1. Egypt’s Internet Safety Project
Highlights from the National e-Safety Working Group;
Sub Working Group on Technology Solutions
The Third Meeting of the Council Working Group on Child Online Protection
Geneva, May 2011
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2. Objective and Key Challenges
Identify and recommend key technology solutions critical to enhancing child online protection
Key Challenges
Operator Support for Safe Internet Access
Safe Access through Cyber cafés
End User Awareness and protection tools

3. Operator Support for Child Online Protection
Policy control based solutions are available to help operators protect children from:
inappropriate content fraud
unsolicited messaging potential harassment

4. Cyber Cafés
Access to Internet in Egypt is quite common through Cyber Café’s and Technology Clubs
License process only considers location and minimum security profile for the licensee. No license renewal or regular inspection of location
Large percentage of users are minors, for web surfing, social networking, and gaming
No ability to keep track of usage for minors

5. Cyber Cafés Propose to modify license agreements of cyber cafes
renewed per year
condition of maintenance of operational infrastructure
Propose topology/design for Cyber Cafés to provide secured access and storage of activity logs
Propose Net-Safe or Internet Safety Project logo to be posted on compliant cafés
Propose to form a supportive entity to look after net Cafes' "Net-Safe- Architecture Authorization” in coordination with enforcement bodies

6. TE Data - Child Safe Internet
TE Data Best Practice in Child Safe Internet
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TE Data - Child Safe Internet

7. Child Pornography Online
One of the fastest growing
1536 Domains
(2008)
58% in USA
None found in Egypt
20 new children every month
140K images
Commercial Sites
Sources:
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8. TE Data - Child Safe Internet
TE Data Child Safe CSR
Family Internet
Launched in 2008
Dialup and ADSL
Subscription-based service
Free to all TE Data customers
Take down any child pornography sites hosted in Egypt
Child Safe Internet
Block access to all child pornography content on the Internet
Global Filter on all Intl Gateway links
Will be applied to all customers
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9. Technical Considerations
Effective Filtering
Activity Reporting
Performance
Multiple Languages Filtering
Difficult to bypass or avoid
Integration with Backend System
Success Stories
Support
Price
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10. TE Data Netclean Based Solution
Router based solution for blocking URLs containing child sexual abuse images (CSAIs)
Router Based
Most scalable option for URL and Web Page Filtering in ISP and carrier Networks
Scalable
Blacklist is advertised to the network routers as preferred BGP routes with Next-hop as the Filtering Gear
Blacklist
The Filtering Gear inspects and either passes or discards the request
Filtering Gear
Solution has a negligible effect on the IP Network
Only suspected traffic is routed through the Filter
Efficient
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11. Thank you
Dr. Hosein F. Badran – Chair, Sub Working Group on Technology Solutions (The National e-Safety Working Group)
Ms. Nevine Tewfik – Manager, The Internet Safety Project