[acm-tf] Should we seek any LEA's advice?

Dear Allesandro and all,

We jointly organised this event with SOCA (Serious Organised Crime
Agency, UK). Several staff from the RIPE NCC attended, ARIN and Brian
Nisbet. There were a lot of LEAs including Europol, we have presented on
several issues including RIPE policies and on this task force. There was
quite a bit of interest in the task force but at this point in time non
of the LEAs will directly participate but when needed when issues arise
that are crucial to LEAs we can invite them to join us for that topic. I
will make sure that several LEAs will be informed on the progress and on
issues popping up in this task force.

Regarding particpation from other government institutions like Certs,
Kauto Huopio from FI-CERT has joined the acm-tf in the last weeks.

Looking at the size of the tf and representation of different areas we
have a good set. If needed in the future we can invite the ones that are
relevant to the topic.

Regards,


Jochem de Ruig
RIPE NCC

On 3/28/11 6:48 PM, Alessandro Vesely wrote:
> Googling for
>
>    "Lee Miles" "RIPE NCC" London
>
> one finds multiple copies of a story about cooperation between RIPE
> NCC and an agency of the UK Home Office.  Anyone heard about it?
> Possibly, an international agency would better suit our needs.  The
> Interpol comes to mind.  (They have a "European Working Party on
> Information Technology Crime" that seems to match the RIPE region.)
>
> GovCERT.nl was also mentioned as a possible party to cooperate with.
>
> We might seek advice by posing a question along the lines of "if
> anything else fails, what body can decide to resort to force?"  It
> would be a sort of termination record in the abuse management rules.
> (I'm not implying that abuse contacts should be mandatory:  If they
> exist they are to be tried as part of "anything else".)  Properly
> formulating such question will probably help clarifying various
> issues, even if we later decide not to actually involve any LEA.
>
>