[kictanet] NSA Tapping into Google & Yahoo Networks? How is Kenya protected?

Thu Oct 31 19:35:53 EAT 2013

Walu,

See the link http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/business/30pipes.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all& Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the U.S.

“Since passage of the Patriot Act, many companies based outside of the United States have been reluctant to store client information in the U.S.,” said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington. “There is an ongoing concern that U.S. intelligence agencies will gather this information without legal process. There is particular sensitivity about access to financial information as well as communications and Internet traffic that goes through U.S. switches.”

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Watila,

Even though you dont quote your sources, I suspect it is true that Internet traffic routed through the USA is reducing.  But I doubt that it has anything to do with security issues because technically, as you know internet routing is based on "best-effort" principles.  Packets look for the most efficient routes which happen to be around the biggest Internet eXchange Points (IXPs).

It so happens that rapid internet uptake in Asia Pacific (China, Korea, India, Indonesia etc), is presenting newer and bigger IXPs as those in the US reach maturity levels. And so the internet geography is indeed changing and more internet routing is going to be happening in Asia Pacific (think China).

That's why for me, the emphasis on the geography (where packets are routed) at the expense of the principles and practices of cyber-security is quite worrying.

walu.

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 Date: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 4:10 PM

 in the last few years the
 amount of traffic routed through the usa by other countries  has dropped because of the same concerns  Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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                                         I’ll very selfishly  advocate for an increased uptake of local cloud services,  away from the NSA’s prying eyes, with locally established  standards of encryption etc…  We’ve got capable  universities that can assist in coming up with new  encryption etc standards for the military &  government.  Interesting article by  Charles
  Obbo…. http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Spy-more-on-your-friends-than-foes/-/440808/2053660/-/j8oy4g/-/index.html

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