Re: Should IETF do more to fight computer crime?

[Steven M. Bellovin]

In message <v04210103b54f26125316@[130.237.150.138]>, Jacob Palme writes:
>Does there exist a mailinglist specially oriented towards
>cybercrime and its prevention? If not, should we start such
>a list?

I don't know of any such list.  But -- as we've learned in the IETF 
about working group charters -- unless it's very narrowly focused, it's 
just going to turn into a flamefest, and won't contribute at all to any 
real solutions.  For example, the techniques necessary to deal with 
DDoS flooding attacks are not at all related to the techniques that one 
would use to combat your favorite form of "illegal" content (kiddie 
porn, Nazi propaganda, Metallica MP3s, truthful and accurate 
information about the local dictatorship, etc.).

                --Steve Bellovin