<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.3px; text-align: justify;"><font color="#11053b" class="">Hello Steve et al. </font></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.3px; text-align: justify;"><font color="#11053b" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.3px; text-align: justify;"><font color="#11053b" class="">Everything raised in this email is answered in our research brief. However for the sake of those who have not read the brief, this is our response:</font></span></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><font color="#11053b" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><font color="#11053b" class="">The description above from Safaricom is in fact a confirmation of the presence of a middle-box. Ngigi did an excellent job of using an analogy on this. <b class="">“Any crafted or altered packets that violate the accepted correct HTTP formats generate an error. So by CIPT sending a packet that has its HTTP parameters detuned/altered, they would receive an error as explained above.”</b></font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><font color="#11053b" class="">The fact that Safaricom inspects which packets are standard or not implies tampering. Is that legal? It depends. Quality optimization is one way of justifying this but the presence of this on the network just after the CA announced plans to deploy network monitoring equipment is suspect. Does it mean Safaricom did not have a traffic optimizer before and just deployed one in February? </font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><font color="#11053b" class="">As far as the official RFC Standards go, invalid HTTP requests are not specially discriminated at the transport layer:</font><font color="#1f497d" class=""> </font><a href="https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt" class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt</a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;"><font color="#11053b" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">As for the responsible disclosure, CIPIT did in fact document the timeline of events and what we were waiting from Safaricom before publishing our research brief was official communication as agreed upon with the subject matter experts. </span><span class="" style="font-size: 13.3px;">Again, all this is documented in the report.</span><span class="" style="font-size: 13.3px;"> </span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><font color="#11053b" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><font color="#11053b" class="">Ali raised the issue of the judiciary and its role in interpreting the law. We coincidentally provided that as our recommendation. The Judicial Training Institute should consider continuous legal training on new technologies and involve subject matter experts. </font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><font color="#11053b" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><font color="#11053b" class="">Stephen also raised the point of criminals targeting their network. </font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class=""><font color="#11053b" class="">“We have also observed a concerning trend where entities use the same packet crafting methods mentioned above to defraud the ISP by tunneling traffic through zero rated sites (i.e. by-passing billing).”</font></b></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 17px;"><font color="#11053b" class=""><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><font color="#11053b" class="">We are not aware of such a practice. Ours is an open research methodology that other people can independently repeat and verify. The easiest way to test independently is to download the app from either</font><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openobservatory.ooniprobe&hl=en_GB" class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> Android Play store</a><font color="#1f497d" class=""> or </font><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id1199566366" class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Apple’s App store</a><font color="#1f497d" class="">. </font><font color="#11053b" class="">We run the tests on different vantage points and sense-beat the results for false positives. All the data collected so far in Kenya is openly and freely available</font><font color="#1f497d" class=""> </font><a href="https://explorer.ooni.torproject.org/country/KE" class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">here</a><font color="#1f497d" class="">: </font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); min-height: 17px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><font color="#11053b" class="">As will be noted, all these questions were answered on the research brief but we will are ready to engage as time allows. </font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><font color="#11053b" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#11053b" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Finally, we wish to point out that we monitor all telecom service providers using the same protocols. Safaricom's is the </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">only</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""> network where we found the anomalies described in our report, and the anomaly disappeared shortly after our conversation with the company. This does not seem to be consistent with industry standard activities. </span></font></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 10, 83); margin: 0px; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 10, 83); margin: 0px; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">-Moses (CIPIT)</span></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 10, 83); margin: 0px; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="color: rgb(26, 10, 83); margin: 0px; font-size: 13.3px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div></span></div></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 23 Mar 2017, at 17:09, Stephen Chege <<a href="mailto:SChege@Safaricom.co.ke" class="">SChege@Safaricom.co.ke</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Mose and all<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">We have noted CIPTs claim and wish to state categorically that Safaricom does not in any way alter internet traffic. In addition, Safaricom did reach out to CIPT through a conference call with our engineers on 24<sup class="">th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>February 2017, which we believed was the best way to engage on this issue as it is technical and both parties had a chance to express their position.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">From our understanding, CIPT use an application called Ooniprobe to test whether there is any alteration of a packet sent through a particular ISPs network. It uses crowdsourcing to collect information about a network, which is later uploaded to an analytics server whose front-end is the website. In order to test tampering it makes use of detuned / altered / crafted HTTP parameters. The crafted HTTP packet is then directed towards dedicated servers that echo back HTTP header(s). The expectation is that such a crafted packet should not be subject to any form of network manipulation, even if the query used is wrong it should echo back as sent.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">In the discussions we had with CIPT, we clarified that on our network, we strictly follow the correct formats of the HTTP version on the optimisation gateway, because packets are expected in the correct HTTP format as per agreed global standards (RFC 2616: Section 2.2). Any crafted or altered packets that violate the accepted correct HTTP formats generate an error. So by CIPT sending a packet that has its HTTP parameters detuned/altered, they would receive an error as explained above. This is not evidence of a middle box as now alleged. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">We have also observed a concerning trend where entities use the same packet crafting methods mentioned above to defraud the ISP by tunneling traffic through zero rated sites (i.e. by-passing billing).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">In summary, we have a standard ISP traffic optimizer whose sole purpose is to optimize quality of experience, to deliver service to our customers without bias, and does not alter traffic.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">We further state that anyone testing our network within accepted RFC standards will be able to establish that our network does not in any way alter internet packets.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">regards<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 17.333332061767578px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Steve<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a name="_MailEndCompose" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></a></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>kictanet [<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces+schege=safaricom.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">mailto:kictanet-bounces+schege=safaricom.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Mose Karanja via kictanet<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, March 23, 2017 11:54<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Stephen Chege<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mose Karanja; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [kictanet] Safaricom and Internet Traffic Tampering<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">That is why we did a responsible disclosure. Safaricom did reach back to us and promised to give a detailed report. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Even after polite reminders, we did not hear back from them officially. <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">---<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Moses<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br class="">On 23 Mar 2017, at 11:25, Ali Hussein <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">These are very serious allegations guys.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It would be great to hear from Safaricom.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class="">Ali Hussein</b><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class="">Principal</b><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class="">Hussein & Associates</b><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">+254 0713 601113 <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Twitter: @AliHKassim<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Skype: abu-jomo<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Sent from my iPad<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br class="">On 23 Mar 2017, at 10:04 AM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">I recently had a very traumatizing experience with a client I was consulting for and whose preferred mode of connection is Safaricom 4G.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">For two days I was struggling to figure out why what seemed so obvious (in my mind) was NOT working with Safaricom while I had tested the same with JTL and Access Kenya links.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">It turned out that Safaricom truly tamper with traffic to the Internet. This includes even VPN traffic.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">This test result presented here is not a surprise to me at all. Safaricom's DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) systems are so robust and advanced that they can do ANYTHING with your traffic.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">I wrote a private email to Stephen Chege of Safaricom (we all remember him) but didn't receive even an acknowledgement. The problem I had - with DNS and VPN still stand unresolved.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">And this is why I am always suspicious about the dalliance (for lack of a better word. I am thinking in Dholuo and translating to English) between Safaricom and the govt, especially since one of them was given a senior govt job!<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">On 23 March 2017 at 09:27, Mose Karanja via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Hello listers. <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">CIPIT has been conducting network measurements on Kenyan Internet Service Providers (ISPs) since June 2016 using assorted techniques. Between 6 – 10 February 2017, the data indicated the presence of a middle-box on the cellular network of one provider, Safaricom Limited (AS33771) that had not previously presented any signs of traffic manipulation. Middle-boxes assume dual-use character in that they can be used for legitimate functions (e.g., network optimisation) and can simultaneously be used for traffic manipulation, surveillance and aiding censorship.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">In light of such dual uses, this report makes clear that service providers operating middle-boxes must communicate to the public in a transparent manner the justification for such activity. This is especially relevant as government bodies announce plans to monitor and possibly censor the Internet during Kenya’s current electoral processes.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">You can download the brief from this link: <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="http://blog.cipit.org/2017/03/23/cipit-research-reveals-evidence-of-internet-traffic-tampering-in-kenya-the-case-of-safaricoms-network/#more-5833" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://blog.cipit.org/2017/03/23/cipit-research-reveals-evidence-of-internet-traffic-tampering-in-kenya-the-case-of-safaricoms-network/#more-5833</a> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">-Moses<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">kictanet mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br class=""><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br class="">Twitter:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://twitter.com/kictanet" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://twitter.com/kictanet</a><br class="">Facebook:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/</a><br class=""><br class="">Unsubscribe or change your options at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/odhiambo%40gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/odhiambo%40gmail.com</a><br class=""><br class="">The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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