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Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG)

Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG). Paul Q. Judge. 56 th IETF Meeting March 20, 2003. Agenda. Agenda bash, Paul Judge, 5 mins Review charter, Paul Judge, 10 mins -----Background and Views of the Problem----- Size of Problem, Laura Atkins, SpamCon, 10 mins

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Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG)

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  1. Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG) Paul Q. Judge 56th IETF Meeting March 20, 2003

  2. Agenda • Agenda bash, Paul Judge, 5 mins • Review charter, Paul Judge, 10 mins -----Background and Views of the Problem----- • Size of Problem, Laura Atkins, SpamCon, 10 mins • The Email Service Providers View: Difficulties of communicating consent, Hans Peter Brondmo, NAI Email Service Provider Coalition, 10 mins • Best Practices for End-Users, John Morris, Center for Democracy and Technology, 10 mins • How Lawsuits Against Spammers Can Aid Spam-Filtering Technology, Jon Praed, Internet Law Group, 15 mins -----RG Work Items----- • Review progress and milestones, Paul Judge, 15 mins • Taxonomy of anti-spam technologies, Paul Judge, 20 mins -----Overviews of Different Approaches----- • Summary of Proposed Authentication Systems, Philip Hallam-Baker, Verisign, 15 mins • A Consent-Based Architecture, David Brussin, ePrivacy Group, 15 mins • A Cost-Based Model: “Economic disincentives”, Balachander Krishnamurthy, AT&T Research, 15 mins -----Wrap Up----- • Next Steps, 10 mins

  3. Review ASRG Charter

  4. Focus and Motivation • Focus: • ASRG focuses on the problem of unwanted email messages, loosely referred to as spam • Motivation: • Scale, growth, and effect of spam • Was nuisance, Now a significant portion of email traffic • Stands to affect local networks, the infrastructure, and the way that people use email

  5. Consent-based Communication • Definition of spam is inconsistent and unclear • Generalize the problem into one of “consent-based communication” • Expressing consent closer to the source makes it more difficult to satisfy all downstream receivers

  6. Consent-based Framework Source Tracking Policy Enforcement Consent Expression

  7. The purpose of the ASRG • Understand the problem and collectively propose and evaluate solutions

  8. Understand the problem • Taxonomy of solutions • Characterization of the problem • Requirements for solutions • Understand the scope of spam legislation

  9. Propose Solutions • Novel approaches • Standards based on common techniques • Combination of approaches • Best Practices/Education

  10. Evaluate Solutions • Usefulness • Effectiveness • Accuracy • Cost • Effect on normal use of the system • (Change in use, Difficulty of use, delay, etc ) • Monetary costs of using the system • (Charge, Bandwidth, Computation, etc )

  11. Deploy It Build It Live With It Enforce It Interaction Users Researchers Software Vendors ISPs Government Developers Administrators

  12. The rest of the solution Education Technology Best Practices Legislation

  13. Interaction between Technology & Law Legal Effectiveness • Casual Spammer • Forwards Chain Letters • Hobbyist Spammer • Mass BCC mailings with normal clients • Small-Scale Spammer • Uses spamming toolkit and address CDs • Hacker Spammer • Develops tools to bypass filters • Large-Scale Spammer • Well-funded and knowledgeable Technological Effectiveness

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