Where did I say I support Kieran? I simply indicated that the attempt to blame the policy authors for Kieran's errors is unwarranted.
> On 13 Apr 2017, at 20:35, Tutu Ngcaba <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Brother Mike Silber, > > That Kieren McCarthy Author writes mistakes that even in comments of that bad > article about the Afrinic, people have redicule the Afrinic and you can see > even the CEO of the Afrinic has made clarificarions to this McCarthy. > > Even the article title very misleading and call him well known. Maybe he > should not write about the Afrinic anymore. This is bad image for our > motherland. > > Someone even saying we will be like North Korea and such bad articles dont > even give solution. African is a different place my brothers, let us solve > our challengew ourselves. > > Why are you even supporting this McCarthy? > > Best Regards, > > Tutu Ngcaba > Kwazulu Techno Hubs > South Africa > > On 13 Apr 2017 9:21 p.m., "Mike Silber" <[email protected]> wrote: > Arnaud > > Kieren McCarthy is a well known author and commentator on Internet issues. > > He follows various lists. > > This was a public policy proposal. Nothing to stop an external party from > picking it up. > > So please don't impute the authors of the proposal just because someone wrote > an article. > > Mike > >> On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 at 2:27 PM Arnaud AMELINA <[email protected]> wrote: >> English : >> >> Dear member of the community, What is the aim of the authors and the >> initiators of this Article ??? >> >> Do they have the right to share a process that has not yet been adopted >> externally, still coming from a member of the Board of Afrinic, is >> unacceptable, is there no longer any limit In AFRINIC, that the different >> leaders take their respononsibilities and remind to the order the indelices >> >> The name AFRINIC has been engaged in this article, even though the subject >> in question has not yet ratified by the community of AFRINIC or the BOARD. >> >> >> French : >> Chers membre de la communauté, Quel est le but visé par les auteurs et les >> initiateurs de cet Article ??? >> Ont-il le droit de faire part d'un processus non encore adopté à >> l'extérieur, venant encore de la part d'un membre du Board d'Afrinic c'est >> innacceptable, n'y a-t-il plus de limite à AFRINIC, que les différents >> responsables prennent leurs respponsabilités et rappellent à l'odre les >> indélicats. >> >> Le nom d'AFRINIC a été engagé dans cet article alors même que le sujet en >> question ne soit ratifié par la communauté d'AFRINIC ou par le BOARD. >> >> >> >> Data Centre Software Security Transformation DevOps Business Personal Tech >> Science Emergent Tech Bootnotes >> Data Centre >> >> >> Networks >> >> No more IP addresses for countries that shut down internet access >> >> Afrinic considers punitive policy for errant governments >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 12 Apr 2017 at 19:54, Kieren McCarthy >> Governments that cut off internet access to their citizens could find >> themselves refused new IP addresses under a proposal put forward by one of >> the five global IP allocation organizations. >> >> The suggested clampdown will be considered at the next meeting of internet >> registry Afrinic in Botswana in June: Afrinic is in charge of managing and >> allocating IP address blocks across Africa. >> >> Under the proposal, a new section would be added to Afrinic's official rules >> that would allow the organization to refuse to hand over any new IP address >> to a country for 12 months if it is found to have ordered an internet >> shutdown. >> >> The ban would cover all government-owned entities and others that have a >> "direct provable relationship with said government." It would also cover any >> transfer of address space to those entities from others. >> >> That withdrawal of services would escalate if the country continued to pull >> the plug on internet access. Under the proposal: "In the event of a >> government performing three or more such shutdowns in a period of 10 years – >> all resources to the aforementioned entities shall be revoked and no >> allocations to said entities shall occur for a period of 5 years." >> >> The proposal was sparked by a recent increase in the number of complete >> nationwide shutdowns of internet service – something that has been a cause >> of increasing concern and ire within the internet infrastructure community. >> >> The start >> >> The trend started during the Egyptian revolution back in 2011 when >> authorities killed the entire's country web access prior to a big protest >> march. Employees of ISPs and mobile phone companies reported troops turning >> up at their homes and pointing guns at their families in order to enforce >> the shutdown. >> >> Until then, many governments had assumed it was largely impossible to turn >> off internet access to their entire nation. Soon after, government >> departments educated themselves about AS numbers and internet routing and >> started using their power to set up systems that would allow them to order >> the shutdown of all networks from a central point. >> >> While some countries only used this ability in the more dire circumstances – >> riots or terrorist attacks – shutdowns quickly started being used >> preemptively and for political reasons. >> >> Bangladesh switched off its entire country's net connectivity prior to the >> sentencing of former government leaders for war crimes. Then Iraq started >> shutting down the entire country for several hours at a time in order to >> prevent exam cheating. >> >> While these were enormously frustrating, the shutdown typically lasted only >> a few hours. But then Cameroon decided to cut off the internet for weeks – >> and targeted specific communities. The country's southwest and northwest >> provinces were taken offline following violent protests: a decision that had >> a hugely damaging impact on its "Silicon Mountain" startup zone, and also >> took down its banks and ATMs. >> >> In India, the number and frequency of internet shutdowns has sparked a new >> protest movement and website that tracks them. >> >> The situation has grown so dire that the United Nations got involved and >> officially condemned the practice at a meeting of the Human Rights Council >> back in July. Despite opposition from a number of countries – including >> China, Russia, India and Kenya – a resolution passed forbidding mass web >> blockades. >> >> Plan >> >> The reality, however, is that there is nothing to prevent governments from >> shutting down the internet and very little anyone can do in the face of a >> determined push from the authorities. >> >> But now the techies are fighting back. The Afrinic proposal has been put >> forward by the CTO and the Head of IP strategy for Liquid Telecommunications >> – a large pan-African ISP – as well as the CEO of Kenya's main ISP >> Association. As such it is a proposal that many are taking seriously. >> >> "While the authors of this policy acknowledge that what is proposed is >> draconian in nature, we feel that the time has come for action to be taken, >> rather than just bland statements that have shown to have little or no >> effect," they wrote, noting that "over the last few years we have seen more >> and more governments shutting down the free and open access to the internet >> in order to push political and other agendas." >> >> Whether governments like it or not, they are reliant on the provision of IP >> address to expand their networks and digital economy, and Afrinic is the >> only organization that can realistically provide them. If the policy does >> get passed, it would almost certainly act as a strong deterrent for >> government ministers to shutting down internet access. >> >> But there are a wealth of problems with the idea, not least of which would >> be the determination of what represents an internet shutdown. The authors >> put forward a suggested definition: >> >> An internet shutdown is deemed to have occurred when it can be proved that >> there was an attempt, failed or successful, to restrict access to the >> internet to a segment of the population irrespective of the provider or >> access medium that they utilize. >> That wording is likely to be very heavily scrutinized. And it would require >> someone or group to make a determination that it has happened – which would >> likely become a politically charged decision. And none of that considers the >> fact that national leaders are unlikely to accept punitive terms being >> placed against them by a third party. >> >> In short, it is a huge political headache. But it may also be one that only >> the internet community is capable to taking on and winning. The next few >> months will see whether the 'net community in Africa is willing to take on >> the challenge for the greater good. ® >> >> Sponsored: Continuous lifecycle London 2017 event. DevOps, continuous >> delivery and containerisation. Register now >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Community-Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss > >
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