses are always growing to support the technologies related to >> Internet resources, including DNSSEC & RPKI. AFRINIC's IPv6 course are >> IPv6 Forum (Gold) Certified and are fully hands-on, making use of >> extensive IPv6 testbed access which gives participants hands-on >> experience on real equipment to configure, test and troubleshoot IPv6. >> >> 2. AFRINIC has a Government Working Group (AfGWG). Here government >> players are brought together to be sensitized on the need to push for >> IPv6 adoption, and rollout of IXPs, among other. Here is the link >> https://meeting.afrinic.net/afgwg/ >> 3. Issuance of v6 blocks to ISPs. All ISPs have been issued V6 blocks >> by AFRINIC. What we should be seeing now is clients insisting they >> want the ISPs to pass the benefits to the end users. >> What can you do? >> - Government Organizations: Coordinate with industry to support and >> promote awareness and educational activities. Adopt regulatory and >> economic incentives to encourage IPv6 adoption. Require IPv6 >> compatibility in procurement procedures. Officially adopt IPv6 within >> your government agencies. >> - Broadband Access Providers: Your customers want access to the >> entire Internet, and this means IPv4 and IPv6 websites. Offering full >> access requires running IPv4/IPv6 transition services and is a >> significant engineering project. Multiple transition technologies are >> available, and each provider needs to make their own architectural >> decisions. >> - Internet Service Providers: Implement a plan that will allow your >> customers to connect to the Internet via IPv6 and IPv6/IPv4, not just >> IPv4. >> Businesses are beginning to ask for IPv6 over their existing Internet >> connections and for their co-located servers. Communicate with your >> peers and vendors about IPv6, and confirm their timelines for >> production IPv6 services. >> - Internet Content Providers: Content must be reachable to future >> Internet customers. Plan on serving content via IPv6 in addition to >> IPv4 as soon as possible. >> - Enterprise Customers: Email, web, and application servers must be >> reachable via IPv6 in addition to IPv4. Open a dialogue with your ISP >> about providing IPv6 services. Each organization must decide on >> timelines, and investment level will vary. >> >> What is the role of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in deploying >> IPv6?This link >> https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/afripv6-discuss/attachments/201607 >> 10/f7e693ac/attachment-0001.pdf contains some very interesting >> statistics and findings on V6 deployments around the world, shared at >> the OECD Ministerial Meeting in June2016. One lesson we can learn from >> this is work very closely with ISPs. That seems to be the solution in >> the success stories. >> >> *Some statistics on deployments*Belgium 55.11%,Germany 34.50%,United >> States 32.83%Greece 28.53%Portugal 25.80%Ecuador 20.8%,Peru >> 19.35%,Estonia 17,32%Japan 16.61%,Canada 9.83%Norway 6.65%Bolivia >> 3.8%Italy 0.73%Spain 0.7%Denmark 0.61% Some interesting findings is >> that deployment depends on the large ISPs uptake of v6 regardless of >> economic circumstances. e.g Peru has a lower per capita but has more >> deployment than Norway. Portugal with $22,000/capita and Greece >> $21,000/capita are outperforming Denmark with $60,000/capita. Canada >> $45,000/capita is trailing Estonia with $19,000/capita. >> In the success stories, the majority of the commercial access market >> products have IPv6 enabled by default, and competing products have >> matching features. >> >> Regards >> >> ______________________ >> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya >> twitter.com/lordmwesh >> >> >> >> On 10 October 2016 at 11:44, Joseph Mucheru via kictanet >> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: >> >> That said, do we have any experts on DOA? I personally believe this is >> the way forward... >> https://www.google.co.kr/url? sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url= >> https://www.itu.int/ITU-D/arb/ ARO/2011/CyberSecurityForum- >> Eg/Docs/Doc11-Sorene_18-12- 2011.pptx&ved=0ahUKEwjsv8jc3c_ >> PAhUU82MKHeXuALIQFggZMAA&usg= AFQjCNGzWEx4VBdgLQYrceW- >> eme4GvjaWwThanks On 10 Oct 2016 4:37 PM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" >> <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote: >> >> Andrew >> Thank you so much for that informative response. >> So let's paint a scenario. >> Say, v4 exhausts in say 3 years. What are the implications for the >> continent esp those who will not have migrated? >> Ali HusseinPrincipalHussein & Associates+254 0713 601113 >> Twitter: @AliHKassimSkype: abu-jomoLinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.c >> om/in/alihkassim >> >> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking >> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my >> iPad On 10 Oct 2016, at 9:25 AM, Andrew Alston >> <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.c om> >> wrote: >> >> >> Hi Ali, If I may respond here. Firstly – I think we need to be >> careful about referring to blanket transition – what Liquid has said >> is, we have to be ready with dual-stack networks. As v4 runs out – >> that dual-stack becomes more and more critical because it will enable >> the full transition when the time comes for it. How soon that will >> come is hard to say – but it is coming. What are the major >> impediments? There are 2 or 3 major points >> here: a.) Lack of will to actually do it – it takes work, it takes >> time, it takes effort – and the will power to actually move beyond >> talking the talk into walking the walk doesn’t seem to be thereb.) >> Lack of understanding/skill – The fact is that implementing v6 vs >> implementing v4 – it’s just another protocol, same routing, same >> everything. But there is a fear factor walking into something that is >> misunderstood. That lack of understanding that you can build this >> simultaneously in the same way you build v4, creates the fear factor. >> The fear of handling addressing plans in hexadecimal is also >> prohibiting growth. I run into that one a lot – people having issues >> with the address planning.c.) The last question is the million >> dollar one – because the reality is – all it takes is will power and a >> willingness to actually take some action. The simple fact is – we had >> a relatively small team on this – we committed a bunch of hours – we >> stuck our heads down and did it. We did not spend money – other than >> the cost of the time (which is an OPEX cost admittedly). We said >> ourselves deadlines and we DID it. There are those who propose that >> setting policies to try and force >> v6 is workable – it’s not – unless the will is there it will achieve >> nothing. People have to WANT this. It is a matter of desire and a >> matter of seeing the benefits – the benefits are future proofing – >> they are not based on revenue generation, but more revenue retention. >> And if anyone wants to see just how much impact you can have with a >> small team that actually has the desire, please see the following >> stats out of Zimbabwe (our largest consumer market) >> http://stats.labs.apnic.net/ip >> v6/ZW?b=20161001&d=10http://stats.labs.apnic.net/ip >> v6/AS30969?b=20161001&d=10http://stats.labs.apnic.net/ip >> v6/XB?b=20161001&d=10 (I see things have slightly dropped off today, >> these stats tend to fluctuate, but fact is – it’s out there and it >> work’s. Andrew From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> >> Date: Monday, 10 October 2016 at 09:01 >> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >, >> General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net > >> Subject: [Community-Discuss] Liquid Telecom warns of looming address >> shortage - Daily Nation Dear listersGreetings and apologies for >> cross-posting.Internet service provider Liquid Telecom Kenya has >> warned that Africa is set to run out of Internet Protocol (IP) >> addresses as early as next year, potentially slowing down digital >> growth in the continent.Read on:-http://www.nation.co.ke/busine >> ss/Liquid-Telecom-warns-of- >> looming-address-shortage/996- 3410850-format-xhtml-aub5sm/ >> index.htmlCouple of questions:-1. How involved are we as a community >> in ensuring the smooth transition from IPV4 to IPV6?2. What have been >> the major impediments to the successful migration?3. How can we move >> the needle faster?Ali Hussein >> Tel: +254 713 601113 >> >> ______________________________ _________________ kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/m >> ailman/options/kictanet/joe%40 mucheru.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder >> platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT >> policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for >> reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled >> growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and >> bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, >> respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> >> >> ______________________________ _________________ kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ >> mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ >> mailman/options/kictanet/ kivuva%40transworldafrica.com >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder >> platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT >> policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for >> reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled >> growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and >> bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, >> respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> kictanet mailing list >> kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet >> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at >> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.co >> m >> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder >> platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT >> policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for >> reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled >> growth and development. >> >> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors >> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and >> bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, >> respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >> >> > > > -- > Barrack O. Otieno > +254721325277 > +254733206359 > Skype: barrack.otieno > PGP ID: 0x2611D86A > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > Community-Discuss(a)afrinic.net > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Re: [kictanet] [Community-Discuss] Liquid Telecom warns of looming address shortage - Daily Nation
by Ali Hussein 10 Oct '16

10 Oct '16

Andrew Thank you so much for that informative response. So let's paint a scenario. Say, v4 exhausts in say 3 years. What are the implications for the continent esp those who will not have migrated? Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad > On 10 Oct 2016, at 9:25 AM, Andrew Alston <Andrew.Alston(a)liquidtelecom.com> wrote: > > Hi Ali, > > If I may respond here. > > Firstly – I think we need to be careful about referring to blanket transition – what Liquid has said is, we have to be ready with dual-stack networks. As v4 runs out – that dual-stack becomes more and more critical because it will enable the full transition when the time comes for it. How soon that will come is hard to say – but it is coming. > > What are the major impediments? There are 2 or 3 major points here: > > a.) Lack of will to actually do it – it takes work, it takes time, it takes effort – and the will power to actually move beyond talking the talk into walking the walk doesn’t seem to be there > b.) Lack of understanding/skill – The fact is that implementing v6 vs implementing v4 – it’s just another protocol, same routing, same everything. But there is a fear factor walking into something that is misunderstood. That lack of understanding that you can build this simultaneously in the same way you build v4, creates the fear factor. The fear of handling addressing plans in hexadecimal is also prohibiting growth. I run into that one a lot – people having issues with the address planning. > c.) The last question is the million dollar one – because the reality is – all it takes is will power and a willingness to actually take some action. > > The simple fact is – we had a relatively small team on this – we committed a bunch of hours – we stuck our heads down and did it. We did not spend money – other than the cost of the time (which is an OPEX cost admittedly). We said ourselves deadlines and we DID it. > > There are those who propose that setting policies to try and force v6 is workable – it’s not – unless the will is there it will achieve nothing. People have to WANT this. It is a matter of desire and a matter of seeing the benefits – the benefits are future proofing – they are not based on revenue generation, but more revenue retention. > > And if anyone wants to see just how much impact you can have with a small team that actually has the desire, please see the following stats out of Zimbabwe (our largest consumer market) > > http://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6/ZW?b=20161001&d=10 > http://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6/AS30969?b=20161001&d=10 > http://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6/XB?b=20161001&d=10 > > (I see things have slightly dropped off today, these stats tend to fluctuate, but fact is – it’s out there and it work’s. > > Andrew > > > > > From: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > Date: Monday, 10 October 2016 at 09:01 > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke>, General Discussions of AFRINIC <community-discuss(a)afrinic.net> > Subject: [Community-Discuss] Liquid Telecom warns of looming address shortage - Daily Nation > > Dear listers > > Greetings and apologies for cross-posting. > > Internet service provider Liquid Telecom Kenya has warned that Africa is set to run out of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses as early as next year, potentially slowing down digital growth in the continent. > > Read on:- > > http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Liquid-Telecom-warns-of-looming-address-sh… > > Couple of questions:- > > 1. How involved are we as a community in ensuring the smooth transition from IPV4 to IPV6? > > 2. What have been the major impediments to the successful migration? > > 3. How can we move the needle faster? > > Ali Hussein > Tel: +254 713 601113

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Re: [kictanet] Proposed Film Bill
by Paul Korir 10 Oct '16

10 Oct '16

This has become the norm in Kenya now. The trend has become to licence activities which never used to be licensed. I remember the Science, Technology and Innovation Act of 2015 (I think) which became law and requires licences for any kind of research. In other words, you cannot do research as part of your business without getting a licence. There was an attempt to form the Kenya Accreditation Agency (another privately sponsored bill by Hon. Duale) which failed. We recently had ICT Practitioners Bill which flopped. (I’m sure there are many others which do not directly impact me.) Now this… it’s copy cat scheme to privatise rights. Dr. Paul Korir, PhD Ordnung muß sein > On 9 Oct 2016, at 19:46, kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote: > > Send kictanet mailing list submissions to > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > kictanet-request(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > kictanet-owner(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Proposed Film Bill (Mildred Achoch) > 2. Re: Proposed Film Bill (Tony White) > 3. Re: Proposed Film Bill (Mildred Achoch) > 4. Re: Proposed Film Bill (waudo siganga) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2016 18:36:41 +0300 > From: Mildred Achoch <mildandred(a)gmail.com> > To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> > Subject: [kictanet] Proposed Film Bill > Message-ID: > <CADHwjVQbgt8ZcJ0zxEt3soPsTmx2E_eC2qABvU6UfecLwUhkEA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear Listers, > > There will be a stakeholders meeting on the *11th of October 2016* at the > Louis Leakey Auditorium, National Museum, to discuss the proposed film bill > from 8.30am. > > Each guild or association is supposed to forward the names and contacts of > at least 7 members so that they can attend the forum. I was wondering > whether Kictanet is aware of this? > > The proposed film bill will definitely have an impact on the ICT community, > including ISP providers. > > As a filmmaker, I am very concerned with a lot of the details in the > proposed bill. Here is just one example: > > > > Regards, > Mildred Achoch. > > Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! > http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com >

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Liquid Telecom warns of looming address shortage - Daily Nation
by Ali Hussein 10 Oct '16

10 Oct '16

Dear listers Greetings and apologies for cross-posting. Internet service provider Liquid Telecom Kenya has warned that Africa is set to run out of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses as early as next year, potentially slowing down digital growth in the continent. Read on:- http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Liquid-Telecom-warns-of-looming-address-sh… Couple of questions:- 1. How involved are we as a community in ensuring the smooth transition from IPV4 to IPV6? 2. What have been the major impediments to the successful migration? 3. How can we move the needle faster? Ali Hussein Tel: +254 713 601113

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Proposed Film Bill
by Mildred Achoch 10 Oct '16

10 Oct '16

Dear Listers, There will be a stakeholders meeting on the *11th of October 2016* at the Louis Leakey Auditorium, National Museum, to discuss the proposed film bill from 8.30am. Each guild or association is supposed to forward the names and contacts of at least 7 members so that they can attend the forum. I was wondering whether Kictanet is aware of this? The proposed film bill will definitely have an impact on the ICT community, including ISP providers. As a filmmaker, I am very concerned with a lot of the details in the proposed bill. Here is just one example: Regards, Mildred Achoch. Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com

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Telkom Kenya cries foul over social media’s free ride on its - Corporate News
by Ali Hussein 07 Oct '16

07 Oct '16

Listers This is getting abit tiring..Telcos complaining social media platforms are getting a free ride on their infrastructure. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Telkom-Kenya-cries-foul-o… What are your thoughts? Should Telcos charge companies like Google and Facebook for access to their networks? What would be next? A small fee for every website? #NetNeutrality Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad

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FW: [Skunkworks] ICT for development convening
by Alex Watila 06 Oct '16

06 Oct '16

Dear Listers, May be relevant to some of you. Regards, Alex From: Lavenda Watila via skunkworks [mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke] Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2016 10:14 AM To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: [Skunkworks] ICT for development convening Target Audience ICT professionals from NON PROFIT organisations 6th October 2016 Dear Participant, RE:INVITATION TO THE INAUGURAL ICT-FOR-DEVELOPMENTCONVENING ON OCTOBER, 13TH 2016 AT PRIDE INN HOTEL –WESTLANDS ROAD. Microsoft Kenya, TechSoup Kenya and Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF) cordially invite you to an ICT-4-Development convening on Thursday 13th October 2016 at the Pride Inn Hotel along, Westlands Road starting from 8.30AM – 4.00PM. Technology has a huge impact on how organisations achieve their goals across all sectors. The transformative potential of technology has become a key cornerstone in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of non-profits in their quest to address sustainable development programmes. The reality of embracing the true potential of technology is however made more challenging by the ever-changing environment that Non-profits operate in. This forces the Non-Profit sector to innovate and create progressive partnerships with private sector organisations as well as amongst themeselves to enhance their adoption and utilisation of ICT to increase the impact of their development programmes hence the objective of this convening. This convening aims to bring together over 200 IT professionals and Monitoring & Impact Assessment practitioners from the non-profit sector to come together and explore as well as share their experience in using ICT in improving their efficiency and effectiveness in their core mandates. The convening will also bring together critical ICT service providers to showcase some of the products that the Non Profit Sector can utilise in their operations while offering them at highly discounted prices. The convening will take the form of participatory plenary sessions as well as breakout sessions with a focus on experiential and practical applications and trends of ICT solutions as highlighted in the programme annexed with this invitation. Kindly confirm your attendance by 8th October 2016 through Lavenda Watila at <mailto:Lavenda.Watila@kcdf.or.ke> Lavenda.Watila(a)kcdf.or.ke or through Tel 0722 927559. We look forward to having you participate in the convening. On behalf of the partner organisations Janet Mawiyoo Executive Director Kenya Community Development Foundation regards Lavenda Watila

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Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa/ The Future of Tv
by Mildred Achoch 05 Oct '16

05 Oct '16

Hi all, Many of the sentiments expressed in the articles below were discussed at the recently concluded Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa organized by CIPESA "Why the Future of TV isn't TV" https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-future-tv-isnt-tom-goodwin?trk=eml-b2_co… "Content Marketing the Future of Journalism?" https://mediavidi.com/content_marketing_future_journalism/?utm_content=buff… And here's a link about how increasingly, consumers (like me) are getting their news from social media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/09/30/more-and-more… Regards, Mildred Achoch. Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com

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Fwd: [i-network] Japanese Higher Education
by Barrack Otieno 05 Oct '16

05 Oct '16

Dear Listers, This is for your information and attention. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fred Bbaale <bbaale(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 05:48:07 GMT Subject: [i-network] Japanese Higher Education To: I-Network Uganda <i-network(a)dgroups.org> Hi List, I just though some members on this list would benefit from this. http://education-japan.org/africa/index.html <http://education-japan.org/africa/index.html> Our brothers in Rwanda are fully utilizing this. I would also recommend https://www.kic.ac.jp/en/ <https://www.kic.ac.jp/en/> . Regards Fred Bbaale __________ MAILING LIST RULES - http://www.i-network.or.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=189… WEEKLY DISCUSSION ROUNDUPS - http://www.i-network.or.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=19… QUARTERLY eNEWSLETTERS - http://www.i-network.or.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=34&… WEBSITE - www.i-network.or.ug TWITTER - http://twitter.com/inetwork FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/inetwork.ug The I-Network Dgroup is a platform for ICT Knowledge Sharing --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit [web site]( http://dgroups.org/iicd/i-network/ ) Click [here]( mailto:leave.i-network@dgroups.org ) to unsubscribe The email is intended only for the recipients. The owners of the Dgroups cannot be held responsible for the contents of the email message. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Free AgriGIS Workshop
by Muchiri Nyaggah 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Colleagues I trust the month of October is off to a great start for you. The following may be of interest to some of you. The University of Nottingham, the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) and Crops for the Future (CFF) are pleased to announce an AgriGIS Workshop and Think Tank meetings to be held at RCMRD, Nairobi, October 27-28, 2016. The objectives of the workshop are to: Promote the use of Open software, open data and Open science in the agriculture sector in Africa using AgriGIS as an example Share ideas from GRASP research <https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ngi/research/geospatial-science/projects/grasp…> and build more collaborations Act as a springboard for GODAN capacity development activities The workshop is free to attend. Participants have to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements if coming from outside Nairobi. More details about the workshop and how to RSVP for it can be found here -> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/grace/events/eventsarticles/agrigis-workshop-an… <http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/grace/events/eventsarticles/agrigis-workshop-an…> Click here to register -> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/grace/events/agrigis-kenya-registration.aspx <http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/grace/events/agrigis-kenya-registration.aspx> More information on the GODAN Capacity Development Working Group can be found here -> http://www.godan.info/working-groups/capacity-development <http://www.godan.info/working-groups/capacity-development> Kind regards Muchiri @muchiri

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Deep Fried Data [A talk by Pinboard's founder on Internet Archiving and Big Data]
by Brian Muhia 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

Are there any projects to enable free, high-speed internet access in our public libraries? What about perpetual internet archival? http://idlewords.com/talks/deep_fried_data.htm -- Software Engineer - Savannah Informatics Ltd.

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Africa ICT Summit to Discuss How IoT will advance Afrca's Develop0ment
by waudo siganga 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

http://smartworldngr.com/2016/10/03/aficta-2016-summit-to-discuss-how-iot-w…

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Fwd: Visa TravailsTraveling While African
by waudo siganga 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

http://qz.com/790671/african-visa-problems-while-traveling-around-europe-so…

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Stewardship of IANA Functions Transitions to Global Internet Community as Contract with U.S. Government Ends
by Barrack Otieno 01 Oct '16

01 Oct '16

Dear Listers, This is for your information and attention. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Yaovi Atohoun <yaovi.atohoun(a)icann.org> Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 08:13:44 +0000 Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Stewardship of IANA Functions Transitions to Global Internet Community as Contract with U.S. Government Ends To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> Dear all. Please read more on the subject at https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-10-01-en Thanks - Yaovi Atohoun Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager Africa ICANN www.icann.org Mobile : +229 66015649 / 97891228 -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Fwd: [NRO-IANAXFER] Application for injunction by US States against NTIA
by M Vernon 01 Oct '16

01 Oct '16

Listers, FYI. Thanks. Marilyn Vernon Projects Officer US Mobile: +1 424 345 4944 |Office: +256 (0) 414 289 502 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) Plot 156-158 Mutesa II Road, Ntinda | Kampala, Uganda www.cipesa.org | @cipesaug | www.facebook.com/cipesaug -mv Begin forwarded message: > From: John Curran <jcurran(a)arin.net> > Date: September 30, 2016 at 15:48:18 PDT > To: "ianaxfer(a)nro.net" <ianaxfer(a)nro.net> > Subject: Re: [NRO-IANAXFER] Application for injunction by US States against NTIA > >> On 29 Sep 2016, at 9:29 PM, Craig Ng <craig(a)apnic.net> wrote: >> >> https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/Net_Complaint_-_FILED.pdf > > The AG motion for declaratory and injunctive relief was denied, and thus the IANA > Stewardship transition may continue on schedule. The entire Internet community > worked very hard on this effort and deserves praise, but we also should recognize > the amazing efforts of the folks NTIA/Department of Commerce (in defending the > plan developed by this community, even when things become rather challenging.) > > Onward! > /John > > John Curran > President and CEO > ARIN > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ianaxfer mailing list > ianaxfer(a)nro.net > https://www.nro.net/mailman/listinfo/ianaxfer

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Four US states demand restraining order to stop the ICANN/IANA transition
by Ali Hussein 30 Sep '16

30 Sep '16

Listers Email below refers. This is the sort of thing that doesn't endear the world to America and will jeopardize Internet Governance going forward. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Hountomey Jean Robert <jrhountomey(a)gmail.com> > Date: 30 September 2016 at 5:42:14 AM EAT > To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> > Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Four US states demand restraining order to stop the ICANN/IANA transition > Reply-To: AfrICANN Community List <africann(a)afrinic.net> > > The attorneys general of ARIZONA, TEXAS, OKLAHOMA and NEVADA demand restraining order with five main claims: > > The contract is US government property and requires explicit Congressional approval before it can be handed over. > The transition would violate the First Amendment. > The NTIA did not follow the correct public comment procedures. > The NTIA does not have the authority to hand over the contract. > The transition does not properly protect the .gov and .mil top-level domains. > More at > > https://www.lawfareblog.com/icann-and-iana-transition-end-game-ii > https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/Net_Complaint_-_FILED.pdf > _______________________________________________ > AfrICANN mailing list > AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann

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Here is Sheikh Mohammed's vision for the future of Dubai - What's On Dubai
by Timothy- Coach- Oriedo 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

http://whatson.ae/dubai/2016/09/sheikh-mohammeds-vision-future-dubai – The strategy also looks out to the world – it has outlines in it about *making the UAE a global destination for sustainability and the future.* How? Through knowledge-exchange platforms to bring great minds to the UAE, and through strategic partnerships with future-focused people and organisations, including universities.

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State of Internet Freedom in Kenya - Presentation by KICTANET at the Forum for Internet Freedom in Africa 2016 27 - 29 September , 2016 Kampala , Uganda
by Barrack Otieno 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

Listers, We would like to share the following presentation/report for your comments and feedback. Thank you Best Regards

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Where Innovation and Regulation Meet!
by Erick Mwangi 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

Thanks Ali once again for the minutes. Government will always seem to have a heavy hand when it comes to new innovation due to a number of factors ie: 1) Uncertainty 2) Contention over resources 3) Disruption and unforeseen eventualities 4) The public good However i would imagine as a way forward we can suggest various lenses in which the government can approach Blockchain when it comes to regulation. There are two options as to which we can embark on: 1*) Principle based* The regulatory body provides the market participants with principles that should serve to guide their activity while allowing them discretion to decide how they will meet their regulatory obligations. *2) Performance based* The regulatory body puts forward certain metrics that market participants are required or encouraged to meet. I posit the second option is what would be ideal for such a nascent technology but willing to hear views from others. Regards, *Eric Mwangi* *Founder - Vault Global* *www.vaultglobal.co.uk <http://www.vaultglobal.co.uk>* On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: > Listers, > > This is for your information and attention. > > Best Regards > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl(a)gih.com> > Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 08:44:19 +0200 > Subject: [IANA-issues] House OKs legislation to avert federal shutdown > To: "iana-issues(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <iana-issues@atlarge-lists. > icann.org> > > http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/Deal-averts- > federal-shutdown-ignores-Cruz-9381984.php > > The House passed the bill funding the government through Dec. 9 late > Wednesday in a 342-85 vote after the Senate easily approved it earlier > that afternoon. The bill contained no references to the IANA oversight > transition. > > It increasingly looks like the NTIA contract will end in 48H and the > IANA Stewardship Transition will be complete. > > Kindest regards, > > Olivier > > > _______________________________________________ > Iana-issues mailing list > Iana-issues(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/iana-issues > > > > -- > Barrack O. Otieno > +254721325277 > +254733206359 > Skype: barrack.otieno > PGP ID: 0x2611D86A > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke > https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ > mailman/options/kictanet/erick.mwangi%40gmail.com > > The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform > for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and > regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. > > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. >

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Re: [kictanet] Minutes of the KICTANet BlockChain Working Group
by hmlilech 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

Thanks Ali... Regards Humphrey Sent from my Samsung device -------- Original message -------- From: Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: 29/09/2016 07:32 (GMT+03:00) To: hmlilech(a)gmail.com Cc: Ali Hussein <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Minutes of the KICTANet BlockChain Working Group Dear all Please find attached. We will be communicating further on the next steps in the next few days. Regards Ali HusseinPrincipalHussein & Associates Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomoLinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.

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Re: [kictanet] Minutes of the KICTANet BlockChain Working Group
by landi＠sisibroadband.com 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

Thank you Ali. Recieved. Landi, Ahmed. Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> To: "Landi Ahmed" <landi(a)sisibroadband.com> Cc: "Ali Hussein" <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Minutes of the KICTANet BlockChain Working Group Date: Thu, Sep 29, 2016 07:32 Dear all Please find attached. We will be communicating further on the next steps in the next few days. Regards Ali HusseinPrincipalHussein & Associates Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomoLinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.

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Minutes of the KICTANet BlockChain Working Group
by Ali Hussein 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

Dear all Please find attached. We will be communicating further on the next steps in the next few days. Regards *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *Hussein & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.

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Fwd: [IANA-issues] House OKs legislation to avert federal shutdown
by Barrack Otieno 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

Listers, This is for your information and attention. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl(a)gih.com> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 08:44:19 +0200 Subject: [IANA-issues] House OKs legislation to avert federal shutdown To: "iana-issues(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <iana-issues(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/Deal-averts-federal-shutdown-ign… The House passed the bill funding the government through Dec. 9 late Wednesday in a 342-85 vote after the Senate easily approved it earlier that afternoon. The bill contained no references to the IANA oversight transition. It increasingly looks like the NTIA contract will end in 48H and the IANA Stewardship Transition will be complete. Kindest regards, Olivier _______________________________________________ Iana-issues mailing list Iana-issues(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/iana-issues -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Swiss referendum on new surveillance law
by Barrack Otieno 28 Sep '16

28 Sep '16

Listers, Interesting developments in Switzerland. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Hill <rhill(a)hill-a.ch> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:13:33 +0200 Subject: [Internet Policy] Swiss referendum on new surveillance law To: internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org The referendum on the new Swiss surveillance law resulted in a vote of 65% in favor of the law. That is, only 35 of the people voted against the law. In my opinion, that is a low score. The low score against the law is probably due largely to the fact that the government, and the political parties supporting the law, assured voters that the law will not be used to institute mass surveillance, and that at most 10-20 individuals per year will be targeted for surveillance. So the referendum and the resulting public debate was useful in that it resulted in a clear statement regarding the intended scale of the permitted surveillance. Opponents of the law must now carefully observe its implementation to ensure that the assurances given during the referendum campaign are kept. Best, Richard _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Fwd: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- ICANN58 NextGen@ICANN Application Round Now Open
by Barrack Otieno 28 Sep '16

28 Sep '16

Listers, FYI Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ICANN At-Large Staff <staff(a)atlarge.icann.org> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 07:20:28 +0000 Subject: [ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- ICANN58 NextGen@ICANN Application Round Now Open To: ALAC Announce <alac-announce(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> [ICANN][icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.icann.org_&d=DQMFaQ…> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-09-26-en[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_ann…> ________________________________ ICANN58 NextGen@ICANN Application Round Now Open 26 September 2016 ICANN is looking for the next generation of individuals interested in becoming engaged in their regional communities and shaping the future of global Internet policy. Important work is happening every day at ICANN. If you're ready to start your ICANN journey, ICANN58 Copenhagen could be the place to begin! This application round will stay open until 4 November 2016. Successful candidates will be announced on the ICANN website, ICANN.org[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_&d=DQMFa…>, on 2 December 2016. Learn more about NextGen(a)ICANN![icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_developm…> -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Online resource for various legal provisions on digital issues
by Barrack Otieno 28 Sep '16

28 Sep '16

Listers, This might be usefull to some of us. Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nick Ashton-Hart <nashton(a)consensus.pro> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:29:14 +0200 Subject: [Internet Policy] Online resource for various legal provisions on digital issues To: internetpolicy <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> Dear all, For those of you not aware, UNCTAD has a database of national laws in various areas Internet-related, which can be found here: http://unctad.org/en/Pages/DTL/STI_and_ICTs/ICT4D-Legislation/eCom-Global-L… <http://unctad.org/en/Pages/DTL/STI_and_ICTs/ICT4D-Legislation/eCom-Global-L…> Regards, Nick -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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