[kictanet] 2nd Internet Governance Online Discussion Report

Thu Aug 13 17:13:18 EAT 2009

Mwende, thank you for the synthesis too.

For the "silent" participants, let us wait and see, on 19th?

2009/8/13 Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>

> Thanx Mburu
>
> But dont forget - this was a Collabo - infact my co-moderator, Mwende did
> quite a big chunk of the Synthesis...
>
> walu.
> nb: Those who were "silent" participants during the eDiscussions will have
> a chance to "shout" during the face-2-face discussion next week Wed 19th at
> Jacaranda hotel.
>
>
> --- On Thu, 8/13/09, Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [kictanet] 2nd Internet Governance Online Discussion Report
> > To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> > Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> > Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 4:14 PM
> > Dear Walu,
> >
> > I should commend your effort in consolidating our comments
> > during the Online Discussion Forum.
> >
> > My comments, as I had addressed, were well captured.
> >
> > Keep it up!
> >
> >
> > 2009/8/11 Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
> >
> > Apologies, had send this earlier with the "wrong
> > title" -guess I am not good at night-running on the web
> > like Nyaki...
> >
> >
> >
> > Nway, Attached is the online discussion report on Internet
> > Governance issues. Listers should confirm that their views
> > were correctly captured before we meet in the upcoming .KE
> > Internet Governance meeting.
> >
> >
> >
> > walu
> >
> >
> >
> > ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬Executive Summary Starts¬¬¬¬¬¬¬
> >
> >
> >
> > KICTANet commissioned the 2nd online discussion on Internet
> > Governance, aiming to continue raising awareness of the
> > global Internet Governance issues while reviewing
> > corresponding country positions based on new developments.
> > Specifically, discussions were centered around
> > Infrastructure & Content Issues (Undersea Cable, ccTLDs,
> > IXPs, IPv6), Cyber-Security (Consumer and Data Privacy,
> > National Security Strategies) and
> >
> >
> > Socio-economic issues (ePayment Platforms).
> >
> >
> >
> > The anticipated landing of several undersea cables on the
> > East African Coast raised discussions on the impact (or lack
> > of) these would have on Access, Affordability, Content and
> > Quality of the Internet Service. It was felt that reliable
> > and affordable last-mile (Local-Loop) solutions would need
> > to be provisioned in order to realise affordable Internet
> > Services. The current mobile (3G) service was welcome but
> > not sufficient to
> >
> >
> > drive down the costs as much as Fiber-To-The Homes (FTTH)
> > and Fixed Wireless technologies would. In other words,
> > International Bandwidth prices may drop but expensive last
> > mile solutions would continue to justify high costs of
> > Internet services – even with competition at both the
> > local and international market layers.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > With regard to the Quality (Broadband) Issues, participants
> > felt that Quality of the Services was subjective and an
> > aspect of User expectations and Usage patterns. However,
> > members agreed that Broadband Service was a factor of BOTH
> > Reliability and Affordability. Providing reliable but
> > expensive (exclusive) services would therefore fail the test
> > of Broadband services. Furthermore, it was noted that most
> > Service Providers
> >
> >
> > gave poor contention-ratios on their uplinks to the
> > Internet leading to highly degraded Internet services.
> >
> >
> >
> > The discussion on the management of the Country Code
> > Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) was one-sided with most
> > participants registering their reservation about the new law
> > that required all second-level domain registrars to be
> > licensed. This issue continues to remain cloudy particularly
> > because the Regulator is yet to publish the regulatory
> > details of how a split dot.KE registry would be managed as
> > well as the criterion for applying, approving
> >
> >
> > and revoking licenses.
> >
> >
> >
> > With respect to IPv6 some participants felt that it was not
> > important while others warned that it was a threat in terms
> > of missing opportunities that the next generation internet
> > presents. The role of the Internet eXchange Point (IXP) was
> > widely acknowledged and the Government departments
> > challenged to move content online in order to enhance and
> > optimise the use of the Kenyan IXP.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > With regard to Security, it was noted that the provisions
> > of KCA (amendment) Act, 2009 represented the primary
> > threats, an indication that the government recognized cyber
> > security related issues. However, a culture of cybersecurity
> > could be established through management tools such as data
> > classification, security awareness training, risk assessment
> > and risk analysis. These tools would facilitate the
> > identification of threats, classification of assets and
> > rating of assets vulnerabilities in order to implement
> > effective security controls. In addition Users should be
> > encouraged to develop a culture of reading terms and
> > conditions websites – particularly eCommerce based sites.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Participants indicated that privacy and security on the
> > internet was usually not a concern until a user encountered
> > an infringement. Resolution to violation to right of privacy
> > and security was limited by the fact that most citizens do
> > not have the time or money to start legal proceedings.
> > ‘Social re-engineering’ was proposed as the best method
> > to overcome
> >
> >
> > these challenges.
> >
> >
> >
> > The determination of the level of cybersecurity
> > preparedness was emphasized given that the availability of
> > high capacity and quality international bandwidth delivered
> > by submarine cable would increase the vulnerability of
> > services and networks in the country. It was proposed that
> > the level of cybersecurity preparedness could be determined
> > with use of the ITU National Cybersecurity/critical
> > information infrastructure protection (CIIP)
> >
> >
> > Self-Assessment Tool. Additionally, participants supported
> > the establishment of the national CERT using the public
> > private partnership (PPP) model.
> >
> >
> >
> > Participants noted that the national and regional Internet
> > Governance Forums were an indication of the success of the
> > IGF in providing an inclusive governance process.
> > Participants supported the continuation of the IGF as it was
> > based on a multi-stakeholder processes and provided a
> > globally unique environment for a constructive and open
> > exchange of ideas.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > --
> > Solomon Mburu
> > P.O. Box 19343 - 00202 Nairobi
> > Cell: (+254-0) 735 431041
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> > Man is a gregarious animal and enjoys agreement as cows
> > will graze all the same way to the side of a hill!
> >
> >
> > AND
> >
> > It is better to die in dignity than in the ignomity of
> > ambiguous generosity!
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Solomon Mburu
P.O. Box 19343 - 00202 Nairobi
Cell: (+254-0) 735 431041

Man is a gregarious animal and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all the
same way to the side of a hill!

AND

It is better to die in dignity than in the ignomity of ambiguous generosity!

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