[liberationtech] 1. Re: What ideas did you submit to the Knight News Challenge?
Mohammed Kambal
mhssulimanm at gmail.com
Thu Mar 20 11:21:47 PDT 2014
We have submitted Koios.org , a social problems identification /solving
platform that based on crowdsourcing concept . Iam the analyst of the
platform .
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> 1. Re: What ideas did you submit to the Knight News Challenge?
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> 2. Re: Are undersea cables tapped before they get to ISP's? [was
> Re: Security over SONET/SDH] (coderman)
> 3. Applications open for the SIDC HR/ICT programme 2014/2015
> (Marcin de Kaminski)
> 4. Re: What ideas did you submit to the Knight News Challenge?
> (Martin Johnson)
> 5. Re: About Telegram (sam de silva)
> 6. Re: About Telegram (Natanael)
> 7. Re: Signed HTTP (Steve Schultze)
> 8. Re: About Telegram (Brian Conley)
> 9. Re: About Telegram (Jorge SoydelBierzo)
> 10. Re: What ideas did you submit to the Knight News Challenge?
> (Nicholas Merrill)
> 11. Survey - population in 22 out of 24 countries worried about
> government online surveillance (Richard Brooks)
> 12. Re: About Telegram (Tony Arcieri)
> 13. Trsst Encryption (was: About Telegram) (Michael Powers)
> 14. Re: About Telegram (Maxim Kammerer)
> 15. Stanford Course: "GIS for Good" (Spring Quarter) (Yosem Companys)
> 16. Re: Trsst Encryption (was: About Telegram) (Steve Weis)
> 17. Re: What ideas did you submit to the Knight News Challenge?
> (Ronald Deibert)
> 18. Re: What ideas did you submit to the Knight News Challenge?
> (David Solomonoff)
> 19. Re: What ideas did you submit to the Knight News Challenge?
> (Collin Sullivan)
> 20. FW: Dronification? (michael gurstein)
> 21. ICANN IANA is not needed on .MARS #dotMARS (Techno CAT)
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> 23. Re: What ideas did you submit to the Knight News Challenge?
> (Hisham)
> 24. Re: About Telegram (Tony Arcieri)
> 25. readers for the Knight News Challenge (elijah)
> 26. Re: About Telegram (Ximin Luo)
> 27. Fwd: A new Mixmaster is in the works! (Cypher)
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> 30. Re: About Telegram (Ximin Luo)
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> 32. Re: About Telegram (Ximin Luo)
> 33. Re: Fwd: A new Mixmaster is in the works! (Michael Rogers)
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> 38. Tox Skype Alternative (Travis McCrea)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 09:23:23 +0100
> From: "Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)" <lists at infosecurity.ch>
> To: liberationtech <liberationtech at lists.stanford.edu>
> Subject: Re: [liberationtech] What ideas did you submit to the Knight
> News Challenge?
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> Il 3/18/14, 9:32 PM, Steven Clift ha scritto:
> > They went from 129 proposals on Friday to 555 with 27 minutes left today.
>
> We've submitted "Whistleblowing in the Cloud with GlobaLeaks" to reduce
> the effort/skills needed to setup a Whistleblowing Platform in a similar
> way to Tor Cloud Project http://cloud.torproject.org :
>
>
> https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/feedback-review/whistleblowing-in-the-cloud-with-globaleaks
>
>
> --
> Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
> HERMES - Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights
> http://logioshermes.org - http://globaleaks.org - http://tor2web.org
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>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 01:38:26 -0700
> From: coderman <coderman at gmail.com>
> To: liberationtech <liberationtech at lists.stanford.edu>, Cypherpunks
> list <cypherpunks at al-qaeda.net>
> Subject: Re: [liberationtech] Are undersea cables tapped before they
> get to ISP's? [was Re: Security over SONET/SDH]
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> the early research on passive backbone network measurement:
>
> http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~chuah/classes/eec274/eec274-w09/refs/FML03-ipmon.pdf
>
> [ED: at the time, the working storage of 330GB could potentially keep
> ~1,300 continuous days of compressed voice capture.
> (or mere hours of a lightly utilized OC12 if capturing it all like
> MYSTIC) ]
>
> """
> The IPMON monitoring infrastructure ... consists of three elements: a
> set of passive monitoring entities which collect the packet traces; a
> data repository that stores the traces once they have been collected;
> and an analysis platform which performs off-line analysis. Analysis is
> performed off-line for two reasons. The primary reason is that the
> data is used in many different research projects, each of which has
> its own set of custom analysis tools. It is more efficient to perform
> the multiple types of analysis on a computing cluster in the lab where
> many systems can access the data simultaneously. The second reason is
> we archive the traces for use in future projects.
>
> 1) Monitoring entities ... are responsible for collecting the packet
> traces. Each trace is a sequence of packet records that contain the
> first 40 bytes of each packet, which are just the IP and UDP/TCP
> headers, as well as a sub-microsecond timestamp which indicates the
> time at which the packet was observed. The source and destination IP
> addresses are not anonymized, since they are needed in routing-related
> analysis. Each monitoring entity is a dual-processor Linux server
> (Dell PowerEdge 6000 series) with 1 GB main memory, a large disk array
> (100 to 330 GB), and a POS network interface card, known as the DAG
> card. Existing DAG cards are capable of monitoring links ranging in
> speed from OC-3 to OC-48... The DAG card captures, timestamps, and
> transfers the POS HDLC framing information and the IP packet headers
> to the main memory of the Linux server where a driver software then
> transfers the data to the disk array. An optical splitter is installed
> on the monitored link, and one output of the splitter is connected to
> the DAG card in the server... Each monitoring entity has a removable
> disk array of up to 330 GB. This amount of disk space allows us to
> capture a minimum of several hours of trace data at full link
> utilization. We can either schedule trace collection for a pre-defined
> interval or allow it to run until space on the hard disks is
> exhausted. By Sprint engineering design, the network links are not
> fully loaded (except in extreme failure scenarios) and we are
> typically able to collect several days of measurement data... A total
> of 60 monitoring entities are installed at 4 different POPs, chosen on
> the basis of geographic diversity and connectivity. They monitor the
> traffic on OC-3, OC-12, and OC-48 links which connect access routers,
> backbone routers
> and several of the private peering links.
>
> 2) Data Repository... involves two levels of storage, consisting of a
> 12 TB removable tape library and a 10 TB disk storage array. It is
> located at the Sprint Advanced Technology Laboratory (ATL). For short
> traces, a dedicated OC-3 link is available for transferring the data
> from the monitoring entities back to the ATL. Given that a full
> multi-POP trace set consists of approximately 10TB when trace
> collection is allowed to run until the disks fill up, the best method
> for transferring full traces back to the data repository is by
> physically shipping the removable hard disks. As a result of these
> constraints on transferring trace data, we do not schedule new traces
> until the previous trace data is either transferred or deleted.
>
> 3) Data Analysis Platform: Data analysis is performed on a cluster of
> 17 high-end servers connected to a Storage Area
> Network (SAN) with a capacity of 10 TB.
> """
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 7:54 PM, coderman <coderman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > ... [ lots of tapping, everywhere! ]
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:30:03 +0100
> From: Marcin de Kaminski <marcin at dekaminski.se>
> To: liberationtech <liberationtech at lists.stanford.edu>
> Subject: [liberationtech] Applications open for the SIDC HR/ICT
> programme 2014/2015
> Message-ID: <BB48B38B-1738-4B03-AB40-BCB45049A214 at dekaminski.se>
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>
> Dear all,
>
> I?m happy to announce that applications are now open for the third round
> of the Social Innovation in a Digital Context programme at Lund University
> Internet Institute, Sweden. To learn more about the program, please refer
> to the information attached below or the current programme website
> www.sidc2013.com
>
> //
>
> Social Innovation in a Digital Context (SIDC)
> ? A one year academic programme for social and digital innovators from the
> Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, with interactive and practical
> components.
>
> Social Innovation in a Digital Context (SIDC) is a one-year academic
> programme, comprising 60 academic credits. Carried out by Lund University
> on behalf of the Swedish Institute, the SIDC programme supports social and
> digital innovators from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia to
> pursue project work in the fields of digital technology, new media, and
> social-political change.
>
> Deadline for applications: April 14th, 2014
>
> For practical questions and more information about the application
> procedure, please contact:
> Jessica Hansson, project manager, Lund University Commissioned Education:
> sidc at education.lu.se
>
> For more information about the programme design and content, please
> contact:
> Marcin de Kaminski, programme director, Lund University Internet Institute,
> marcin.de_kaminski at soclaw.lu.se
>
> Find out more about the programme here:
> www.si.se/sidc
> www.luii.lu.se/education/sidc2014/
> www.education.lu.se/sidc
>
> www.facebook.com/sidcprogramme
> youtube.com/user/sidc2014
>
> //
>
> I would be very happy if this information was circulated in HR/ICT
> communities in MENA region and South Asia, to make sure that it reaches out
> to potential participants. Feel free to forward this email, and don?t
> hesitate to put my email in cc for contact reasons.
>
> Thanks!
>
> /Marcin
>
> --
> Marcin de Kaminski
> PhDc Sociology of Law, University of Lund
> Lund University Internet Institute, Cybernorms Research Group
> Personal homepage - www.dekaminski.se
>
> Phone#: +46-(0)768-045151
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:38:28 +0800
> From: Martin Johnson <greatfire at greatfire.org>
> To: liberationtech <liberationtech at lists.stanford.edu>
> Subject: Re: [liberationtech] What ideas did you submit to the Knight
> News Challenge?
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> We submitted six separate proposals to expand our efforts to end online
> censorship in China (and, in one proposal, expanding beyond China):
>
> Expand the concept of collateral freedom to unblock censored websites in
> China
>
> https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/expand-the-concept-of-collateral-freedom-to-unblock-censored-websites-in-china
>
> Undo censorship on Sina Weibo - the most popular social network in China -
> through a simple browser plugin
>
> https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/undo-censorship-on-sina-weibo-the-most-popular-social-network-in-china-through-a-simple-browser-plugin
>
> Expand GreatFire.org?s censorship testing platform to Iran and beyond
>
> https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/expand-greatfire-org-s-censorship-testing-platform-to-iran-and-beyond
>
> Open up the biggest database of online censorship in China to researchers
> and developers around the world
>
> https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/open-up-the-biggest-database-of-online-censorship-in-china-to-researchers-and-developers-around-the-world
>
> Test, distribute and evaluate circumvention tools in China
>
> https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/test-distribute-and-evaluate-circumvention-tools-in-china
>
> Free WeChat
> https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/free-wechat
>
> ?????? / Martin Johnson
> Founder of GreatFire.org and FreeWeibo.com | PGP
> key<https://en.greatfire.org/contact>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) <
> lists at infosecurity.ch> wrote:
>
> > Il 3/18/14, 9:32 PM, Steven Clift ha scritto:
> > > They went from 129 proposals on Friday to 555 with 27 minutes left
> today.
> >
> > We've submitted "Whistleblowing in the Cloud with GlobaLeaks" to reduce
> > the effort/skills needed to setup a Whistleblowing Platform in a similar
> > way to Tor Cloud Project http://cloud.torproject.org :
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/feedback-review/whistleblowing-in-the-cloud-with-globaleaks
> >
> >
> > --
> > Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
> > HERMES - Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights
> > http://logioshermes.org - http://globaleaks.org - http://tor2web.org
> >
> > --
> > Liberationtech is public & archives are se
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