[anti-abuse-wg] 2019-04 Discussion Phase (Validation of "abuse-mailbox")

Hi All

I think this is a good policy.

We can always find use cases where it fails, but it will help in some
cases.

And if some one is not able to answer an e-mail every six month, there
are probably underlying issues. Also the argument, that the bad guys
flood the mailbox is not really acceptable. It just means you can't
filter spam.

The proposal does not check how the reports are used. But it helps us to
enumerate organizations, that don't act, coming up with various excuses,
along the lines the best problems are some one else's problems, so let's
make it some on else's problem.

The fact is: Most mature organizations are perfectly capable of handling
such mail boxes, even if they have a high load.

Coming from the incident response side, I'm tiered of people constantly
telling me, that issues are not their problem

Best
Serge





On 28.04.20 16:01, Petrit Hasani wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> A new version of RIPE policy proposal, 2019-04, "Validation of
> "abuse-mailbox"", is now available for discussion.
> 
> This proposal aims to have the RIPE NCC validate "abuse-c:" information
> more often and introduces a new validation process.
> 
> Most of the text has been rewritten following the last round of
> discussion and the proposal is now at version 3.0. Some key points in
> this version:
> 
> - The abuse-mailbox should not force the sender to use a form
> - The validation process must ensure that the abuse mailbox is able to
> receive messages
> - The validation should happen at least every six months
> 
> You can find the full proposal at:
> https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2019-04
> 
> As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of this
> four-week Discussion Phase is to discuss the proposal and provide
> feedback to the proposer.
> 
> At the end of the Discussion Phase, the proposer, with the agreement of
> the Anti-Abuse Working Group Chairs, will decide how to proceed with the
> proposal.
> 
> We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to
> <anti-abuse-wg at ripe.net> before 27 May 2020.
> 
> Kind regards,
> --
> Petrit Hasani
> Policy Officer
> RIPE NCC
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Dr. Serge Droz
Chair of the FIRST Board of Directors
https://www.first.org

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