[liberationtech] 14th WiGiT: Call for Comments

[Aashik Hameed Noorul Ameen]

Hi,



Professor McKnight and half a dozen SU WiGiT Lab students will be contributing 
to the Enterprise Cloud Leadership Council demos and meetings at TM Forum 
Management World Americas, of the Workplace as a Service.

The attached Workplace as a Service white paper will not be final next week, 
but may be released in January. For the pre-final version to be shared with 
select conference attendees, Professor McKnight invites WiGiT partners / 
members to review the attached draft and suggest edits - with track changes on 
- in the next 48 hours, ie by Sunday afternoon est



Regards,
Aashik Hameed Noorul Ameen,
MS - Information Management '13
President - iSchool Graduate Organization
School of Information Studies - Syracuse University
Ph: 315-751-6691
Email: anoor...@syr.edu

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Re: [liberationtech] CryptoParty in Tunis tomorrow (Saturday, 1st December)

[Rafik]

Nice to see libtech folks going to my alma mater :)
I find this plan in the school website http://www.ensi.rnu.tn/fr/contact.php# 
it is the building with the strange shape . And if it is in the main theatre as 
indicated in cryptoparty page  , it should just be in your left after the 
entrance .
I guess taking the metro is easiest way to go there, 

Rafik



Le 1 Dec 2012 à 09:56, KheOps  a écrit :

> Le 01/12/2012 01:50, Dragana Kaurin a écrit :
>> Awesome, looking forward to it! Having some difficulty finding the location 
>> - can you give me an address and tell me which building on the campus? 
> 
> MMh even though I'll be attending, I'm not a Tunisian and will be guided
> to the school by some local friends.
> 
> However, you will find a map link there: https://cryptoparty.org/wiki/Tunis
> 
> I can also tell that it's in the Manouba area. There is a metro going
> there (actually it's a tramway, but called "metro" here :)
> 
> Alternately, I'm going to meet up with a friend from hackerspace TN
> tomorrow at about 1PM at Place de la République (also named "Passage")
> and we'll take transports to the ENSI. You'll find my face on the web if
> you want to spot me more easily.
> 
>> 
>> On Friday, November 30, 2012 15:57 EST, KheOps  wrote: 
>> 
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> With quite a short delay (sorry for that!) we're kicking off a
>>> CryptoParty tomorrow in Tunis. It will be held at the Engineering School
>>> ENSI (National School of Computer Sciences), and will start at 2PM.
>>> People will first meet in the main theatre.
>>> 
>>> You may be aware that a previous event called CryptoParty was organized
>>> during the OpenITP Tech Summit on 27th November. However, the organizers
>>> required people to give their real ID in order to participate,
>>> requirement that was considered as not acceptable by a number of people,
>>> including people from the Tunis hackerspace.
>>> 
>>> The event happening tomorrow is open to anyone, no control of any kind
>>> will be done.
>>> 
>>> With datalove,
>>> KheOps
>>> 
> 
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Re: [liberationtech] Renesys: Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

[b.g. white]

Update (01:00 GMT, 30 Nov): The last 5 networks belonging to Syria, a set
of smaller netblocks previously advertised by Tata Communications, have
been torn down and are no longer routed. These blocks survived today's
Internet blackout in Syria, but 12 hours after the onset, they, too are off
the air. Traceroutes to these blocks now die on Tata's network in New
Jersey, and websites hosted in these blocks are no longer responding.

http://www.renesys.com/blog/2012/11/syria-off-the-air.shtml#latest
On Nov 30, 2012 1:15 PM, "Amir Rahmati"  wrote:

> Nice article. The information about Iran is inaccurate though.
> Iran only has 2 ASes which are both controlled by the government. They can
> easily limit or cut internet access at the times of their choosing and have
> done so frequently in the aftermath of their 2009 election.
>
> --
> Amir
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 1:46 PM, James S. Tyre  wrote:
>
>> Renesys has a nice follow up post today, the title explains the subject.*
>> ***
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> http://www.renesys.com/blog/2012/11/could-it-happen-in-your-countr.shtml*
>> ***
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Could It Happen In Your Country? 
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> By James Cowie on November 30, 2012 11:32 AM
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> --
>>
>> James S. Tyre
>>
>> Law Offices of James S. Tyre
>>
>> 10736 Jefferson Blvd., #512
>>
>> Culver City, CA 90230-4969
>>
>> 310-839-4114/310-839-4602(fax)
>>
>> jst...@jstyre.com
>>
>> Policy Fellow, Electronic Frontier Foundation
>>
>> https://www.eff.org
>>
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Re: [liberationtech] CryptoParty in Tunis tomorrow (Saturday, 1st December)

[KheOps]

Le 01/12/2012 01:50, Dragana Kaurin a écrit :
>  Awesome, looking forward to it! Having some difficulty finding the location 
> - can you give me an address and tell me which building on the campus? 

MMh even though I'll be attending, I'm not a Tunisian and will be guided
to the school by some local friends.

However, you will find a map link there: https://cryptoparty.org/wiki/Tunis

I can also tell that it's in the Manouba area. There is a metro going
there (actually it's a tramway, but called "metro" here :)

Alternately, I'm going to meet up with a friend from hackerspace TN
tomorrow at about 1PM at Place de la République (also named "Passage")
and we'll take transports to the ENSI. You'll find my face on the web if
you want to spot me more easily.

> 
> On Friday, November 30, 2012 15:57 EST, KheOps  wrote: 
>  
>> Dear all,
>>
>> With quite a short delay (sorry for that!) we're kicking off a
>> CryptoParty tomorrow in Tunis. It will be held at the Engineering School
>> ENSI (National School of Computer Sciences), and will start at 2PM.
>> People will first meet in the main theatre.
>>
>> You may be aware that a previous event called CryptoParty was organized
>> during the OpenITP Tech Summit on 27th November. However, the organizers
>> required people to give their real ID in order to participate,
>> requirement that was considered as not acceptable by a number of people,
>> including people from the Tunis hackerspace.
>>
>> The event happening tomorrow is open to anyone, no control of any kind
>> will be done.
>>
>> With datalove,
>> KheOps
>>

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Re: [liberationtech] CryptoParty in Tunis tomorrow (Saturday, 1st December)

[Dragana Kaurin]

 Awesome, looking forward to it! Having some difficulty finding the location - 
can you give me an address and tell me which building on the campus? 

On Friday, November 30, 2012 15:57 EST, KheOps  wrote: 
 
> Dear all,
> 
> With quite a short delay (sorry for that!) we're kicking off a
> CryptoParty tomorrow in Tunis. It will be held at the Engineering School
> ENSI (National School of Computer Sciences), and will start at 2PM.
> People will first meet in the main theatre.
> 
> You may be aware that a previous event called CryptoParty was organized
> during the OpenITP Tech Summit on 27th November. However, the organizers
> required people to give their real ID in order to participate,
> requirement that was considered as not acceptable by a number of people,
> including people from the Tunis hackerspace.
> 
> The event happening tomorrow is open to anyone, no control of any kind
> will be done.
> 
> With datalove,
> KheOps
> 
 
 
I'm having some trouble finding the location,  
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Re: [liberationtech] Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

[KheOps]

Hi,

Le 30/11/2012 20:34, The Doctor a écrit :
> On 11/29/2012 04:16 PM, Karin Kosina wrote:
> 
>> Is any of you actually able to reach any of those networks? They
>> appear to be unreachable to me.
> 
> Negative.

I've been running an open DNS server for more than a year now, that has
been used quite a lot by Syrian IPs, and I can confirm its use from
Syrian IPs dropped to zero.

Moreover, a friend inside Syria from a Kurdish area close to Turkish
border connected and confirmed the info. He is connected with a Turkish
provider.

KheOps

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[liberationtech] Fwd: [geoweb-r] Next #geowebchat: The Geoweb and the Internet Off Switch

[Alan McConchie]

This twitter chat on Tuesday will be of interest to many on the liberationtech 
list. It's mostly internet geographers who show up to the chat, but we'd love 
to have some participation from the experts on this list.

Please forward this info to anyone else who might be interested. For more 
details about #geowebchat, go here: http://mappingmashups.net/geowebchat

Thanks,

Alan McConchie
PhD Candidate
Department of Geography
University of British Columbia


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Johnathan Rush 
> Subject: [geoweb-r] Next #geowebchat: The Geoweb and the Internet Off Switch
> Date: November 30, 2012 10:41:50 AM PST
> To: geowe...@googlegroups.com
> Reply-To: geowe...@googlegroups.com
> 
> The Internet has gone dark in Syria, and it's not the first time that a 
> regime has limited or eliminated access to the Internet. In Syria, the outage 
> is likely intended to limit the ability of rebels to communicate and for 
> dissent to foment. We saw both total Internet outages and targeted outages of 
> social media in Libya and Egypt last year as well. State-curtailed Internet 
> access is hardly limited to conflict zones, however, and China's censorship 
> of particular issues and websites are frequently covered and speculated upon.
> 
> What does all this mean for the geoweb? How are rebels and protesters 
> affected by a loss of access to the geoweb, and how does their loss of access 
> affect outsiders' knowledge of their conflict? Join the #geowebchat on 
> Tuesday 12/4 for a discussion of what happens to the geoweb when the state 
> hits the "off" switch. If you've got an Internet connection, join us on 
> Twitter at 12pm PST / 3pm EST / 8pm GMT. @rushgeo will be your guest host 
> this week.
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Re: [liberationtech] CryptoParty in Tunis tomorrow (Saturday, 1st December)

[Micah Lee]

On 11/30/2012 09:57 PM, KheOps wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> With quite a short delay (sorry for that!) we're kicking off a
> CryptoParty tomorrow in Tunis. It will be held at the Engineering School
> ENSI (National School of Computer Sciences), and will start at 2PM.
> People will first meet in the main theatre.

This is great! I wish I were still in Tunis so I could attend, but sadly
I'm already en-route back to the states. I hope your event goes great
and lots of people learn to send their first end-to-end encrypted
messages tomorrow.

> You may be aware that a previous event called CryptoParty was organized
> during the OpenITP Tech Summit on 27th November. However, the organizers
> required people to give their real ID in order to participate,
> requirement that was considered as not acceptable by a number of people,
> including people from the Tunis hackerspace.

It sucks that it turned out this way. I didn't want it to at all, and I
was looking forward to meeting Hackerspace TN folks, but I totally get
why you were turned off by the name policy. I probably would be too in
the same situation.

> The event happening tomorrow is open to anyone, no control of any kind
> will be done.
> 
> With datalove,
> KheOps

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[liberationtech] CryptoParty in Tunis tomorrow (Saturday, 1st December)

[KheOps]

Dear all,

With quite a short delay (sorry for that!) we're kicking off a
CryptoParty tomorrow in Tunis. It will be held at the Engineering School
ENSI (National School of Computer Sciences), and will start at 2PM.
People will first meet in the main theatre.

You may be aware that a previous event called CryptoParty was organized
during the OpenITP Tech Summit on 27th November. However, the organizers
required people to give their real ID in order to participate,
requirement that was considered as not acceptable by a number of people,
including people from the Tunis hackerspace.

The event happening tomorrow is open to anyone, no control of any kind
will be done.

With datalove,
KheOps

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Re: [liberationtech] China just blocked Google.com

[Eugen Leitl]

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 02:38:19PM -0500, The Doctor wrote:
> On 11/11/2012 12:01 AM, Christopher Lueg wrote:
> > ... and gmail keeps misclassifying liberationtech emails as spam 
> > overridden numerous times so it's not once off it's systematic.
> 
> Interestingly, I just noticed something similar.  My spiders noticed
> that my Libtech folder was a little empty today.  Going through my
> Spam folder manually, the last 28 messages posted to Libtech were
> misclassified as Spam.
> 
> Strange.  Watch your junk folders, folks, you might be missing a few
> things...

Honi soit qui mal y pense.
 
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Re: [liberationtech] Verification of Speak2Tweet Locales?

[Ben Connors]

Thanks, 

That's the second good suggestion I've gotten. I'm afraid the team I'm 
working with would need something much more rock solid. 
Appreciate the responses so far though.

Innovation Editor | Video Dept. | Washington Post

(c) 202.213.0674
ben.conn...@washpost.com
@BCatDC



From:   "Jillian C. York" 
To: liberationtech , 
Cc: conno...@washpost.com
Date:   11/30/2012 02:08 PM
Subject:Re: [liberationtech] Verification of Speak2Tweet Locales?



You might also consider finding someone to analyze dialect... 

(listening to them this morning, a Syrian friend claims only one of them 
was from Syria, but I don't know what his rationale was).

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Ben Connors  
wrote:
Hi All,

Washington Post Journalist here with a verification question. 
We're looking to do a little blogging on Speak 2 Tweet and Syria, but we 
want at least some layer of proof that the calls are coming from within 
the country. I'm fairly tech savvy but at a loss, as to how/whether that 
can be done. 

Would appreciate your help amplifying these voices. 

Best,
Ben Connors


@bcatdc
202.213.0674
Video Innovation Editor | Washington Post
Formerly Creative Strategist | The Stream , Al Jazeera English

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Re: [liberationtech] China just blocked Google.com

[The Doctor]

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1

On 11/11/2012 12:01 AM, Christopher Lueg wrote:
> ... and gmail keeps misclassifying liberationtech emails as spam 
> overridden numerous times so it's not once off it's systematic.

Interestingly, I just noticed something similar.  My spiders noticed
that my Libtech folder was a little empty today.  Going through my
Spam folder manually, the last 28 messages posted to Libtech were
misclassified as Spam.

Strange.  Watch your junk folders, folks, you might be missing a few
things...

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PGP: 0x807B17C1 / 7960 1CDC 85C9 0B63 8D9F  DD89 3BD8 FF2B 807B 17C1
WWW: https://drwho.virtadpt.net/

Fail fast.  Fail hard.  Move on.

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Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/

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Re: [liberationtech] Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

[The Doctor]

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1

On 11/29/2012 04:16 PM, Karin Kosina wrote:

> Is any of you actually able to reach any of those networks? They
> appear to be unreachable to me.

Negative.

- -- 
The Doctor [412/724/301/703] [ZS (MED)]
Developer, Project Byzantium: http://project-byzantium.org/

PGP: 0x807B17C1 / 7960 1CDC 85C9 0B63 8D9F  DD89 3BD8 FF2B 807B 17C1
WWW: https://drwho.virtadpt.net/

Fail fast.  Fail hard.  Move on.

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Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/

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Re: [liberationtech] Verification of Speak2Tweet Locales?

[Laila Shereen Sakr]

You are right on, Jillian!  R-Shief is currently developing dialect detection 
software in Arabic. We hope to collaborate more with these guys who have been 
doing it for a while: http://www.detectdialect.com/about/


On Nov 30, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Jillian C. York wrote:

> You might also consider finding someone to analyze dialect... 
> 
> (listening to them this morning, a Syrian friend claims only one of them was 
> from Syria, but I don't know what his rationale was).
> 
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Ben Connors  wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Washington Post Journalist here with a verification question. 
> We're looking to do a little blogging on Speak 2 Tweet and Syria, but we want 
> at least some layer of proof that the calls are coming from within the 
> country. I'm fairly tech savvy but at a loss, as to how/whether that can be 
> done. 
> 
> Would appreciate your help amplifying these voices. 
> 
> Best,
> Ben Connors
> 
> 
> @bcatdc
> 202.213.0674
> Video Innovation Editor | Washington Post
> Formerly Creative Strategist | The Stream , Al Jazeera English
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Re: [liberationtech] Renesys: Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

[Amir Rahmati]

Nice article. The information about Iran is inaccurate though.
Iran only has 2 ASes which are both controlled by the government. They can
easily limit or cut internet access at the times of their choosing and have
done so frequently in the aftermath of their 2009 election.

--
Amir



On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 1:46 PM, James S. Tyre  wrote:

> Renesys has a nice follow up post today, the title explains the subject.**
> **
>
> ** **
>
> http://www.renesys.com/blog/2012/11/could-it-happen-in-your-countr.shtml**
> **
>
> ** **
>
> Could It Happen In Your Country? 
>
> ** **
>
> By James Cowie on November 30, 2012 11:32 AM
>
> ** **
>
> --
>
> James S. Tyre
>
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>
> 10736 Jefferson Blvd., #512
>
> Culver City, CA 90230-4969
>
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>
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>
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Re: [liberationtech] Verification of Speak2Tweet Locales?

[Jillian C. York]

You might also consider finding someone to analyze dialect...

(listening to them this morning, a Syrian friend claims only one of them
was from Syria, but I don't know what his rationale was).

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Ben Connors  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Washington Post Journalist here with a verification question.
> We're looking to do a little blogging on Speak 2 Tweet and Syria, but we
> want at least some layer of proof that the calls are coming from within the
> country. I'm fairly tech savvy but at a loss, as to how/whether that can be
> done.
>
> Would appreciate your help amplifying these voices.
>
> Best,
> Ben Connors
>
>
> @bcatdc
> 202.213.0674
> Video Innovation Editor | Washington Post
> Formerly Creative Strategist | The Stream , Al Jazeera English
>
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Re: [liberationtech] Verification of Speak2Tweet Locales?

[Brian Conley]

Ben, I've just emailed you some details and a connection with the guys st
Google originally behind the service.

Brian
On Nov 30, 2012 11:02 AM, "Ben Connors"  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Washington Post Journalist here with a verification question.
> We're looking to do a little blogging on Speak 2 Tweet and Syria, but we
> want at least some layer of proof that the calls are coming from within the
> country. I'm fairly tech savvy but at a loss, as to how/whether that can be
> done.
>
> Would appreciate your help amplifying these voices.
>
> Best,
> Ben Connors
>
>
> @bcatdc
> 202.213.0674
> Video Innovation Editor | Washington Post
> Formerly Creative Strategist | The Stream , Al Jazeera English
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Re: [liberationtech] Renesys: Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

[James S. Tyre]

Renesys has a nice follow up post today, the title explains the subject.

 

http://www.renesys.com/blog/2012/11/could-it-happen-in-your-countr.shtml

 

Could It Happen In Your Country? 

 

By James Cowie on November 30, 2012 11:32 AM

 

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Re: [liberationtech] Verification of Speak2Tweet Locales?

[Amin Sabeti]

Hi,

One of the good ways is to see the time of tweeting and check it with Syria
time. Generally, some people are living outside the country but they claim
they are in the country! Time Zone can help you to identify is he/she in
Syria or not.

A

On 30 November 2012 18:01, Ben Connors  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Washington Post Journalist here with a verification question.
> We're looking to do a little blogging on Speak 2 Tweet and Syria, but we
> want at least some layer of proof that the calls are coming from within the
> country. I'm fairly tech savvy but at a loss, as to how/whether that can be
> done.
>
> Would appreciate your help amplifying these voices.
>
> Best,
> Ben Connors
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[liberationtech] Verification of Speak2Tweet Locales?

[Ben Connors]

Hi All,

Washington Post Journalist here with a verification question.
We're looking to do a little blogging on Speak 2 Tweet and Syria, but we
want at least some layer of proof that the calls are coming from within the
country. I'm fairly tech savvy but at a loss, as to how/whether that can be
done.

Would appreciate your help amplifying these voices.

Best,
Ben Connors


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Re: [liberationtech] SECDEV: Report on Syrian internet shutdown -III

[Andreas Bader]

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
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On 11/30/2012 04:06 PM, Rafal Rohozinski wrote:
> Sorry folks, a bit of Google dyslexia… here is the proper public link for the 
> brief report. Nothing
really new here except for the fact that we were tracking withdrawal of
routes as far back as the 22nd. Also, we've gotten pretty good a
geo-locating individual netblocks, and IP range allocation. if the
central shutdown continues, I imagine that in rebel held areas or maybe
an attempt to start creating their own route announcements viaVSAT based
connections or possibly by creating direct wireless links in border
areas so will be on the lookout for new announcements that don't come
from STE.
>
> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4_SBxiVQGUOQUVSaHFjS0hlVFk
>
> We also run a Facebook page that provides more real-time reporting. It
can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/Syrian.DS
>
> We use Facebook because our principal stakeholders are Syrians, and in
this conflict, Facebook rules as a means of reaching the largest
stakeholder audience…
>
> Rafal
>
>
> On Nov 30, 2012, at 3:51 AM, Cameran Ashraf  wrote:
>
>> Hi Rafal,
>>
>> The link you provided didn't work. Could you send me a copy of the
report?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Cameran
>>
>> --
>> Ph.D. student
>> Department of Geography
>> University of California, Los Angeles
>>
>>
>> Quoting Rafal Rohozinski :
>>
>>> As this list strips PDF's - you can down load the report from here:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4ox3LYQcooBVUlfMkUzZUJmTTQ
>>>
>>> Rafal
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 29, 2012, at 10:47 PM, Rafal Rohozinski
 wrote:
>>>
 Dear colleagues,

 Please find attached a Flash Note from SecDev produced by our Syria
operations group, on today's shutdown of the internet in Syria.

 This shutdown has coincided with heavy fighting around Damascus
airport and the reported seizure of key military facilities by rebels.
In the past, the Syrian regime has shut off communications prior to
offensives, and this may have been the case today. Alternatively, the
shutdown may be related to rebel gains, and the regime’s desire to limit
communication of these events. Due to foreign media restrictions in
Syria, many use social media to communicate with one another and with
the international community about events in the conflict, rendering this
shutdown a critical development in the ongoing crisis.

 These Digital Security Reports are produced as part of an ongoing
activity executed by The SecDev Foundation, called the Syria Digital
Security Project. It seeks to improve the online safety and security of
the Syrian people and to enhance the free flow of information in Syria.
To this end, it provides information, analysis, tools and resources
dedicated to enhancing digital safety and openness in Syria. The project
is administered by The SecDev Foundation, a Canadian not-for-profit
organization, with funding from granting bodies in North America.

 You may find additional coverage of these events in articles posted
by Wired and Computerworld.

 We welcome your feedback.

 

 Rafal
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The Google Docs page seems to be down. Do you have a mirror?
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Re: [liberationtech] SECDEV: Report on Syrian internet shutdown -III

[Rafal Rohozinski]

Sorry folks, a bit of Google dyslexia…  here is the proper public link for the  
brief report.  Nothing really new here except for the fact that we were 
tracking withdrawal of routes as far back as the 22nd.  Also, we've gotten 
pretty good a geo-locating individual netblocks, and IP range allocation.  if 
the central shutdown continues, I imagine that in rebel held areas or maybe an 
attempt to start creating  their own route announcements viaVSAT based 
connections or possibly by creating  direct wireless links in border areas so 
will be on the lookout for new announcements that don't come from STE.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4_SBxiVQGUOQUVSaHFjS0hlVFk

We also run a Facebook page that provides more real-time reporting. It can be 
found here: https://www.facebook.com/Syrian.DS

We use Facebook because our principal  stakeholders are Syrians, and in this 
conflict, Facebook rules  as a means of reaching the largest stakeholder 
audience…

Rafal


On Nov 30, 2012, at 3:51 AM, Cameran Ashraf  wrote:

> Hi Rafal,
> 
> The link you provided didn't work.  Could you send me a copy of the report?
> 
> Thanks,
> Cameran
> 
> -- 
> Ph.D. student
> Department of Geography
> University of California, Los Angeles
> 
> 
> Quoting Rafal Rohozinski :
> 
>> As this list strips PDF's - you can down load the report from here: 
>> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4ox3LYQcooBVUlfMkUzZUJmTTQ
>> 
>> Rafal
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 29, 2012, at 10:47 PM, Rafal Rohozinski  
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>> 
>>> Please find attached a Flash Note from SecDev produced by our Syria 
>>> operations group, on today's shutdown of the internet in Syria.
>>> 
>>> This shutdown has coincided with heavy fighting around Damascus airport and 
>>> the reported seizure of key military facilities by rebels. In the past, the 
>>> Syrian regime has shut off communications prior to offensives, and this may 
>>> have been the case today. Alternatively, the shutdown may be related to 
>>> rebel gains, and the regime’s desire to limit communication of these 
>>> events. Due to foreign media restrictions in Syria, many use social media 
>>> to communicate with one another and with the international community about 
>>> events in the conflict, rendering this shutdown a critical development in 
>>> the ongoing crisis.
>>> 
>>> These Digital Security Reports are produced as part of an ongoing activity 
>>> executed by The SecDev Foundation, called the Syria Digital Security 
>>> Project. It seeks to improve the online safety and security of the Syrian 
>>> people and to enhance the free flow of information in Syria. To this end, 
>>> it provides information, analysis, tools and resources dedicated to 
>>> enhancing digital safety and openness in Syria. The project is administered 
>>> by The SecDev Foundation, a Canadian not-for-profit organization, with 
>>> funding from granting bodies in North America.
>>> 
>>> You may find additional coverage of these events in articles posted by 
>>> Wired and Computerworld.
>>> 
>>> We welcome your feedback.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Rafal
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[liberationtech] Proposed statement on Syria

[Yosem Companys]

From: *Harold Feld* 

We would like to get out a statement, as Public Knowledge, on Syria's
recent action and how it highlights the implications for free speech in
some of the proposed ITRs. Is there anyone not enroute to Dubai who can
clear a statement by me? Otherwise we will issue from a non-delagation
member.

Thanks.

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Public Knowledge
1818 N Street, NW
Suite 410
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-861-0020
Fax: 202-861-0040


From: *Judith Hellerstein* 

 Hi Harold,

If you are looking for some one in the State department to clear it, Andrew
Harris is serving as the State Department’s primary point of contact on
WCIT.  I am sure he can get it cleared. His email is harri...@state.gov

Best,
Judith

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Re: [liberationtech] updated analysis #SyriaBlackout

[Shava Nerad]

Blogged:

https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z12dezwx5rjft5a3w22lxdpy1wqbc55ry04?cbp=1xylf2bws3wd8&spath=/app/basic/stream&sparm=force%3D1%26partnerid%3Dt1%26source%3Dapppromo&force=1&partnerid=t1

Sorry about the url, my new mobile is psychotic...

SN
 On Nov 30, 2012 7:37 AM, "L. Aaron Kaplan"  wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Here is an updated analysis from my side:
>
>   http://www.cert.at/services/blog/20121129184048-616.html
>
> This includes a traceroute from within Syria.
> More comments welcome.
>
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Re: [liberationtech] Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

[Collin Anderson]

There has been a great deal of research and reporting on the infrastructure
of Syria's international Internet connectivity, particularly in terms of
international politics. I think its important to underscore the point that
the routing is failing with the Syrian Telecommunications Establishment,
who is directly controlled by the family of Assad and has a monopoly on
transit. STE will commonly disable domestic peers in rebelling cities
through turning off the remote ports in the network structure; despite
social and economic ramifications, this is not difficult technically. Tata,
as an upstream provider, or MTN, as a customer, are unlikely to be actively
complicit of have any say in current affairs.

On Thursday, November 29, 2012, Brian Conley 
wrote:
> Has there been any discussion of the fact that Tata communications is an
Indian company? What's India's stance on the Syrian conflict?
>
> It was an interesting detail to me to note that an Indian global telecom
is such a key player here. Id not noticed that previously.
>
> On Nov 29, 2012 1:23 PM, "Andrew Lewis"  wrote:
>>
>> From what I remember those networks were never really in use, or at
least firewalled from outside the country.
>>
>> -Andrew
>> On Nov 30, 2012, at 10:16 AM, Karin Kosina  wrote:
>>
>> >> Now, there are a few Syrian networks that are still connected to the
>> >> Internet, still reachable by traceroutes, and indeed still hosting
>> >> Syrian content. These are five networks that use Syrian-registered IP
>> >> space, but the originator of the routes is actually Tata
>> >> Communications.
>> >
>> >
>> > Is any of you actually able to reach any of those networks? They
appear to be unreachable to me.
>> >
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[liberationtech] updated analysis #SyriaBlackout

[L. Aaron Kaplan]

Folks,

Here is an updated analysis from my side: 

  http://www.cert.at/services/blog/20121129184048-616.html

This includes a traceroute from within Syria.
More comments welcome.

a.

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[liberationtech] Dollar-Less Iranians Discover Virtual Currency

[Eugen Leitl]

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-29/dollar-less-iranians-discover-virtual-currency

Dollar-Less Iranians Discover Virtual Currency

By Max Raskin on November 29, 2012

Under sanctions imposed by the U.S. and its allies, dollars are hard to come
by in Iran. The rial fell from 20,160 against the greenback on the street
market in August to 36,500 rials to the dollar in October. It’s settled, for
now, around 27,000. The central bank’s fixed official rate is 12,260. Yet
there’s one currency in Iran that has kept its value and can be used to
purchase goods from abroad: bitcoins, the online-only currency.

Created in 2009 by a mysterious programmer named Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoins
behave a lot like any currency. Their value is determined by demand, and they
can be used to buy stuff. Bitcoin transactions are encrypted and handled by a
decentralized global network of tens of thousands of personal computers.
Merchants around the world accept the currency, from a bakery in San
Francisco to a dentist in Finland. Individuals who own bitcoins and wish to
exchange them for physical currencies like euros or dollars can use exchange
sites such as localbitcoins.com, a Finland-based site founded by Jeremias
Kangas. “I believe that bitcoin is, or will be in the future, a very
effective tool for individuals who want to avoid sanctions, currency
restrictions, and high inflation in countries such as Iran,” Kangas wrote in
an e-mail.

The advantage for Iranians is that bitcoins can be swapped for dollars that
can then be kept outside the country. Another plus: Regulators can’t easily
track the transactions, since bitcoins aren’t issued from a central server.
Bitcoin users can conduct business on virtual private networks, which hide
customers’ identities.

At online store coinDL.com, shoppers can use bitcoins to buy Beyond Matter,
the latest album from Iranian artist Mohammad Rafigh. Anyone in the U.S.
downloading songs, which fetch .039 bitcoins or 45¢ each, risks violating
U.S. sanctions. That doesn’t bother Rafigh, who’s studying computer
engineering as well as playing music. “Bitcoin is so interesting for me,”
Rafigh wrote in an e-mail. “I wish the culture of using digital money spreads
all over the world, because it does not have any dependency on anything like
politics.” Rafigh has translated some bitcoin software into Farsi for his
friends. “I love Iran, and if bitcoin is good for me, it can be good for more
Iranians like me.”

Iranian-American bitcoin consultant Farzhad Hashemi recently traveled to
Tehran and talked up bitcoin to his friends. “They are instantly fascinated
by it,” he says. “It’s a flash for them when they realize how it can solve
their problems.” Iranians working or living abroad can send bitcoins to their
families, who can use one of the online currency matchmaking services to find
someone willing to exchange bitcoins for euros, rials, or dollars. Bitcoins
are useful to Iranians wishing to move their money abroad, either to children
studying in Europe or America or simply to stash cash in a safe place.

As the value of the rial plunges, many Iranians are trying to acquire foreign
currencies. “We have no idea what will happen,” says Amir-Hossein Madani, who
says he’s traded tens of millions of street market dollars in Tehran over the
past two years. “These days prices change every 10 minutes.”

The uncertainty has led some Iranian software developers to ask clients to
pay them in bitcoins. “Anyone with a computer is able to own, send, and
receive them. You can be at an Internet cafe in Iran and managing a bitcoin
account,” says Jon Matonis, a founding board member of the Bitcoin
Foundation, a Seattle nonprofit that promotes the currency. The exchange rate
in Iran is 332,910 rials per bitcoin. It isn’t known how many Iranians use
bitcoins to skirt sanctions. According to localbitcoins’ Kangas, 32 people in
Iran have contacted each other through his site.

An internal FBI report in April expressed concern over the online currency.
The report was leaked to Wired and Betabeat. “Since Bitcoin does not have a
centralized authority, law enforcement faces difficulties detecting
suspicious activity, identifying users, and obtaining transaction
records—problems that might attract malicious actors to Bitcoin,” says the
report. For now, Iranians are using bitcoins to maintain a fragile connection
to the outside world.

The bottom line: Iranians are resorting to virtual currency to move money
into and out of the country in a way that Western authorities find hard to
detect.

With Ladane Nasseri, Yeganeh Salehi, and Peter S. Green

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Re: [liberationtech] SECDEV: Report on Syrian internet shutdown -II

[Cameran Ashraf]

Hi Rafal,

The link you provided didn't work.  Could you send me a copy of the report?

Thanks,
Cameran

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University of California, Los Angeles


Quoting Rafal Rohozinski :

As this list strips PDF's - you can down load the report from here:  
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4ox3LYQcooBVUlfMkUzZUJmTTQ


Rafal


On Nov 29, 2012, at 10:47 PM, Rafal Rohozinski  
 wrote:



Dear colleagues,

Please find attached a Flash Note from SecDev produced by our Syria  
operations group, on today's shutdown of the internet in Syria.


This shutdown has coincided with heavy fighting around Damascus  
airport and the reported seizure of key military facilities by  
rebels. In the past, the Syrian regime has shut off communications  
prior to offensives, and this may have been the case today.  
Alternatively, the shutdown may be related to rebel gains, and the  
regime’s desire to limit communication of these events. Due to  
foreign media restrictions in Syria, many use social media to  
communicate with one another and with the international community  
about events in the conflict, rendering this shutdown a critical  
development in the ongoing crisis.


These Digital Security Reports are produced as part of an ongoing  
activity executed by The SecDev Foundation, called the Syria  
Digital Security Project. It seeks to improve the online safety and  
security of the Syrian people and to enhance the free flow of  
information in Syria. To this end, it provides information,  
analysis, tools and resources dedicated to enhancing digital safety  
and openness in Syria. The project is administered by The SecDev  
Foundation, a Canadian not-for-profit organization, with funding  
from granting bodies in North America.


You may find additional coverage of these events in articles posted  
by Wired and Computerworld.


We welcome your feedback.



Rafal


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