Country summaries (cont.)
Azerbaijan, 249–253
Bahrain, 254–257
Belarus, 258–262
China, 263–271
Cuba, 272–275
Egypt, 276–280
Ethiopia, 281–285
Hong Kong, 263–271
India, 286–291
Iran, 292–299
Iraq, 300–303
Israel, 304–307
Jordan, 308–311
Kazakhstan, 312–316
Kyrgyzstan, 317–320
Libya, 321–324
Malaysia, 325–328
Moldova, 329–332
Morocco, 333–337
Myanmar, 338–342
Nepal, 343–346
North Korea, 347–349
Oman, 350–354
Pakistan, 355–359
Saudi Arabia, 360–363
Singapore, 364–368
South Korea, 369–374
Sudan, 375–379
Syria, 380–384
Tajikistan, 385–389
Thailand, 390–394
Tunisia, 395–399
Ukraine, 400–404
United Arab Emirates, 405–408
Uzbekistan, 409–415
Venezuela, 416–419
Vietnam, 420–424
Yemen, 425–428
Zimbabwe, 429–432
Cuba, 20, 272–275
Cultural issues, 1, 3–4
Cybercafe ´s, 34, 46, 65, 83, 109
Cybercrime, 33, 131, 133
Cyber-dissidents, 34–35, 55n12
Cyberlibertarians, 30–31, 106–107
Cyptography, 70
Dalai Lama, 29
Dark nets, 124–125, 146
rise of, 129–132
state power assertions and, 132–134
Decentralization, 29
Deibert, Ronald, 4, 39, 123–149
Democracy, 50–51, 89, 104, 109, 135–
136
Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks, 64, 67, 127,
144–146
Desai, Nitin, 120
Detectability, 67
Diaspora, 131–132
Disintermediation, 74–75
Dispute Settlement Body, World Trade
Organization, 88–90
Distributed DoS (DDoS), 64. See also Denialof-Service (DoS) attacks
Domain blocking, 37–38, 64
Domain deregistration, 64
Domain name system (DNS) tampering, 33,
60–61
circumventability and, 67–68
connection protocols and, 57–58
cost and, 69
domain deregistration and, 64
error rate and, 66–67
false information and, 69
global overview on, 13–18
speed and, 69
system positioning and, 65–66
tactical considerations and, 70
Drugs, 38
Earth Summit, 126
East Coast Code, 2
Egypt, 36, 137, 276–280
Electronic warfare, 66
E-mail, 12, 14, 70–71, 109
civil society actors and, 134–135
corporations and, 111
self-censorship and, 42
user information and, 111, 113
End-to-end principle, 50
Environmental justice networks, 126
Error rate, 66–67
Ethiopia, 10, 12, 14, 281–285
438
Index
Azerbaijan, 249–253
Bahrain, 254–257
Belarus, 258–262
China, 263–271
Cuba, 272–275
Egypt, 276–280
Ethiopia, 281–285
Hong Kong, 263–271
India, 286–291
Iran, 292–299
Iraq, 300–303
Israel, 304–307
Jordan, 308–311
Kazakhstan, 312–316
Kyrgyzstan, 317–320
Libya, 321–324
Malaysia, 325–328
Moldova, 329–332
Morocco, 333–337
Myanmar, 338–342
Nepal, 343–346
North Korea, 347–349
Oman, 350–354
Pakistan, 355–359
Saudi Arabia, 360–363
Singapore, 364–368
South Korea, 369–374
Sudan, 375–379
Syria, 380–384
Tajikistan, 385–389
Thailand, 390–394
Tunisia, 395–399
Ukraine, 400–404
United Arab Emirates, 405–408
Uzbekistan, 409–415
Venezuela, 416–419
Vietnam, 420–424
Yemen, 425–428
Zimbabwe, 429–432
Cuba, 20, 272–275
Cultural issues, 1, 3–4
Cybercafe ´s, 34, 46, 65, 83, 109
Cybercrime, 33, 131, 133
Cyber-dissidents, 34–35, 55n12
Cyberlibertarians, 30–31, 106–107
Cyptography, 70
Dalai Lama, 29
Dark nets, 124–125, 146
rise of, 129–132
state power assertions and, 132–134
Decentralization, 29
Deibert, Ronald, 4, 39, 123–149
Democracy, 50–51, 89, 104, 109, 135–
136
Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks, 64, 67, 127,
144–146
Desai, Nitin, 120
Detectability, 67
Diaspora, 131–132
Disintermediation, 74–75
Dispute Settlement Body, World Trade
Organization, 88–90
Distributed DoS (DDoS), 64. See also Denialof-Service (DoS) attacks
Domain blocking, 37–38, 64
Domain deregistration, 64
Domain name system (DNS) tampering, 33,
60–61
circumventability and, 67–68
connection protocols and, 57–58
cost and, 69
domain deregistration and, 64
error rate and, 66–67
false information and, 69
global overview on, 13–18
speed and, 69
system positioning and, 65–66
tactical considerations and, 70
Drugs, 38
Earth Summit, 126
East Coast Code, 2
Egypt, 36, 137, 276–280
Electronic warfare, 66
E-mail, 12, 14, 70–71, 109
civil society actors and, 134–135
corporations and, 111
self-censorship and, 42
user information and, 111, 113
End-to-end principle, 50
Environmental justice networks, 126
Error rate, 66–67
Ethiopia, 10, 12, 14, 281–285
438
Index