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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Alice Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>At best, this offers an insight into how such a sensitive measure can be best handled – approached with all sensitivity/transparency observed – laying <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>out clear parameters of what is being targeted and what needs to be achieved. Something akin to a PPP initiative – like Kenic, which has worked so <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>well in our context.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We need to adopt a similar ‘non-opaque’ approach in the development of the current National Firewall. To date all information out in the public <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>domain is quite vague and only serve to feed a lot of fodder to the rumor mill doing rounds and might just throw a spanner into the works of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>an otherwise good initiative.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>CCK needs to come out clearly and state:-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Precisely what this National firewall is for and what is meant to do. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>How transparently it will implement this and what data will be affected, and at what point.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>How it plans to develop partnerships to move this forward, and avoid ultimatums to service providers..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We are still waiting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Harry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>alice@apc.org<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 23, 2012 12:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> harry@comtelsys.co.ke<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> [kictanet] Fw: [AfrICANN-discuss] US ISPs commit to new cybersecurity measures<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h1>US ISPs commit to new cybersecurity measures<o:p></o:p></h1><h2>The recommendations from an FCC advisory committee target botnets, domain name fraud and Internet route hijacking<o:p></o:p></h2><h3 id=byline>By Grant Gross <o:p></o:p></h3><p><span class=date><a href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/702666/us-isps-commit-to-new-cybersecurity-measures">http://www.csoonline.com/article/702666/us-isps-commit-to-new-cybersecurity-measures</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span class=date>March 22, 2012</span> — IDG News Service — A group of U.S. Internet service providers, including the four largest, have committed to taking new steps to combat three major cybersecurity threats, based on recommendations from a U.S. Federal Communications Commission advisory committee.<o:p></o:p></p><p>The ISPs, including AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon Communications, committed Thursday to implement measures to fight botnets, domain name fraud and Internet route hijacking. The FCC's Communications, Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) adopted the recommendations for voluntary action by ISPs the same day.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Eight wired and wireless ISPs, representing about 80 percent of the broadband subscribers in the U.S., <a href="http://transition.fcc.gov/pshs/advisory/csric/members.html">are members of CSRIC</a> and signed on to the recommendations. <o:p></o:p></p><p>"These actions will have a significant positive impact on Internet security," FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said. "If you own a PC, you'll be significantly better protected against your computer [being] taken over by a bad actor, who could destroy your private files or steal your personal information. If you shop or bank online, you'll be significantly better protected against being directed to an illegitimate website and having your credit card number stolen."<o:p></o:p></p><p>The recommendations preserve the open architecture of the Internet and protect Internet users' privacy, Genachowski said.<o:p></o:p></p><p>The CSRIC recommendations embraced by the ISPs include an antibot code of conduct. ISPs agreed to educate customers about botnets and to take steps to identify botnet activity on their networks. ISPs will also warn customers about botnet infections on their computers and offer assistance to customers with compromised computers, under the code of conduct.<o:p></o:p></p><p>The ISPs also committed to implement a set of best practices to secure the Internet's Domain Name System by implementing DNSSEC, a set of secure protocol extensions designed to prevent DNS spoofing.<o:p></o:p></p><p>CSRIC also recommended that the Internet industry develop an Internet Protocol-route highjacking framework, including new technologies and practices to limit the number of times that Internet traffic is misdirected.<o:p></o:p></p><p>T-Mobile USA, one of the ISPs signing on to the recommendations, called cybersecurity an "extremely important issue." The company supports voluntary, industrywide deployment of DNSSEC, T-Mobile said in a statement.<o:p></o:p></p><p>ISPs will need help from other Internet companies to implement the security measures, said Bob Quinn, AT&T's senior vice president for federal regulatory affairs. <o:p></o:p></p><p>"DNSSEC is predicated upon a chain of trust across the Internet," he <a href="http://attpublicpolicy.com/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-and-the-fccs-csric-recommendations/">wrote in a blog post</a>. "[CSRIC] recommends that key industry segments such as banking, healthcare and others sign their respective domains and that software developers, such as web-browser developers, study how and when to incorporate DNSSEC validation functions into their software."<o:p></o:p></p><p>The botnet recommendations see a "significant role" for other companies, including security software vendors and operating system developers, he added. "Keeping the Internet safe for consumers to browse, transact business and communicate is an important objective not only for AT&T but any other business that operates online," he wrote.<o:p></o:p></p><p><em>Grant Gross covers technology and telecom policy in the U.S. government for </em>The IDG News Service<em>. Follow Grant on Twitter at GrantGross. Grant's e-mail address is <a href="mailto:grant_gross@idg.com">grant_gross@idg.com</a>.</em><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>