<div dir="ltr">Hi All,<br><br>The internet has become an essential instrument of today's society......however,its potential is far greater than what we have seen.....As
Michuki,puts it...we are yet to see the best and worst of it...in this
regard, its governance...seeks a lot of creativity....(We cant afford to go the traditional way,of setting 3-5year policies)etc..<br><br>what we have to bear in mind...its boderless and still evolving....<br><br>Curiosity: What would 'Internet governance' be in Swahili?<br>
<br>Utawalaji wa interneti?<br><br>Kind Regards,<br><br>NB:<br>Mwende,I love your disclaimer :-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:33 PM, Barnabas K. Sang <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bksang@education.go.ke">bksang@education.go.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Thanks Brian and Many contributors on Internet Governance
Subject and Discussions thereafter.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" 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>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" 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>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" 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>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Kind regards</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">BKS</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div><br>
<div dir="ltr" align="left" lang="en-us">
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Behalf Of </b>mwende njiraini<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 11, 2008 5:02
PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bksang@education.go.ke" target="_blank">bksang@education.go.ke</a><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><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><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 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> </span>For example is the
Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT-KENYA: <a href="http://www.csirt.or.ke/" target="_blank">http://www.csirt.or.ke/</a>) active? <span> </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%;">
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><font face="Calibri">Regards
</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><font face="Calibri">Mwende
</font></span></p></span></div>
<p 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 href="mailto:brian@caret.net" target="_blank">brian@caret.net</a>>
wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">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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