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

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 

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 

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 

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 

What are we doing today? 

Secure E7y Nomadic Toolbox #e7ytoolbox 

Secure Emergency Nomadic Toolbox #e7ytoolbox 

E7y == Emergency 

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

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

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

It's about Communications 

Incommunicado is the cruelest form of punishment 

A Robust Communication System 

Postel's Law 

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

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 ) 

E7y Communications Pioneers 

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

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

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

Today's Scenario 

The Internet is TURNED OFF 

How Would You Communicate? Open Discussion 

Let's Build As Solution 

We will build a Minimum Viable Internet 

What do we need? 

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) 

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 

SARTS.org.sg The Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society 

ARRL.org The Amateur Radio Relay League 

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

Sahana Project 

Ushahidi.org 

The Serval Project 

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

Go to Google Play and download “The Serval Mesh” 

Now, build 

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

Thank You! Harish Pillay [email protected]