In message
<canendnjkkt8w-xdhknfpfhygsrmveh1_rgcxmynz9d2heom...@mail.gmail.com>, at
00:22:39 on Thu, 2 Jan 2014, Alain Van Gaever <[email protected]>
writes
our aim should be to (1) reach as broad an audience as possible, and
(2) create "institutional memory" that will allow RIPE and others to
disseminate good information beyond one meeting, workshop, etc. Our aim
as RIPE NCC and the Coop WG should be to become a lasting resource --
the go to community for clear, unbiased information on the technical
components impacting specific policy areas.
There is a precedent for this in RIPE-206 which discussed best practice
in the area of UBE (since replaced by RIPE-409). As secretariat for
LINX's regulatory activities it was my task to support the [LINX] WG
meetings from which this (and similar) documents emerged.
LINX then went on to author a best practice/institutional memory for
privacy and law enforcement liaison[1] issues.
https://www.linx.net/good/bcp/privacy-bcp-v1_0.html
Both were invaluable for discussions with governments and regulators in
subsequent years.
With a slightly different hat of mine on (not just secretariat this
time, but also main editor and contributor) another briefing document
was very helpful in discussions with the authorities about data
retention, and was widely accepted as technically unbiassed:
http://www.internetcrimeforum.org.uk/principal_current_data_types.pdf
As was this multi-stakeholder document about the child-protection risks
of Chatlines:
http://www.internetcrimeforum.org.uk/chatwise_streetwise.pdf
But don't underestimate the amount of work involved, or the number of
issues to which this approach could be applied.
[1]RIPE NCC's CCWP was working on similar issues, but I'm not aware of
whether they have a public deliverable which could be used by
the CoOp WG.
--
Roland Perry
