[anti-abuse-wg] RIPE Charter, and some strange allocations

On 29 Sep 2010, at 8:09, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight wrote:

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>> Activities such as responding to complaints about spam are not covered by
>> RIPE policy and are currently not in the scope of the RIPE NCC.
> 
> This I'm not so sure about. While I can understand that it is not currently part of RIPE's remit to do anything, does that mean that it will completely ignore abuse which is being "aided" by RIPE via the allocation of IP space?

I read Laura's words as meaning that the RIPE NCC has not yet been given clear direction (how) to act in this area. Not only is there not clear policy text for acting on abuse issues, the RIPE NCC Activity Plan 2010 (http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-485.html) does not mention a role in coordinating or collaborating with anti-abuse organisations. I'm sure that Laura will correct me if I misunderstood her.

Presumably, if the RIPE NCC Activity Plan 2011 mentioned it and there was a policy identifying the specific actions for the RIPE NCC, it would implement as appropriate.

Regards,

Leo Vegoda