[anti-abuse-wg] Recent Trends in List Discussion & RIPE Policy

Colleagues,

While much of the conversation on the list today has been informative, I 
would ask you all to refrain from ad hominem attacks and to try to avoid 
a descent into flamewars. There are many mailing lists (especially 
anti-abuse/anti-spam) on the Internet you can post to if you want to 
achieve that end.

This is, as we all know, an emotive issue, it is also one that, despite 
what people may say and think, is not being ignored by the RIPE 
Community nor the NCC. There is more work to be done, lots more, but 
there are limits to what can be done in some situations in the RIPE 
service region. Sending suggestions for policies, perhaps as a follow-up 
to sending a list of 4K IP addresses, is the best way to proceed if that 
is what you wish. Discuss those, go from there, contact 
aa-wg-chairs at ripe.net and we can discuss the Policy Development Process 
etc. But remember, policy, agreed by consensus, is the way to achieve 
things.

As a final note, the recent policies (2010-08, 2010-09 & 2010-10) have 
not gone away, the task force discussed at RIPE 61 has now been formed 
and, at the very least, there will be progress report at the WG session 
in Amsterdam this May.

Thanks,

Brian,
AA-WG Chair