[anti-abuse-wg] Working Group Charter, Draft 2
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Brian Nisbet
brian.nisbet at heanet.ie
Tue Jun 3 22:12:51 CEST 2014
It's been pointed out to me (thanks Leo!), that the WG is called Anti-Spam below. This is a mistake, to clarify, we're still very much the Anti-Abuse WG. Brian On 3 June 2014 17:12:49 GMT+01:00, Brian Nisbet <brian.nisbet at heanet.ie> wrote: >Colleagues, > >Having taken on board a number of points, here is another draft of >this. >I think we've got the kinks knocked out, so to speak, or at least >reached a point where rough consensus may be manageable. I'm going to >set a deadline of 15:00 UTC +1 on Friday 6th June to end this round of >discussions. Obviously if something needs to be discussed beyond that, >it can, but we've been talking about this for a couple of weeks now. > >Importantly while I'd like some statements of support, silence, at this > >point, will be taken to indicate consent. > >Please see the draft below, > >Brian > >********************************** > >As the Internet has evolved, so has the scope and scale of network >abuse. Unsolicited bulk email (spam) is often merely a symptom of >deeper abuse such as viruses or botnets. Consequently the Anti-Spam >Working Group has a wide scope, to include all relevant kinds of abuse. > >The technical details of spam and other abuse constantly vary, in terms > >of application channel and technique. Channel examples include SMTP, >SIP, XMPP and HTTP. Examples of techniques range from buffer overrun >to >social engineering. > > Within scope are all systems and mechanisms, both technical and >non-technical, that are used to create, control, and make money from, >such abuse. > > While areas such as hosting illegal content or copyright >infringement are not seen as a central part of the working group's >remit, they are unquestionably bound up in other aspects of network >abuse and, as such, may be areas of interest. > >The working group considers both technical and non-technical aspects of > >abuse, with the following goals: > > Produce and continue to update a BCP (Best Common Practice) >document for ISPs similar in nature to RIPE-409 but covering a wider >range of possible abusive behaviours. > > Provide advice (beyond that of the BCP) to relevant parties >within the RIPE region such as ISPs, Governments and Law Enforcement >Agencies on strategic and operational matters. > > Discuss and disseminate information on technical and >non-technical methods of preventing or reducing network abuse. -- Brian Nisbet Network Operations Manager, HEAnet (Sent from a mobile device, apologies for brevity) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/anti-abuse-wg/attachments/20140603/18ce259b/attachment.html>
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