[anti-abuse-wg] Working Group Charter
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Suresh Ramasubramanian
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Sun May 11 02:22:57 CEST 2014
+1 On Saturday, May 10, 2014, Dave Crocker <dhc at dcrocker.net> wrote: > On 5/10/2014 9:18 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > That is a hair that need not be split. > > > > The meaning and intent are perfectly clear. > > > > And the meaning of abuse is varied enough, and ever changing, that it > > would not be wise to get bogged down in definitions. > > > Perhaps small re-wordings, to capture the above, without (intending to) > change the substance of the existing charter: > > > > Draft revision of <http://www.ripe.net/ripe/groups/wg/anti-abuse> > > > 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. > > Outside of scope are areas such as cybersquatting or hosting illegal > content. > > 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. > > > > > -- > Dave Crocker > Brandenburg InternetWorking > bbiw.net > > -- --srs (iPad) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/anti-abuse-wg/attachments/20140511/82c5e996/attachment.html>
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