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Internet Society Singapore Chapter Harish Pillay President, ISOC Singapore Chapter [email protected] 9V1HP

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Brief History ● Established in June 2011 ● It is registered as a society under the Societies Act of Singapore. ● Membership growth has been slow but steady and it stands at about 50

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Seminars, Advocacy ● Participated and commented on: ● Licensing of blogs and online commentaries ● The sharing economy issues around “archaic” regulations ● IoT – Standards making with the IT Standards Committee and building awareness ● Changes to the Singapore Copyright Act – came into force in January 2015: ● CNA: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/trade-association-aims- to/1586388.html ● SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/official938live1/digital-privacy

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IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) ● ISOC SG participated in the bidding process for the creation of the ICG Secretariat for the transition of IANA in September 2014 ● After many rounds of discussions and presentations, we were awarded the ICG Secretariat role ● We are particularly proud of this appointment

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Activities for 2015 ● “Secure E7y Nomadic Toolbox” or e7ytoolbox workshop to create a self-sustaining Internet when all established connections are “destroyed” - at FOSSAsia March 2015 ● “Issues around harassment in a online realms” seminar - tba ● “Duty of Care” seminar – March 21 2015 ● IoT Asia conference – April 2015 ● Tamil Internet conference – May/June 2015

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What are we doing today?

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Secure E7y Nomadic Toolbox #e7ytoolbox

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Secure Emergency Nomadic Toolbox #e7ytoolbox

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E7y == Emergency

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Isaac Asimov's Incredible Vision (exerpt from interview in 1988 with Bill Moyers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZmFEFO72gA

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Looking 20 years from now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt4fX3gOQUg

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It Could Have Been This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0pPfyYtiBc

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It's about Communications

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Incommunicado is the cruelest form of punishment

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A Robust Communication System

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Postel's Law

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"Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others." (RFC 793)

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But this principle might need some refinement for today's networks (see Eric Allman's ACM commentary - http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2011/8/114933-the-robustness-principle- reconsidered/fulltext )

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E7y Communications Pioneers

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When Everything is Down (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfNxOjFv-FA)

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What was the impetus? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nOJWDxFHPk)

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Ham Radio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4U1bWA19B4)

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Today's Scenario

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The Internet is TURNED OFF

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How Would You Communicate? Open Discussion

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Let's Build As Solution

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We will build a Minimum Viable Internet

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What do we need?

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The Start of a Laundry List ● Computers – desktops, laptops, tablets ● Software – It MUST be Free and Open Source Software, or at the very least reverse engineered closed software ● Wires, wiring tools ● Antennae ● Power systems: rechargeable batteries, power generators (diesel, natural gas, solar)

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Some Principles To Consider I. It must be built securely, or if it is not possible, know that it is not secure II. Must be able to be used by the majority of people III. Must be buildable using tools that are generally available IV. Little or NO restrictions on sharing of code, hardware design etc. V. No SPOF – Single Point Of Failure

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SARTS.org.sg The Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society

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ARRL.org The Amateur Radio Relay League

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IARU.org International Amateur Radio Union World Amateur Radio Day April 18

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Sahana Project

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Ushahidi.org

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The Serval Project

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For Today's Workshop, Let's Builds a Serval Mesh

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Go to Google Play and download “The Serval Mesh”

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Now, build

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Next Steps Join the Internet Society Singapore Chapter – http://isoc.sg/application-form/

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Thank You! Harish Pillay [email protected]