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October 2009

Invitation to join ISOC’s “IGF Issues – Briefing and Discussion Forum”

Date: 14 November 2009
Time: 13:30-17:00 local time (12:00-15:00 UTC)
Location: Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
Venue: Red Sea Room, Maritim Sharm el Sheikh International Congress Center (IGF venue)

The “IGF Issues – Briefing and Discussion Forum” will include a briefing on IGF themes and workshops and cover issues of interest to our members in preparation for the IGF. It is an opportunity for ISOC members coming to the IGF to interact with ISOC staff and other key ISOC stakeholder groups such as Chapter representatives and ISOC IGF Ambassadors on ISOC’s agenda and activities for the meeting.

This briefing will also be followed by a cocktail reception from 17:00 – 19:00.

More background: http://igf09.eg/homeeng.html

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Chapter update: Ghana

ISOC Africa Bureau Manager Visits Ghana Chapter

Contributed by Vera Doku

“As long as there is limited local and relevant content in the languages that most Africans speak, the Internet will only benefit the elite, it will not bring about the desired change to our society as compared to the revolution brought about by the FM radio stations.” These were the thoughts of Dr. Dawit Bekele, ISOC Africa Bureau Manager, after he delivered his paper on the Growth of Broadband and Mobile Phones in Africa: Opportunities and Threats at a soiree hosted in his honour by the Society, (ISOC) Ghana Chapter on Tuesday, 6 October 2009 at the SSNIT Guest House in Accra.   Prof Nii Narku Quaynor, the Chair of the Ghana Chapter and Africa Network Operators’ Group convener chaired the event.

Dr. Bekele was of the view that despite the fact the there was a growth of Broadband and other Internet Infrastructure; this growth might have limited impact on a majority of the people who are poor and uneducated unless there is content and applications that respond to their needs.  On the issue of content, Dr. Bekele said that there was the need for Africa to generate local content, which should be spearheaded by the private sector, with the support from the government.

In his welcoming remarks, Prof. Quaynor, who was excited by the presence of the Dr. Bekele, was optimistic that access to the Internet in Ghana could only get better.  “Some years ago, I did not think that it would be possible to expand to this extent, but technology has made it possible.  However, it behoves of us to do research on the impact that accessibility has made in our communities, so that it can give us a true picture of what is happening on the ground.” He said.   Mr. Eric Akumiah, General Secretary of ISOC, Ghana chapter, presented a paper written by Prof Quaynor on Web Presence for every Mobile User Interface (UI).  This paper brought to light the possibility of using different technologies for Internet access on mobile phones in Africa, where the Internet infrastructure is still very fragile.

The event was attended by members of ISOC and the general public who made useful contributions to the topics under discussion. Some new members were added to ISOC Ghana’s membership.

Earlier on Sunday, October 4, Dr. Bekele met the ISOC Ghana Executive committee and had discussion on how to improve the performance of the chapter, highlighting on opportunities available from ISOC Global.

Photos of Dr. Bekele’s visit can be found at http://ghnog.jalbum.net/Dawit_Visit/.

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AMS Project Update

October was a very busy month for the Association Management System (AMS) project. First, ISOC held one successful hands-on beta trial from 1-8 October. Based on findings from that trial, we decided to hold a second one, to run from 29 October to 4 November. Go-live for the production-ready AMS Chapter Portal and the Association Management System itself is now slated for 17 November.

As planned from the beginning of the Association Management System project, ISOC had wanted to involve Chapters as much as possible before launching the new portal. For the first beta, about 50 Chapter officers (and other interested stakeholders) from 35 different Chapters were invited to participate in the hands-on testing of the new ISOC Chapter Portal. Based in part on these beta findings, and general feedback from the beta testing group, the launch of the AMS Chapter Portal has been held back from the originally scheduled go-live date of 29 October.

While many members/officers saw value in the increased functionality of the portal, many others felt it still needed work in some areas before it was ready to launch. We have spent the intervening time working from a task list generated by the feedback from the testing group, which was greatly appreciated.

We will be providing more instructions to ISOC Chapter officers, members, and staff on the run up to the new launch date of 17 November.

Meanwhile, all testers from the first beta will be welcomed back for the second round of testing. Any other Chapter officers who have not been involved in testing so far, but would like to be, are welcome to contact us at ams-project@isoc.org. We will be happy to include you in the final round of testing.

New AMS Chapter Portal functionality highlights

  • Member self-signup (and most other areas) localised into English, French, German, and Spanish
  • Ability for members to store up to three email addresses, mailing addresses, and set date-format preferences
  • Ability for officers to message their member base directly from the portal
  • Chapter officers can review and approve/deny their chapter applicants online
  • Designated Chapter officers can manage other officers (as well as their member base) online
  • Officers can add and renew members online as required

Once again, if any Chapter officer is interested in being involved in the 29 October – 4 November testing round, please contact ams-project@isoc.org.

Data Consistency work
Finally, the AMS team would like to thank all Chapters and Chapter officers that have been participating the in the data consistency effort. There was marked improvement in the data coming out of the Q system recently, which means it will be that much more accurate for the second beta and the resulting AMS go-live data set. For any Chapters that have not completed this work yet, please do so before 12 November.

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Chapter update: Peru

Contributed by Carlos Vera Quintana

ISOC Ecuador e ISOC Peru se reunen en Lima

Carlos Vera Director Internacional de ISOC Ecuador visitó Lima atendiendo un Congreso internacional de elearning, aprovechando esta visita para reunirse con el Presidente del ISOC Perú Willy Rey con quien intercambiaron criterios y experiencias que serán aprovechados por los capítulos en el desarrollo de sus actividades.

Vera y Rey acordaron continuar con un permanente intercambio de experiencias entre sus capítulos para reforzar el trabajo conjunto en beneficio de las metas y objetivos comunes.

Los capítulos ecuatoriano y peruano de la Sociedad de Internet, buscarán mecanismos de participación conjunta para promover proyectos y actividades comunes.

En la reunión se trataron varios temas como los mecanismos de sostenibilidad y presencia de los capítulos, los proyectos a presentarse a ISOC HQ, las actividades con aliados estratégicos en los países y los proyectos que se llevan adelante en ISOC HQ como el proyecto esfera, el nuevo portal y las discusiones en varias listas con sus afectaciones sobre los internautas de estos países.

En los portales de ISOC Ecuador www.isoc.org.ec y de ISOC Peru http://www.isocperu.org se colocarán proximamente detalles de la visita e información sobre los avances de los acuerdos iniciales logrados entre los capítulos peruano y ecuatoriano.

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Chapter update: Bulgaria

Contributed by Dessi Greve

Internet Society Bulgaria Chapter, in cooperation with the Bulgarian Coordination Center for Safer Internet, has helped the exposure and shut-down of a website offering teenage erotica and blackmailing teenagers.

The website in question had been offering to display soft-porn images of a teenage girl after registration. A tiny note informed the visitors, that the monthly subscription fee was 59 Bgn, VAT included. The thing hadn’t been announced was that the act of entering an email and age into the fields was considered an agreement to pay the fee. Consequently, a threatening email had been sent to the subscribers, pointing that if the payment was not transferred immediately, a public prosecutor will be called.

The website had been advertised at popular dating sites. Using simple psychological threats over the teenagers, the website owners managed to defraud more than 100 teens. A signal from an under-age girl was sent to the Bulgarian Hot line for illegal and harmful content in Internet, complaining that not only had she been threatened, but that she had also been forced to send her own erotic pictures.

Internet Society Bulgaria Chapter immediately referred the matter to the Ministry of Interior and the Commission for consumer protection (http://www.safenet.bg/teen/news.php?item.32.1).

As a result of that fast reaction, the website was closed down by the authorities and the case is under investigation. In addition to the public interest, Internet Society Bulgaria Chapter has published some advice for the young surfers on how to stay alert to, and proceed with similar cases.

Internet Society Bulgaria Chapter is a member of the Public Council for Safer Internet and will continue following the agenda of making the Internet a safe place for youths.

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Chapter update: France

Contributeurs : Odile Ambry, Christophe Bys, Mathieu Dierstein, Sophie Maheo, France Miremont, Charles Simon.

Pour les adhérents et leurs invités, l’Isoc France a organisé le 13 octobre 09 un  Dîner-Débat “Qui m’a volé mon identité ?!”, autour d’Olivier ITEANU, avocat à la Cour d’Appel de Paris et président d’honneur de l’Isoc France et d’Eric FREYSSINET, Lieutenant – Colonel affecté à la direction générale de la gendarmerie nationale chargé des projets de lutte contre la cybercriminalité. Tous deux sont auteurs de livres sur l’identité numérique.

Odile Ambry et Eric Freyssinet
Odile Ambry et Eric Freyssinet
Débat Isoc France : Débat Isoc France : “Qui m’a volé mon identité ?!” le 13 octobre 2009.

Une assemblée studieuse et participative, où la diversité du public a emmené le débat bien au-delà des frontières du juridique. L’ensemble des invités a convenu que des changements profonds, irréversibles ont bouleversé notre identité sur Internet. Le numérique est passé par là, sans cadre législatif concerté pour l’accompagner.

Moteurs de recherche, réseaux sociaux, bases de données biométriques, administration électronique…des pans entiers de nos vies sont désormais numérisés ! Où s’arrêtera-t-on ? Quelles précautions prendre ? Quelles peuvent être les limites législatives et réglementaires ? Nul doute que l’univers numérique est en train de bouleverser la construction de notre identité, de la rendre plus complexe, plus volatile et plus “figée”.

Personnalités ou simple particuliers, nous sommes tous aujourd’hui les victimes potentielles d’un vol d’identité sur Internet. Usurpation bénigne ou vol manifeste, le risque est grandissant. Entre partisans du tout sécuritaire et promoteurs de l’ouverture maximum, il y a place au débat !

Le débat de ce soir était animé par Christophe BYS, journaliste (et administrateur). Jean-Marc LILLA (Senior Manager Organization Membership EMEA, Isoc Monde) est venu de Genève pour représenter l’Isoc Monde et faire part à l’assemblée du plaisir à participer à un débat dont le contenu est l’un des enjeux forts de l’Internet Society : l’identité numérique globale est un bien commun qui doit être défendu et encadré.

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Chapter update: Belgium

Contributed by Rudi Vansnick

The Flemish government (Parliament) has invited the Internet Society Belgium Chapter to participate in a consultation with Internet users on the effectiveness of Flemish government Internet and ICT services for citizens. During a two day seminar (9-10 November) ISOC Belgium will present results of consultations and will participate in the debate on improving the government’s quality of service. An invitation to participate in further policy writing is on the table.

In Geneva, the Internet Society Belgium Chapter, together with its partner in the dothealth project, organized a meeting with potential new partners. HON has confirmed they will join us and be part of the consortium which will start working on the practical part of the project after the IGF. We are working on the draft document, and more details about the potential participation of ISOC chapters across the world will be communicated very soon.

The minister of telecommunications of Azerbaijan has invited the Internet Society Belgium Chapter chair, Rudi Vansnick, to be keynote speaker at the Islamic ICT conference in Baku from 1-4 November. During the two day conference, Rudi Vansnick will first deliver a keynote speech and will then participate in a panel “Youth creativity in ICT and the role of Online Social Networks”. A collaboration between ISOC Belgium and Azerbaijan schools will be discussed too, following the result of the Belgian winner of the WSA: My Machine.

Recently Internet Society Belgium Chapter started a special task force, e-Security, which will have the focus on security policy, specifically in relation to the national CERT. This task force is chaired by Len Lavens. Weekly we have an article in one of the biggest newspapers in Belgium, de Standaard. The VRT radio asked for a weekly program where Internet issues would be discussed during a 15 to 20 minute session. No final decision is taken as we first want to finalize some official documents and agreements relating to intellectual property.

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Chapter update: Kolkata

Contributed by Anupam Agarwal

The maiden One Web Day meeting on 22 September 2009 was hosted by Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI) at their premises in Alipore, in association with Internet Society (ISOC) Kolkata Chapter. There were over hundred people from Medical fraternity including renowned doctors and medical students in attendance. Mr. Vishnu Gupta – CIO (CMRI) opened the session with an interesting example about how the Internet has bought a cultural change in the way we plan, do, and act in our lives and how it can be leveraged to optimize our day to day efficiency. The presentation titled “About Internet Society & One Web Day”, by Anupam Agrawal, Chair of ISOC India Kolkata Chapter was well received by all. The people from Medical Fraternity who were unacquainted with ISOC expressed great interest in learning about its philosophy and objectives. This set up a fantastic backdrop for the session on Merits & Demerits of Internet usage for Medical Practitioners, which was taken by Avik Bose, Member Internet Society Kolkata Chapter. This generated a lot of response and practical issues being faced were discussed. The final session on Online Child Security by Anupam Agrawal was close to the heart of many people attending and evoked good interest. A Medical forum is being planned to be formed under Kolkata Chapter to provide a platform for regular meetings and discussions on Internet related issues applicable for Medical Fraternity.

Also, on 9 October 2009, Internet Society Kolkata Chapter participated in the seminar titled “Best Practices in Data Security” organized by Data Security Council of India wherein roughly hundred twenty people attended. ISOC brochures were distributed among the attendees and ISOC- Kolkata members participated in panel discussions.

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Chapter update: Argentina

Contributed by Mónica Abalo Laforgia

The INET Buenos Aires meeting was held on 15 and 15 October in Buenos Aires, Argentina with a great success. Organized by Internet Society Argentina Chapter, INET Buenos Aires had 275 registered attendees. During the event, discussion covered issues related to present and future Internet challenges. We enjoyed very active active participation. Likewise, on 15 October, our Chapter made an official presentation of the book IPv6 for everyone, developed last year as part of the Internet Society-funded project, “Experiencing IPv6″. Pictures will be available soon at www.isoc.org.ar.

In other news, Internet Society Argentina Chapter is preparing to be a remote hub for participation in the upcoming IGF. Like last year, we will participate in the initiative led by IGF Secretariat to increase remote participation of developing countries in the Internet Governance Forum process.

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Chapter update: Romania

Contributed by Eduard Tric

In September, we reported on the launch of Internet Society Romania’s  “Electronic diploma” project. We are please to now report that this project was was nominated for “Best Business Innovation of the Year” award by Linkedin and Cisco European Business.

The project is so far supported by the Romanian government, four ISOC chapters (Romania, Slovenia, US Colorado, and Pakistan) and the French Agency of French-Speaking Universities, with 710 universities from 85 countries.  It is gaining momentum in other countries such as Germany.

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Chapter update: Hong Kong

Contributed by Ka Ping Wong

BlogFest.Asia (6 – 8 November)
BlogFest.Asia is a three-day event being held from 6-8 November with the purpose of foregrounding bloggers about the new and powerful media. Bloggers from Hong Kong, China, and all over Asia will gather to harness synergy to tackle and discuss relevant issues. There will be Asian Bloggers’ Choice Award (www.abca.asia) on the first day to recognise the outstanding contributions of both bloggers and blogs. For the remaining days, a conference called HKBloggerCon 2009 (www.hkbloggercon.asia) will be held. We will leverage this opportunity to improve the current perception of bloggers, and deliver positive messages of bloggers in the region. Please check http://www.blogfest.asia/.

IPv6 World Asia (23 November) and Training Workshop (24-27 November)
Another significant event will be the IPv6 conference and training workshops in November. ISOC Hong Kong Chapter hopes to promote the deployment of IPv6 in different environments, including research and education networks, commercial Internet services providers, Internet exchanges, content providers, and enterprises through the one-day conference on 23 November. There will also be many overseas speakers of different large corporations such as Google, Hurricane Electric, NTT communications, CERNET, APNIC, and more. This IPv6 World Asia serves as a platform for experience and knowledge sharing of professionals from different entities. Furthermore, the training workshops (24-25 & 26-27 November) aim to give network and system engineers more practical experience. Join us in the conference and help us to spread the message of deployment of IPv6! Please check http://www.ipv6world.asia/ for details.

ITRC Forum 2009 (27 November)
In view of the inadequate IT knowledge of many NGOs, NPOs, and charities, ISOC Hong Kong Chapter is hosting ITRC Forum 2009 with the Information Technology Resource Centre of Hong Kong Council of Social Service. The event is being held on 27 November at Cyberport. This forum aims to educate management team of NGOs, NPOs, and charities about the latest technology available which could assist them in daily operation. For instance, they will learn how to raise fund using online platforms or other online marketing knowledge. This could surely promote the mission of Internet Society on contributing to society via technology. http://itrc.hkcss.org.hk/itrcforum2009/intro.html

InterChallenge 2009 – International Internet Challenge for youth (November 2009 – Apr 2010)
The highlight of October will be the InterChallenge, an international competition based on Internet and information technology which is co-organized by ISOC Hong Kong Chapter and AIESEC. This competition will expose participants to the Internet-related challenges of some corporate bodies, non-governmental organizations, and other entities. This year we have invited One Lap Top Per Child Asia Pacific (OLPC APAC) to be our co-host. They will provide us with real case studies of the challenges they face. Participants have to help them to tackle the problems of the use of Internet or IT. This competition is open to all full-time tertiary students around the world, allowing the exchange of ideas, experience, and cultural issues among individuals and organizations from private and public sectors as well as across borders. The winning team will have a chance to work in the office of OLPC APAC. We cordially invite you to join us and make your plan come true. Applications will be open in late October. More details available at www.InterChallenge.asia.

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Afilias, Google, and Microsoft Extend Support for Internet Society Fellowships to the IETF, Component of Next Generation Leaders Programme

Afilias, Google and Microsoft have extended their support for the Internet Society’s Fellowships to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), an important component of the Next Generation Leaders Programme. Continued support by these Internet Society (ISOC) Organization Members will enable more technologists from developing regions to attend in person at Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meetings, helping to build technical capacity in less developed countries.

The IETF is the Internet’s premier standards-making body, responsible for the development of protocols used in IP-based networks. Participants in the IETF represent an international community of network designers, operators, vendor, and researchers involved in the technical operation of the Internet and the continuing evolution of Internet architecture.

The Internet Society’s Fellowship program helps skilled technologists from the developing world to experience the Internet standards development process in person. While much of the IETF’s work takes place over mailing lists, the in-person experience promotes a stronger understanding of the standardisation process, encourages active involvement in IETF work, and facilitates personal networking with others that have similar technical interests.

The ISOC Fellowship to the IETF program covers the travel and attendance costs for selected Fellows. As an additional benefit, the Fellows are paired with more experienced members of the Internet technical community who act as their mentors for the course of an IETF meeting.

In addition to Afilias, Google and Microsoft, Intel is a current sponsor of the ISOC Fellowships to the IETF; additional support for the Next Generation Leaders programme is provided by the Nominet Trust.

Details of the Internet Society’s Fellowships to the IETF are available at:

http://www.isoc.org/educpillar/fellowship/

The Internet Society Next Generation Leaders programme is a unique blend of coursework and practical experience to help prepare young professionals from around the world to become the next generation of Internet technology, policy, and business leaders. Additional information about the Internet Society’s Next Generation Leaders Programme can be found at:

http://www.isoc.org/leaders

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Follow-up to the IETF75 Hot Topics Rough Guide

In July, we published the Rough Guide to IETF 75’s Hot Topics. Here now is the follow up to the meetings highlighted in that guide. As this circulates, the final preparations are underway for IETF76, in Hiroshima, 8-13 November 2009. The draft agenda for that meeting is already available.

Be sure to consult it to identify working group sessions that meet your own interests. All working group sessions will support remote participation, if you are unable to participate in person.

In line with our own priorities at the Internet Society, we selected working groups, BoFs, plenaries, and other events at IETF 75 in the following broad categories:

  • Common and Open Internet
  • Global Addressing
  • Security and Stability
  • Trust and identity

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Common and Open Internet

As P2P and VoIP technologies become more prevalent, and network usage patterns sometimes deviate from their architects’ expectations, managing bandwidth to allow best use for customers becomes an increasingly important topic.
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alto (Application-Layer Traffic Optimization)
The alto WG is chartered to design and specify a service that will provide P2P applications with information to perform better-than-random initial peer selection. This service may take different approaches at balancing factors such as maximum bandwidth, minimum cross-domain traffic, lowest cost to the user, and others. Full charter.

Outcomes:

  • Problem Statement has gone through WG Last Call
  • Discussion continues on the Requirements document
  • Lots of ongoing discussion on the ALTO protocol document, to continue on the mailing list

Minutes: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/75/minutes/alto.html

ledbat (Low Extra Delay Background Transport)
As mentioned in previous rough guides, ledbat is chartered to produce a congestion control algorithm that simultaneously saturates the bottleneck link in an end-to-end path, maintains low delay, and (most importantly) yields to standard TCP. Such a congestion control algorithm, if used by bandwidth-intensive applications (such as P2P data transfer applications), would enable the simultaneous use of real-time communication applications (such as voice-over-IP) without noticeable problems. Full charter.

Outcomes:

  • LEDBAT protocol reached consensus (no opposition) for adoption as a WG document. Consensus to be verified on the mailing list.
  • LEDBAT Practices and Recommendations document needs an active editor and more work. Not yet ready for adoption as a WG work item.
  • Consensus to adopt LEDBAT survey document (no opposition) as a WG work item. To be verified on the list.

Minutes: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/75/minutes/ledbat.txt

MPTCP (Multipath TCP) BOF
Multipath TCP is a proposed new IETF activity to add the capability to use multiple connection paths in a single TCP connection. The availability of multiple connection paths and the capability to dynamically schedule traffic between them allows more flexibility and efficiency in Internet congestion control, in addition to other benefits.

Outcomes:

  • Overwhelming majority in favour of forming a working group.
  • Second BoF expected for IETF 76.

Minutes: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/75/minutes/mptcp.txt

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Global Addressing

There is steadily increasing momentum to deploy IPv6 as the IPv4 address pool approaches depletion. While much work is ongoing to support interoperability in coexisting IPv4 and IPv6 network environments, there are also interesting developments in emerging IPv6 environments.
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6lowpan (IPv6 over Low power WPAN)
The 6lowpan WG deals with the use of IPv6 over low powered networks (such as sensornets). This is protocol development for devices on “the Internet of Things”. The basic concept in 6lowpan is that IP may become a unifying layer for low powered devices for interoperability, potentially over the Internet. 6lowpan is intensely focused on developing the protocols to enable this to happen. Full charter.

Outcomes:

  • Most documents progressing.
  • There was discussion of doing a working group last call on routing requirements and JP Vasseur raised the objection to mesh under routing which he believes is more of a layer 2 technique and should be be reserved for IEEE standardization as it is not appropriate in the IETF. Since the meeting there has been a last call on the doc and he has raised this objection in email.

Minutes: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/75/minutes/6lowpan.txt

6man (IPv6 maintenance)
This WG is home for discussions of improvement and maintenance of the IPv6 protocol suite. Full charter.

Outcomes:

  • There was pushback on Broadband Forum initiated work items to include Line Identification options in either Router Solicitation or Neighbour Solicitation messages.
  • IPv6 Address Text Representation supported for adoption as a WG document.
  • IPv6 Address Selection Policy Considerations supported for adoption as a WG document.

Minutes: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/75/minutes/6man.html

behave (Behavior Engineering for Hindrance Avoidance)
While behave was chartered to create mechanisms for transiting NATs in reliable ways, most of its activity is now focused on protocol translation from IPv4 to IPv6 in a number of different scenarios. Of particular interest in these scenarios is how the proposed mechanisms deal with DNS operation across the two protocol realms (and whether it is possible to maintain any kind of reasonable operation of secure DNS in such a scenario). Full charter.

Outcomes

  • There is a greater sense of urgency to make progress on the 6 to 4 translation docs, especially those related to transition scenarios involving NATs for IPv6 to IPv4; hence the working group is having monthly webex interim meetings.
  • Some progress is being made on a lot of documents, most focus seems to be on IPv6 hosts being able to reach IPv4 networks.

Minutes: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/75/minutes/behave.txt

Minutes of behave interim meeting in May: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/75/minutes/ibehave.txt

First Webex behave interim meeting was held in August but no minutes have been posted. The next Webex interim meeting will be held: Thurs Oct 21. Information on those can be found here: http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/behave/trac/wiki

softwire (Softwires)
The softwires WG looks at discovery, control, and encapsulation methods for connecting IPv4 networks across IPv6-only networks and IPv6 networks across IPv4-only networks in a way that will encourage multiple, inter-operable vendor implementations. Full charter.

Outcomes:
One important outcome was apparent agreement that there is a need for a standalone document that deals with the issues raised by address sharing. The various solution proposals in both softwires and behave WGs could then reference that document.

Minutes: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/softwires/current/msg00847.html

v6ops (IPv6 Operations)
The v6ops WG exists to discuss operational issues in deployment of IPv6. Full charter.

Outcomes:

  • Interesting presentation on the current operation of v6 tunneling in the network and its harmful effects: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-vandevelde-v6ops-harmful-tunnels-00
  • IPv6 requirements for CPE devices used the whole second session. This is clearly gaining some momentum from an operator perspective who need these kinds of devices to turn on subscriber IPv6 connectivity at home for many subscribers.

Minutes: not received

Transport Area Open Meeting
Outcomes:

  • Dan Wing’s work to standardise an algorithm for doing parallel overlapping http connections, with intelligently staggered start times looks likely to proceed in the Transport Area.
  • This should improve application behaviour as IPv6 deployment gathers pace.

Minutes. http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/75/minutes/tsvarea.txt

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Security and Stability
Securing the DNS and greater assurance in routing is critical for the ongoing expansion and evolution of the Internet in all areas of our societies and economies.
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dnsext (DNS Extensions)
This working group is involved in developing a wide range of functional extensions to the DNS. dnsext also tracks the DNS implications of the behave WG. Full charter.

Outcomes:
The outcome of multi-meeting discussion of security proposals other than DNSSEC was that the WG chairs will appoint editors for a combined document, which might include descriptions of why some proposals are bad ideas. Michael Graff was named as editor of a draft to revise EDNS0 (RFC 2671) in the light of operational problems with DNSSEC enabled for unworkable buffer sizes. Extensive discussion of new DNSSEC algorithms and registering their identifiers led to a promise by Paul Hoffman to submit a draft to focus discussion.

Minutes: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/75/minutes/dnsext.txt

DNSOP (Domain Name System Operations)
The dnsop WG works on various operational aspects of the Domain Name System. Full charter.

Outcomes:
The highlights were discussions of two drafts. Wouter Wijngaards described a trust history proposal which would enable a DNSSEC validator that was unable to keep up with changed key-signing keys (KSKs) to traverse enough history of previously valid KSKs to recover valid trust anchor state. Jason Livingood described the way that DNS redirection is now used and some recommendations to avoid the most serious problems.

Minutes: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/75/agenda/dnsop.txt

sidr (Secure Inter-Domain Routing)
The sidr WG working group is chartered to formulate an extensible architecture for an inter-domain routing security framework. Full charter.

Outcomes:
Matt Lepinski summarized changes in the ROA format and RPKI architecture drafts based on input from the WG. Terry Manderson took advice on a draft beginning to document use cases for RPKI. While these and other drafts demonstrate reasonable progress on details, the most significant contribution was Steve Kent’s Local Trust Anchor Management, which described how each relying party can import, modify and certify ROAs reflecting different views of the address space for itself.

Minutes: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/75/minutes/sidr.txt

savi (Source Address Validation Improvements)
The savi WG is chartered to design methods for IP source address validation that complement ingress filtering with finer-grained protection. Full charter.

Outcomes:
Discussion of several drafts on the SAVI model and goals still leave open whether exiting solutions are adequate. There was also discussion of Control Plane Snooping (CPS) as a proposed approach.

Minutes: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/75/minutes/savi.txt

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Trust and identity
As public concerns increase about security of infrastructure, privacy, trust, and identity on the Internet, these themes recur in several working group discussions.
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ogpx (Open Grid Protocol) BoF
This BoF is proposing a WG to provide an application-layer wire protocol for virtual worlds to enable interoperability between applications, provide for access and exchange with other systems on the internet, and allow network layers to recognize VW traffic and make routing decisions based on its characteristics. It’s of particular interest to ISOC’s Trust and Identity work because of the proposed use of TLS and OAuth for origin authentication.

Outcomes:
The OGPX meeting has well attended, participants were interested in pursuing the work and those in Stockholm likes the focus of the proposed Charter. There was also a high degree of over-lap between the OGPX participants and the OAuth Breakfast BoF meeting. Since Stockholm, the Charter has had extensive discussion on the mailing list (https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ogpx) and the group is considering yet another name change (Virtual Worlds Region Agent Protocol (VWRAP)).

Minutes: http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/75/minutes/ogpx.txt

oauth (Open Authentication Protocol)
OAuth allows a user to grant a third-party Web site or application access to their resources, without necessarily revealing their credentials, or even their identity. Full charter.

Outcomes:
The breakfast BoF in Stockholm covered a wide range of topics (http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/oauth/current/msg00240.html) including the use of OAuth for delegation and authentication, non-http uses for OAuth, channel-bindings, and WG process issues. Current list discussion includes one topic of particular note, “Reevaluating Assumptions”, which was initiated by Eran Hammer-Lahav (a principle author) and is still generating interest. The original base specification document, http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-hammer-oauth-03, went to Working Group last call on October 8, 2009. This document is proposed as an Informational RFC.

dkim (Domain Keys Identified Mail)
The DKIM working group will produce standards-track specifications that allow a domain to take responsibility, using digital signatures, for having taken part in the transmission of an email message and to publish “policy” information about how it applies those signatures. Full charter.

Outcomes:
Current list discussion is focused on a proposed re-chartering (http://mipassoc.org/pipermail/ietf-dkim/2009q3/012526.html) and there is one active document, draft-ietf-dkim-deployment-08, which has had only minor revisions since IETF 75. The DKIM working group will not be meeting at IETF 76 in Hiroshima.

Minutes: http://tools.ietf.org/wg/dkim/minutes?item=minutes75.html

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Chapter update: Ecuador

ISOC Ecuador con la Premiación de Los Mejores en el Mundo.
ISOC Ecuador anuncia la creación de la categoría los Mejores en el Exterior.

Contributed by Carlos Vera Quintana

En base a la alianza lograda entre ISOC Ecuador y la Secretaria Nacional del Migrante SENAMI del Ecuador, hemos logrado desarrollar la categoría LOS MEJORES DEL ECUADOR EN EL EXTERIOR, que estara incluida en el portal de postulación y votaciones a partir de noviembre del presente año en el concurso de LOS MEJORES SITIOS WEB E INICIATIVAS TICs DEL ECUADOR 2009, año en el cual este concurso cumple 10 años promoviendo la cultura de la tecnología en el País y a nivel internacional.

Bajo el lema LO MEJOR DEL ECUADOR ESTA EN TODO EL MUNDO: SU GENTE!! la campaña actual tiene por objetivo reconocer los Contenidos creados para y por ecuatorianos en el exterior y los Mejores Sitios Web e Iniciativas TICS creados para y por la comunidad migrante que busquen hacer que nuestros compatriotas participen de manera activa en las actividades que se generen en nuestro país.

Con LO MEJOR DEL ECUADOR ESTÁ EN TODAS PARTES: SU GENTE pretendemos este año lograr que la tecnología acerque a nuestros compatriotas tanto generadores como consumidores de contenidos con su País.

Con esta alianza con la SENAMI pretendemos que el evento sea difundido a través de su plataforma virtual a la comunidad migrante ecuatoriana, y que los participantes puedan participar de forma virtual en cada uno de los procesos llevados a cabo en el concurso.

Este es un logro más que hace que ISOC Ecuador rompa las fronteras y llegue a más cibernautas en el mundo.

Seguimos trabajando por la inclusión digital!!!

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We have met the future Internet leaders and they are us

Youth attending the launch of the Next Generation Leaders programme look to themselves to provide leadership of the Internet

GENEVA, Switzerland–7 October 2009–Insights from youth attending the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World Conference in Geneva, gathered via a poll, show that they considered future leaders of the Internet were far more likely to emerge from educational institutions than from industry, government, or technical communities. Leadership, for this group, is a bridging role relying on education to combine and complement commercial, policy, or technological advances.

Their view of leadership positions the youth to address and find solutions to over-arching concerns such as privacy and security, which they ranked as a far greater concern today than censorship, government regulation, or over-commercialisation.

The poll took place at the launch of a new Internet Society (ISOC) programme designed to identify and promote future leaders such as the talented youth selected for this global conference.

“The Internet Society’s Next Generation Leaders programme offers a unique opportunity to advance potential Internet leaders, and the results of this poll indicate the importance of balanced education for leadership,” said Bill Graham, responsible for strategic global engagement at the Internet Society. “We want to provide the world’s next generation of Internet leaders the opportunity to accelerate their careers.”

“We have specifically designed our programme to prepare young professionals for leadership, bridging the boundaries between business, technical development, policy, and governance on local, regional, and international levels. It is based on specialized coursework, introductions to current high-level leaders, and project work. Graduates will have a great opportunity to advance their careers faster than they could on their own,” continues Graham.

Candidates in the programme will also have the opportunity to apply for ISOC’s existing representation programmes, such as ISOC Ambassadorships to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) or ISOC Fellowships to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

This programme is made possible through generous support from Nominet Trust.

For more information about joining or supporting the Internet Society Next Generation Leaders programme, see: http://isoc.org/leaders/

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Lynn St.Amour interviewed by ITU Telecom TV

Lynn St.Amour was interviewed for the TelecomTV, the official television channel of the ITU Telecom World 2009 conference in Geneva (5-9 October 2009). The full, wide-ranging interview is available on the Telecom TV web site.

For more about the Internet Society’s extensive involvement in Telecom World, please visit InternetSociety.org/itu-tw2009.

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Community Grants Programme Project Showcase

Project Title: Website with Legal and Policy Content for the Fight Against Cybercrime for Latin America
Ciberdelincuencia.Org, a project supported by the ISOC Community Grants Programme has achieved a major success.
Contributed by Cristos Velasco, Latin America (May 2008 grantee)

Ciberdelincuencia.Org, an initiative created by Cristos Velasco has been online since July 2008. Ciberdelincuencia.Org has, since then, become an important source of legal reference for attorneys, practitioners, legislators, international organizations, government officials, academics, and civil society in the field of cybercrime and security. The website contains current information on the legal status of cybecrime of some countries in Latin America, as well as publications, legal instruments, recommendations, and news relevant to the field. Ciberdelincuencia.Org has been disseminated in a number of international and regional conferences on cybercrime, and has played an important role in raising understanding and awareness of the said topics among the different stakeholders in Latin America. To find out more about our activities, visit: http://ciberdelincuencia.org.

Learn more about the Community Grants Programme here.

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DiploFoundation begins research survey on the impact of the IGF

Contributed by DiploFoundation

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) process is a direct result of the UN World Summit on the Information Society. It offers a forum for developing discussions about Internet Governance in a multistakeholder environment which allows for not only cross-border but cross-stakeholder sharing on an equal basis of partners from governments, civil society, business, academia, and the technical community.

The fourth IGF will take place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt in November, 2009. As it enters its fourth iteration, the IGF is undergoing a process of review and evaluation, which makes a survey of its impact particularly relevant and important. DiploFoundaton has recently begun a research survey to identify this impact. This information will be valuable for all stakeholders to consider as best practices, examples or what has worked, and where we need to focus our efforts to improve.

The process of developing and analyzing the results of this survey will be conducted by DiploFoundation and other partners, supported by a grant from AT&T. The project aims to collect a wide range of responses to questionnaires in two formats: an online survey which will provide input for a statistical analysis of trends in impact, and an interview survey of stakeholders from government, civil society, business, academia, and host countries which will form the basis for a narrative report. The interviews and questionnaire will also collect recommendations for future enhancements of the IGF and related activities. This information will be valuable for all stakeholders to consider as best practices, examples of what has worked, and where we need to focus our efforts to improve. The project will be conducted during September and October, 2009, with the release of a report at the IGF in Sharm El Sheikh, November 15, 2009.

Please address any questions to IGF.Impact@gmail.com.

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Latin American ccTLDs gather for security-focused training

Last month, in conjunction with LACTLD, ISOC helped organize a workshop for Latin American Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs). The technical workshop was attended by 40 people representing 15 ccTLDs and  focused on Security. It included both DNSSEC training and secure registry operations courses. The training was supported by ISOC, NIC Mexico, ICANN, NSRC (Network Startup Resource Center), Delta Risk, Viña Santa Cruz and La Torina. Some press coverage of the event is available here.

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ISOC's key initiatives target the critical issues that affect all aspects of Internet development and growth. They embody ISOC's philosophy that the Internet is for everyone and they provide the organization with a solid foundation from which to positively influence standards development, access, business practices, and government policies.