[anti-abuse-wg] Correct info in RIPE-database - YES

Vissers, Pepijn wrote:

[...]
> This is exactly the mechanism on which we (OPTA) recently developed an
> enforcement strategy; educate hosting ISP's in NL from which we see abuse
> that is within our enforcement range: spam and malware. If the normal abuse
> mechanisms do not work the way they should we start to use our LEA
> capabilities to apply pressure. This has proven to be very effective: lots
> of cases solved with small efforts. In most cases this pressure moved the
> ISPs started to gather reports on their own networks and act by themselves.
> 
> Of course, we can only do this within our jurisdiction, but it would be nice
> if other spam/malware legislative bodies start doing this too, or any body
> that can apply some real pressure.

I think the FICORA approach and environment would be another good example.

> Pepijn

Such activities are probably considerably more successful than trying to
turn the RIPE NCC into a "Super-NOC" or Incident Coordination HotSpot.

Wilfried.