“La Clika, Libres en Línea” is an interactive transmedia campaign created in Mexico by Luchadoras and La Sandia Digital, two organizations that seek to raise awareness among young women and provide them with tools to avoid the dissemination of intimate images without their consent. By creating a campaign that allows generating collective and participative reflection processes and actions with young women so that they will to be able to identify and name different forms of online violence and share information, experiences and resources, Luchadoras and Sandia Digital have created a digital campaign for young women to have information and tools to identify and act against online violence. In 2017, a collective conversation was held with survivors of digital violence in Mexico for the purpose of documenting their experiences and having an impact on the issue. A Theory of Exchange was then developed, with three specific goals: contributing to the recognition of violence, combating the blaming of women, and offering tools for action. In addition, creative work involved a story, a script and graphic materials approaching the topic in a friendly way and which included a consultation with women aged 18 to 25 by means of two focus groups, a study of the mechanisms available for reporting intimate images shared on various platforms without consent, and the creation of Self-Defense Guides. La Clika was launched in 2019 and then began a period of dissemination with media presence to help include the topic on the public agenda, collective conversations and workshops with young people in different Mexican states, as well as building alliances with schools and girls’ clubs to raise awareness on the topic. A protocol for accompanying cases that are reported has also been designed to channel any requests that are received.
Expansion of Congestion Latency Optimization Algorithms
The project will expand the congestion algorithm for latency optimization developed by Universidad de Palermo so that it can be executed from both the side receiving and the side sending the data. The algorithm currently works from the side receiving the data and optimizes the reception window to reach available network capacity without causing packet flooding at the bottleneck location on a network path, thus improving the latency of all the connections that share the bottleneck. The expansion will seek to develop a version of the congestion algorithm that can be executed from the side sending the data. This will optimize the “outgoing” traffic of the servers originating the data. The algorithm will also be incorporated to a standard Linux distribution. The funds provided by FRIDA will be used to train and incorporate additional researchers to the team currently working at the research center of Universidad de Palermo’s School of Engineering so as to increase its capacity for exploring alternatives and developing specific solutions to meet the goals above.
IoT Honeypot Deployment in Latin America and the Caribbean
This is a joint initiative by CEDIA and The Shadowserver Foundation that will deploy a large-scale honeypot sensor network in Latin America and the Caribbean, building upon the technology developed by Shadowserver for automating honeypot deployments and CEDIA’s CSIRT expertise. The network will enable a unique view of IoT threats in the region and, together with a communications campaign, it will lead to a reduction in infected devices. The data produced will be shared with 21 national CSIRTs and 235 network owners in the region, as well as with a total 109 national CSIRTs and 5,000+ network owners worldwide via Shadowserver’s daily remediation feeds. The project will utilize existing open source IoT related honeypots and deploy them on a large scale using Shadowserver’s framework. In addition, CEDIA will lead a communications campaign including recommendations on how to identify and remediate these types of threats and target the most affected ISPs with one-on-one follow-up. The project will rely on a combination of paid VPS services and donated nodes from third parties. At least 50 sensors will be placed in 15 countries.
Continuous Monitoring Tool
NIC.ar seeks to develop a software solution that allows the constant, automatic and periodic monitoring of all the domains registered with a NIC, in order to observe their compliance with the various standards defined at the global and regional level and with the best practices defined within the domain ecosystem, such as the use of DNSSEC, SSL, number of delegations, responsive design, and accessibility. The goals of this tool are to identify the features, strengths and weaknesses of registered domain names, to optimize the use of resources within an organization, and to design actions to meet the needs of its users. The solution will be developed in such a way that it can be easily integrated with the existing infrastructure of each entity that wishes to use it, and it will quickly generate an analytics dashboard that will allow accessing information that has already been processed considering the results obtained by monitoring the data. Four modules will be developed: a module responsible for collecting information on the use of the SSL certificate, the certificate’s level of security, the use of DNSSEC, the number of delegations, support for responsive design, the use of CDN, accessibility and use of DKIM and SPF records; a data warehouse module for storing the data collected by the survey module; an analytics dashboard that allows specific queries; and a data collector manager for defining the parameters of the information to be collected.
Analyzing the unintended security implications of AS-Path Prepending to security
The aim of the project is to analyze the deployment of AS-Path Prepending on the Internet and to understand its implications for Internet routing security by providing knowledge that allows network operators to assess the tradeoffs of using AS-Path Prepending for unbound traffic engineering. This project is the first one that seeks to understand the impacts of the use of AS-Path Prepending on the security of the Internet routing ecosystem using actual Internet data. The mains goals include characterizing ASPP in terms of deployment, policies and, effectiveness as an ITE tool; identifying prefixes/autonomous systems potentially at risk due to the use of ASPP; fostering the security of the Internet routing ecosystem by reducing the number of unnecessary prepends that exist on the Internet today; reporting results to the network community periodically; providing a platform for data analysis; and presenting and discussing findings at NOG meetings.
OpenNetAudit – Open Network Security Auditing Tool
The goal of OpenNetAudit is to develop an application for network security auditing that allows users to check configuration and software objects following security best practices. The software will be composed of the most modern libraries, such as Napalm, Nornir, Netmiko, supporting standard formats such as yaml and json, to interact with network devices in an abstract manner. This is an open and broad solution to audit network security. OpenNetAudit will enable network admins and security analysts to audit their network devices, receive feedback of well-known security best practices, and create custom rules to check specific aspects of their networks. The OpenNetAudit software is being developed to be used at the RNP network (Brazilian NREN) to audit its networking devices. RNP has developed a MVP; FRIDA funding will be used to add more fields to the system database and implement a hierarchy of objects (users, groups and sites); add filters to perform customized audits, enabling users to perform audits in subgroups; develop robust reports and a vulnerability tracking tool; add more vendors (Cisco, Huawei, etc.) to the devices supported by the system; add custom rules for auditing; and write up related software documentation.
LACTLD Anycast Cloud
The LACTLD Anycast Cloud is a collaborative network that seeks to strengthen DNS infrastructure and stability in Latin America and the Caribbean. Anycast is an addressing technology that allows an optimal and efficient use of networks. In an Anycast Cloud, a series of nodes (servers) store copies of the same database, which is made up of the different Cloud client zones (list of managed domains, for example, .sv, .do, .gt). In turn, these nodes which are located in different places share and respond to the same IP address. Thus, when this database receives a query, the routing systems first decide which of the available nodes is closest to the point where the query originated and then direct the information to this endpoint, thus accelerating replies. The LACTLD Anycast Cloud is regional, collaborative and not-for-profit. This initiative has strengthened the infrastructure and stability of the Cloud’s clients and nodes as well as the entire regional network in terms of resilience, robustness, traffic load management, speed and availability. It is also worth noting that this is the first project of its kind in this industry, a highly sustainable platform with low participation costs and significant benefits for all participants involved.
Mx Center for Women in Technology (CMTMx)
The Mx Center for Women in Technology (CMTMx) is the result of the joint work of four women (Carmen Polanco, Mexico; Nathalia Sautchuk, Brazil; Paola Perez, Venezuela; and Erika Vega, Colombia) who are part of the regional Internet community and the collaboration of ANUIES, the National Association of Universities and Higher Education Institutions.
The project includes two lines of action. On the one hand, it will implement the #EllaEnElDesarrolloDeInternet initiative, which focuses on mentoring women who are studying ICT careers in the universities of Mérida. These students will receive training to help them develop their digital skills in Internet Resources, Network Management, Security, IPv6, and Basic and Advanced Routing. The young interns will contribute and participate in the deployment of Internet infrastructure at State Government entities and Educational Institutions that will be connected to the IXP node in the State of Yucatán.
The second line of action is the BootcampCMTMx experience. The Bootcamp will consist of a week of activities and workshops for girls and adolescents aimed at promoting the development of mobile applications, computer architecture, robotics and networking. The ultimate goal of the project is to contribute to the construction of a society where girls and women can actively participate in the broad world of technologies for Internet development.
Virtual Digital Literacy Platform for Women in Argentina and Latin America
The foundation offers legal and technical advice on digital violence to women in Argentina who contact them. Their direct contact with digital users across the country has led the foundation to identify that there is often a widespread lack of knowledge among users regarding their digital rights, the platforms they use, their devices and technological equipment and, above all, misinformation regarding computer security, privacy and how to responsibly manage information and communication technologies.
The project seeks to develop its own platform to offer online digital literacy courses to women in Argentina and Latin America. The courses will focus on digital freedom of expression, digital anonymity, security in social networks and devices, digital violence against women, sexist trolls, digital communication with a gender perspective, Internet law, and Internet governance. A series of extensive virtual courses is expected to be launched in parallel with seminars, webinars and workshops. The activities are intended as a way to keep the community constantly informed, debating and up to date with the latest information. Work will also be coordinated with other related organizations and/or feminist activists.
The project seeks to reach more women throughout Argentina and Latin America and to build a community of women who are aware of their digital rights, who are familiar with Internet governance with a gender perspective, who will explore their own development on line and who, in turn, will also promote and disseminate these messages among their peers.
NuestraRed.org
NuestraRed.org has been operating in the departments of Risaralda, Quindío and Valle del Cauca, Colombia, for four years. It includes 23 nodes intended to provide Internet connectivity based on a sustainable, community-operated model in different locations, which were fully or partially disconnected and isolated prior to this initiative.
The project network is implemented using open software. NuestraRed.org constantly documents its technical efforts to make the initiative easy to replicate. https://nuestrared.org/Ibc5d00eb8738f07118b29e4dcfab6555. This has allowed them to provide technical support and advice to other networks in the process of implementation, including RedINC in Cauca and RedCoManí in Maní Casanare (Colombia). These networks are being built by peasants and rural communities with the support of Colnodo Civil Association (FRIDA Grant 2018).
NuestraRed.org has a captive portal that displays local content, Wikipedia, Wikicontended, content offered by the Rachel portal for education, health, guided and self-directed learning, books, a library, and a chat feature for local communication between users and nodes. All content is open source and receives an average of 150 visitors each day.
The network now covers 200 square km with approximately 250 users per month, having reached a total of 12,000 users in its four years of operation. Its monthly traffic is 2,000 MB, totaling 96,000 MB over four years. There are approximately 5,000 clicks per month to Wikipedia (a total of 240,000 visits) and close to 4,500 clicks to multimedia content (a total of 216,000 visits).
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