Policy Proposal 2003-2: Network Abuse [Archived]

Status: Abandoned

Tracking Information

Discussion Tracking

Mailing List:

Formal introduction on PPML on 4 March 2003

Public Policy Mailing List

ARIN Public Policy Meeting:

ARIN XI

ARIN Advisory Council:

27 March 2003
8 April 2003

ARIN Board of Trustees:

BoT Meetings

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Proposal for a world wide IP Range Policy for fighting Network Abuse.

1. All networks should have valid owner name or Company name with a valid mailing address and phone number. Phone number and address doesn’t need to be visible through the WHOIS Database, but the Regional Internet Registries [APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, and RIPE NCC] should have that information.
2. All networks should [regardless of geographical location] provide a valid e-mail contact for network [NOC@] and abuse [Abuse@] contact. Make it standard.
3. Regional Internet Registries [APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, and RIPE NCC] should set up a simple auto system that would periodically send an auto e-mail every quarter to all networks using their services to check reliability of contact information to help regulate distribution of IP Ranges and network security. Those networks would be responsible to reply back to the system within a set time period to confirm network contact. It could all be done with little or no staffing once set-up.
4. If an IP Range / Network or Dial-Up is found to have invalid contact information, address, phone #, e-mail address etc, Regional Internet Registries [APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC, and RIPE NCC] should try to contact then via e-mail first [which is already being done]. At that time if contact is not established via e-mail and returned Failure/Undeliverable, they should be contacted via phone or mail with the understanding that if they do not reply with in say 30 days their IP range will be terminated and no connections will be allowed in or out of their network until they comply to the terms of service.
5. All large networks and Dial-ups should have some type of security system or team that regulate the network to some level or extent. Whether it’s a few people, a team of people or some type of software. Most do but not all.
6. All Network administrators responsible for reviewing network abuse reports sent about their end users, accused of malicious activity should be judge on the level of severity by the reported service used, not the number of access attempts to a network or end user. I say this because I have time and time again got replies back from networks stating, it was only one or two access attempts, we will warn them, regardless of what service they used to try to access, and then that same individual is right back at you. A Sub7 Trojan Horse is not a friendly thing, nor is it a mistake etc. I believe that the service greatly shows their intent, if your venerable it only takes one try regardless of service. If you break down someone’s door on their home, it only takes once, the police don’t tell the home owner, well he only broke your door down once, we will warn him, let us know if he breaks your door down again.
7. There should be some type of database that all IPS’s / Dial-Ups use and could reference to check new users real names to determine whether new subscribers have a past history of network abuse and hacking. This database could be managed and updated, all ISP would add new names of users that we’re found to be guilty of or had had their account terminated due to network abuse complaints etc. The dial-up provider could at that time at least be alerted to a possible situation. This would also make it difficult for hackers to jump from ISP to ISP.