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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=786222217-11082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks Brian and Many contributors on Internet Governance
Subject and Discussions thereafter.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=786222217-11082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>More challenging is the development of policies and
guidelines which could be adopted in the various sectors / sub-sectors in
order for us as a country to have sound IG.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=786222217-11082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>More recently, in Education Sector for example, Technology
(Particularly Internet - Social Networks) blame was featured in some media, to
be possible cause for the youth stir-up in Secondary Schools. I think as Walu
and most of us contribute in this worthy discussion at Macro level, lets also
think of Micro-level as well. Before a National Policy is in place, proposals
need to be put forth for specific sectors to move on develop into guidelines and
standards.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=786222217-11082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Recently, UNESCO's ICT Division organized a conference to
discuss ICT ethics and morals and indeed Internet Governance (Globe perspective)
became one of the critical aspects to be focused by a group of experts as a
matter of priority, since more schools and education institutions are really
connecting to Internet or pushing for having the faclity.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Kind regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>BKS</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
kictanet-bounces+bksang=education.go.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+bksang=education.go.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>mwende njiraini<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 11, 2008 5:02
PM<BR><B>To:</B> bksang@education.go.ke<BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] Day 1 0f 10:-Internet Governance
Discussions,Introductory Theme<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-add-space: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>Brian, you have
pointed out issues that we need to consider at a national level with the
increased use of the internet;</FONT></SPAN></P>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>What are the
stakeholders initiatives are there in the area of promoting cyber-security and
trust? <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For example is the
Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT-KENYA: <A
href="http://www.csirt.or.ke/">http://www.csirt.or.ke/</A>) active? <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Do the provisions of the Draft ICT
bill 2008 (Part IV – Electronic Transactions and Cybercrime) adequately address
your concerns?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>Regards
</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>Mwende
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT face=Calibri>Disclaimer: These
comments are the author's own.</FONT></SPAN></P><BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 8/11/08, <B class=gmail_sendername>Brian Munyao
Longwe</B> <<A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:brian@caret.net" target=_blank>brian@caret.net</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Good
intro Walu. I will add a few points:<BR><BR>Besides the concern that other
governments had/have over USA's<BR>control over the numbering and naming
mechanisms of the Internet,<BR>there are also a number of themes that have
arisen within the<BR>Internet Governance debate that have prompted many
countries to start<BR>seriously considering measures that relate to governance
of the<BR>Internet within as well as without their borders. Some of these
follow:<BR>1) Cyber-Crime: Due to the vast nature of the network, the
Internet<BR>can be used as a medium for electronic crime or computer
assisted<BR>crime/fraud without the perpetrator ever physically stepping into
the<BR>"victim" countries territory. Investigations have shown that in
many<BR>cases, multiple computer and network systems in
multiple<BR>jurisdictions have been compromised and used as part of
elaborate<BR>schemes that either target a particular system or series of
systems.<BR>a good example here is the Nigeria "419" scams which in the
recent<BR>past seem to be originating more from the USA/Europe than
from<BR>Nigeria itself.<BR>2) Cyber-Warfare: also known as "information
warfare" it is defined<BR>in Wikipedia as "... the use and management of
information in pursuit<BR>of a competitive advantage over an opponent.
Information warfare may<BR>involve collection of tactical information,
assurance that one's own<BR>information is valid, spreading of propaganda or
disinformation to<BR>demoralize the enemy and the public, undermining the
quality of<BR>opposing force information and denial of information
collection<BR>opportunities to opposing forces." - the Internet plays a key
role in<BR>many country's cyber-warfare strategies. An excerpt from a
USA<BR>department of Defense report says this about China's
Peoples<BR>Liberation Army "The PLA is investing in electronic
countermeasures,<BR>defenses against electronic attack (e.g., electronic and
infrared<BR>decoys, angle reflectors, and false target generators), and
computer<BR>network operations (CNO). China's CNO concepts include
computer<BR>network attack, computer network defense, and computer
network<BR>exploitation. The PLA sees CNO as critical to
achieving<BR>"electromagnetic dominance" early in a conflict. "<BR>3) Child
Pornography: Among other evils that plague the Internet,<BR>this is probably
the most disturbing. Law enforcement agencies across<BR>the globe have been
stretched beyond their limits in trying to catch<BR>and shut down producers
and propagators of these illicit materials.<BR>Once again, the vastly
international nature of these networks makes<BR>it very hard to deal with
cross-jurisdictional issues, laws on<BR>evidence, privacy and the like. While
there have been cases where<BR>multi-national networks have been busted and
entire child-porn rings<BR>dismantled, there is still great concern in this
area<BR>4) Spam: it has been reported that unsolicited commercial email
and<BR>more recently malicious, meaningless email garbage constitutes
almost<BR>80% of all email transmitted over the internet. This
carries<BR>incredible implications especially for the end users who pay a
high<BR>price for their connectivity. Once again, a largely
multi-national<BR>phenomenon - spam is clearly an issue that will need many
countries,<BR>network, techies etc to sit together and figure out a way of
dealing.<BR><BR>I could keep going on but will rest my case here - hope that
the<BR>discussions find time to discuss/shed light on some of the
above<BR>areas....<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Brian<BR><BR>On Aug 11, 2008, at
9:56 AM, John Walubengo wrote:<BR>> Greetings all,<BR>><BR>> Today we
just want to get upto speed with the genesis and rationale<BR>> for
Internet Governance. Internet Governance issues arose from
the<BR>> increasing use of the Internet during the mid and late
1990s.<BR>> Most countries were surprised at the increasing role the
internet<BR>> was having on their Socio-economic as well as Political
landscape.<BR>> They then realised that lacked the oversight power the
US<BR>> government unilatery enjoyed over the development and use of
the<BR>> Internet resources.<BR>><BR>> Indeed one of the Key
questions then as it is now, was why should<BR>> one Government influence
the direction of a global resource without<BR>> reference to other
governments? The way the Internet was governed<BR>> was
definitely not commensurate with its global reach or nature. A<BR>> lot of
lobbying and pressure particularly from Latin America, Asia<BR>> Pacific
and ITU started agitating for a change in the oversight<BR>> role the US
government had and continues to have over the<BR>> Internet. The
anti-change proponents however maintained that the<BR>> current governance
structure through the US Dept of Commerce and<BR>> ICANN is what has given
the Internet this phenomenal growth – hence<BR>> the famous cliché – "If it
ain't broken, why try to fix it?"<BR>><BR>> The World Summit on
Information Society (WSIS) process was<BR>> commissioned by UN in the late
1990s to look into this and other<BR>> emerging issues of the Internet such
as the legal, economic and<BR>> social-cultural dimensions of the Internet.
The WSIS process<BR>> concluded in Tunis, 2005, give no definite rulings on
these issues<BR>> but recommended instead the creation of a
multi-stakeholder forum,<BR>> the IGF – the Internet Governance Forum which
continues to study<BR>> and deliberate on these issues to date. WSIS also
supplied the<BR>> working definition for Internet Governance as:- the
development and<BR>> application by Stakeholders of the rules, norms,
procedures and<BR>> practices that influence the evolution and use of the
Internet.<BR>><BR>> The Stakeholders (States, Civil Society, Academia,
Media,<BR>> Businesses, etc) are all actively involved in the
Internet<BR>> Governance Forum with the sole objective of ensuring that
their<BR>> interests are catered for as the Internet continues to evolve.
The<BR>> IGF has so far held two summits, Greece, and Brazil with a 3rd
due<BR>> at the end of this year in India. The stakeholders
propose<BR>> positions on the emerging and contentious issues that are used
to<BR>> somewhat inform the direction the Internet takes. However, most
of<BR>> Africa continues to sleep as Nations and other stakeholders<BR>>
scramble to claim a stake and positions on what is becoming the<BR>> most
important battle of the 21st Century – the battle for the<BR>> Information
Superhighway.<BR>><BR>> Those with experiences, comments,
clarifications, observations or<BR>> objections have 1day to say something
on today's Introductory theme.<BR>><BR>>
walu.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>
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