<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We at ISOC-LIBERIA join ISOC and other Internet communities in condemning the shutting down of the Internet in Egypt. This is a cowardly <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>attitude on the part of those Egyptian authorities that perpetuate such an act. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>--- On <B>Fri, 1/28/11, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <I><ocl@gih.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv1593567942>Thank you for the speed at which you managed to draft this statement.<BR><BR>As someone who is running an ISOC community-sponsored project, the IPv6 Matrix project, in which one of the goals is to develop hands-on practice for research students at Nile University, Cairo, to program and use IPv6 networking, I can only add my deep disappointment. I am baffled as to how we'll continue development work now.<BR><BR>The cutting of connections to the outside world has been done in such a crude way (deleting of routing from routing tables) that even Egypt's root nameserver for .EG is off-line and only its US-based back-up is running. As for all names in .EG - since the nameservers are not reacheable, they all time out.<BR><BR>[ocl@waikiki ~]$ dig <A class=yiv1593567942moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="http://www.nileuniversity.edu.eg/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.nileuniversity.edu.eg</A> any<BR>; <<>> DiG
9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2 <<>> <A class=yiv1593567942moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="http://www.nileuniversity.edu.eg/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.nileuniversity.edu.eg</A> any<BR>;; global options: printcmd<BR>;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached<BR>[ocl@waikiki ~]$<BR><BR>With many Egyptian companies carrying out business over the net, including many businesses doing back-office work as well as software development, I'd hate to imagine what this is going to mean to the Egyptian economy. In my opinion, this is akin to nuking the economy in order to remain in power by all means possible. How unwise.<BR><BR>Warmest regards,<BR><BR>Olivier<BR><A class=yiv1593567942moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="http://www.ipv6matrix.org/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>www.ipv6matrix.org</A> Project manager<BR><BR><BR>On 28/01/2011 20:38, Anya Chambers wrote :
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<DIV><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial>Dear all</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial>Please find below a statement from the Internet Society in response to the recent events in Egypt:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial>"We are following the current events in Egypt with concern as it appears that all incoming and outgoing Internet traffic has been disrupted. The Internet Society believes that the Internet is a global medium that fundamentally supports opportunity, empowerment, knowledge, growth, and freedom and that these values should never be taken away from individuals.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial>The Internet Society considers this recent action by the Egyptian government to block Internet traffic to be an inappropriate response to a political crisis. It is a very serious decision for a government to block all Internet access in its country, and a serious intrusion into its citizens’ basic rights to communicate. If the blockage continues, it will have a very detrimental impact on Egypt's economy and society. Ultimately, the Egyptian people and nation are the ones that will suffer, while the rest of the world will be worse off with the loss of Egyptian voices on the net.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial>However we are most concerned about the safety and security of the Egyptian people. Alongside the rest of the world, we share the hope for a positive and lasting solution to the problems that have risen to the surface there.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial>In the longer term, we are sure that the world will learn a lesson from this very unfortunate example, and come to understand that cutting off a nation's access to the Internet only serves to fuel dissent and does not address the underlying causes of dissatisfaction."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial>It is also available on our wesbite here; <A href="http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=3091" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=3091</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial>Regards</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial>Anya</FONT></DIV><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial><BR></FONT>
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<DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word"><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial>Anya Chambers<BR></FONT><B><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial>Internet Society</FONT></B></DIV>
<DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word"><B><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial><BR></FONT></B><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial>mobile: +1 224 321 0378</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word"><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial><BR></FONT><B><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial>What will the Internet look like in 10 years? </FONT></B><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial><BR>Watch the trailer; </FONT><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OInTXcZ4HZM%0A" rel=nofollow target=_blank><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OInTXcZ4HZM</FONT></A><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial><BR><BR>For more information: </FONT><A href="http://www.internetsociety.org/scenarios" rel=nofollow target=_blank><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial>www.internetsociety.org/scenarios</FONT></A><FONT class=yiv1593567942Apple-style-span face=Arial><BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV><PRE><FIELDSET
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