[anti-abuse-wg] REPORT: DDoS-Guard - AS57724, AS262254, AS49612

Hi Brian!

Thanks for the welcome. Don't worry. I understand that this group is
focused on networking and not content. I'm here because the disinformation
campaigns we investigate sometimes rely on technical abuse. Again, I'm
really here to educate myself on the work of operators!

thanks again!

Claire



On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 at 10:54, Brian Nisbet <brian.nisbet at heanet.ie> wrote:

> Claire,
>
> Welcome to the RIPE AA-WG working group!
>
> The DisInfo group looks interesting and there's definitely good work to do
> there! I should note, however, that the AA-WG is not really intended to
> look at the content on websites or applications, rather the abuse of
> network resources as per the charter:
>
> https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/active-wg/anti-abuse
>
> Now, this is constantly evolving and there are areas of overlap, and often
> companies that are willing to host extremely disagreeable content (for
> certain values of same) are willing to host those who would abuse other
> networks or have not perhaps the most open or transparent relationship with
> those who have given them the resources needed to do business.
>
> I would be very happy to discuss this further with you or your colleagues
> (as I would be with any member of the WG).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
> Co-Chair, RIPE AA-WG
>
> Brian Nisbet
>
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> *From:* anti-abuse-wg <anti-abuse-wg-bounces at ripe.net> on behalf of
> Claire Pershan <cp at disinfo.eu>
> *Sent:* Thursday 4 February 2021 08:49
> *To:* Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg at tristatelogic.com>
> *Cc:* anti-abuse-wg at ripe.net <anti-abuse-wg at ripe.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [anti-abuse-wg] REPORT: DDoS-Guard - AS57724, AS262254,
> AS49612
>
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> Hi Ronald, all,
>
> I might jump on this as an opportunity to introduce myself, having just
> joined this mailing list. I work on policy and community relations at EU
> DisinfoLab, a small research-focused NGO that mainly tracks coordinated
> disinformation campaigns targeting the EU and member states. Parler's move
> to DDOoS-Guard is clearly on our radar as this is not the first or last of
> this kind of 'migration' we'll see. Many civil society organisations like
> mine lack technical literacy in this area and end up contradicting
> ourselves in our positions, so I'm here with an open ear. My background is
> in human rights and I was an ISOC youth ambassador last year.
>
> looking forward to exchanging with you all here,
> Claire
>
> On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 at 02:32, Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg at tristatelogic.com>
> wrote:
>
> I hope that you all will read this report:
>
> English version:
>
> https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/01/29/remove-this-infection-from-your-network
> <https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmeduza.io%2Fen%2Ffeature%2F2021%2F01%2F29%2Fremove-this-infection-from-your-network&data=04%7C01%7C%7C8c2d4a217c994dd9f33308d8c8e9d1b3%7Ccd9e8269dfb648e082538b7baf8d3391%7C0%7C0%7C637480254323069372%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=kKU5cAysehXh2aUEGPlPxn4cSkEmzVWuiqXz7jaRKWU%3D&reserved=0>
>
> Russian version:
> https://meduza.io/feature/2021/01/28/uberite-etu-zarazu-iz-svoey-seti
> <https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmeduza.io%2Ffeature%2F2021%2F01%2F28%2Fuberite-etu-zarazu-iz-svoey-seti&data=04%7C01%7C%7C8c2d4a217c994dd9f33308d8c8e9d1b3%7Ccd9e8269dfb648e082538b7baf8d3391%7C0%7C0%7C637480254323079337%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=KRda4b2nSwZbK%2BJGpoCCWbyiZ9N8Y79v%2BMsFMeq8zSc%3D&reserved=0>
>
>
> Regards,
> rfg
>
>
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