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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 18.05.21 um 21:52 schrieb Erik Bais:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As I asked
during the Connect WG today, there are discussions currently
going on in the Dutch network community to see if there is a
way to get a cleaner feed from routeservers on internet
exchanges. ( by default ) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As you may
know there is an Dutch Anti Abuse Network initiative ( AAN )
– abuse.nl
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The
companies associated with AAN setup and all signed a
manifest ( in Dutch - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.abuse.nl/manifest/">https://www.abuse.nl/manifest/</a> ) that
states that we will all do our best to provide a better and
cleaner internet.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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Nice initiative!<br>
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cite="mid:9515151D-5223-457D-8BFC-D9610CEDA340@bais.name">
<div class="WordSection1">...<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Topics that
should be included on the rating for the list :
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt">Phishing (hosting sites / domain
registrations )
<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt">Malware hosting ( binaries and
C&C’s )
<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt">DDOS traffic ( number of
amplification devices in the network compared to the
number of IP address ratio )<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt">Login attacks / excessive port
scanning
<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt">Hosting of Child exploitation
content
<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt">Infected websites / Zeus Botnets
<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt">Etc<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p>One problem with the approach is that there isn't a single
measure of badness, as the topic list already shows. It's a
multi-dimensional vector, and its dimensions are not easily
defined in a non-controversial way. The criteria for including a
network in a top N list will therefore be unavoidably subjective.</p>
<p>In the process of thinking about ways to tackle e-mail abuse
(which doesn't even show in your list, probably because it's not
really a problem for network operators but only for mail
operators) I came up with some ideas about a distributed
reputation network that might have some desirable properties:</p>
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<li>Separation of network and resource owner observations and
policy decisions:<br>
It would be very helpful to have multiple independent and
reliable sources listing type and severity of network abuse in
real time, but I'd like to define my own policy rules and use
those abuse metrics as input for policy decisions. As a mail
operator, I might be personally very concerned about malware
hosting, but the things that would affect my blocking policy are
spam volume and mail account bruteforce attacks (and to some
extent, DDOS traffic). Network operators may have different
policies to protect the integrity of their networks and
implement legally required rules.</li>
<li>Distributed P2P database:<br>
I'm thinking about something like a cryptocurrency blockchain or
the PGP web of trust, which avoids having a single point of
failure and also avoids a single hierarchy of trust.
Cryptography provides some excellent tools, but apart from the
ubiquitous TLS (and the mentioned blockchain systems) it's used
much too sparingly in securing information integrity.</li>
<li>Reputation metrics:<br>
It should be possible to assert not only observations of network
behavior, but also reputation statements about the publishers of
such observations. This makes evaluating the trustworthyness of
a reporter possible, and with enough participants could provide
a relatively unbiased view.</li>
</ul>
<p>Hope this provides some food for thought/discussion. I'm well
aware that my viewpoint is necessarily limited, as I don't have
any network operating experience, but some aspects may be
transferrable to that area.</p>
<p>Cheers,<br>
Hans-Martin<br>
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