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
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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.