[anti-abuse-wg] Notice: Fradulent RIPE ASNs

In message <40A6A1EE-5F5B-46A3-ACFE-17F69F24EDB1 at steffann.nl>, 
Sander Steffann <sander at steffann.nl> wrote:

>> Perhaps something more like a couple of checkboxes on the complaint =
>form
>> which say:
>>
>> [ ] I wish this complaint to be public.
>> [ ] I wish my name to be included in the public report.
>>
>> This way we could have an opt-in public archive of all abuse reports
>> that the RIPE NCC has received.
>
>Even better! Then we also have an input/output view on the RIPE NCC
>fraud/complaint handling procedure.

Ummmm... no.

Apparently there is some confusion here.  Let me try to clear that up.

As I understand it, RIPE has contractual confidentiality commitments
that are of such a nature that RIPE will _never_ say _anything_ about
_any_ aspect of its handling of _any_ abuse report.  Period full stop.

For that reason, you will *not* ``get an input/output view'' on the
process.  No person outside of RIPE staff will _ever_ see _any_ ``output''.

That's the problem.

Putting an extra check box on a report form isn't going to change that.

I hope that we are clear on this now.


Regards,
rfg