[anti-abuse-wg] Draft Anti-Abuse WG Minutes - RIPE 61

On 2/1/2011 7:51 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> I thought we were talking about IP allocation, detecting shell
> companies and fake paperwork here, dave.


Fake paperwork is clearly unacceptable, of course.

"Shell" companies get more subtle since there are benign scenarios that produce 
the same appearance.

As for "IP allocation", that does not describe an abuse, nevermind make clear 
how it is obviously unacceptable without inviting its own abuse.

But note that Richard's note contained none of these particulars.

For discussions about policy changes by organizations with massive potential 
power, the calls for change need to be rather precise, IMO. The calls for change 
need to worry as much about the dangers of the change as they do about the need 
for it.

d/


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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
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