<div>Hi Fernando, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I think you are very confused. I never said I have a problem with people completing their registration. Keep registration---having an abuse contact Email in the whois, just like tech contact or admin contact--I am perfectly fine with it, and I think the current policy achieves 99% it, if you want to add this contact as mandatory field I am fine with it as well.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> But the problem of this policy in 8.3-8.6, is that it requires AFRINIC to monitor the members HOW to manage their abuse mailbox down to the subject line,  and that is out of the scope of AFRINIC, just read my last email with logic in mind and you will understand. I suggest this policy should be very simple,  adding one line to the current policy-- abuse contact is mandatory, and it's done, everything else should be deleted.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">And again, you are trying to use AFRINIC for something that is not in its scope, how someone manages their mailbox is not in the scope of AFRINIC, it is like you go to your local church to ask them to arrest your neighbour who plays loud music at night when you should go to police instead. Same thing for someone running an abusive network, as many already stated, it is up to a local Jury to decide if it is simply at an annoying level or a criminal offense, but either way please do go to your local police to report it.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As for the internet, we never tell you how to behave--you are entirely at your rights in the internet to behave abusively, but it is also entirely in everyone's rights to block you, that's how de-centralizing works, no central governing, everyone plays nice because that's the only way for everyone else to play with you, and this policy here asks AFRINIC to act like a central government even down to manage people's mailbox's subject line and that is way beyond what internet meant to be.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lamiaa</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le dim. 20 sept. 2020 à 23:42, Fernando Frediani <<a href="mailto:fhfrediani@gmail.com">fhfrediani@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><br><br>  <br><br>    <br><br>  <br><br>  <div><br><br>    On 19/09/2020 13:19, Lamiaa Chnayti wrote:<br><br><br>    <blockquote type="cite"><br><br>      <br><br>      <div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br clear="all"><br><br>        </font><br><br>        <div><br><br>          <div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br><br>            <div dir="ltr"><br><br>              <div dir="ltr"><br><br>                <div dir="ltr"><br><br>                  <div dir="ltr"><br><br>                    <div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><clip></font></div><br><br>                  </div><br><br>                </div><br><br>              </div><br><br>            </div><br><br>          </div><br><br>        </div><br><br>      </div><br><br>    </blockquote><br><br>    <blockquote type="cite"><br><br>      <div dir="ltr"><br><br>        <div><br><br>          <div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br><br>            <div dir="ltr"><br><br>              <div dir="ltr"><br><br>                <div dir="ltr"><br><br>                  <div dir="ltr"><br><br>                    <div dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br><br><br>                        </font></span><br><br>                      <pre style="margin:0cm 19.5pt 0.0001pt 0cm;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(21,21,21)" lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(21,21,21)">How is it in the scope of AFRINIC to decide how I manage my abuse mailbox? If I want to reply only to a specific subject line of my abuse box, it is entirely in my right to do. Even if I don't want to reply at the abuse mailbox at all, that is my right to do so and if I think no action in my network would be considered abuse (although unlikely), but it is still from  the internet community point of view, entirely in my right to do so. You might choose to block me as a network, but that is also your right. </font></span></pre><br><br>                      <pre style="margin:0cm 19.5pt 0.0001pt 0cm;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(21,21,21)" lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </font></span></pre><br><br>                      <pre style="margin:0cm 19.5pt 0.0001pt 0cm;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(21,21,21)" lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(21,21,21)">The reason internet is called INTER-NET is because of its decentralized nature, you have to play nice for others to play with you, but this community never forces anyone to play nice, it is not in the scope of AFRINIC to decide how members reply to their abuse mailbox, so if 8.3,8.4, 8.5 and 8.6 are deleted in its entirety, I might consider supporting it. Also Jordi, I feel you always have this central management type of thinking, and that is so not internet.</font></span></pre><br><br>                    </div><br><br>                  </div><br><br>                </div><br><br>              </div><br><br>            </div><br><br>          </div><br><br>        </div><br><br>      </div><br><br>    </blockquote><br><br>    <br><br><br>    <p>It is not in the scope of any RIR how anyone manage people's<br><br>      mailboxes.<br><br><br>      Nobody exists alone in the Internet. If an organization<br><br>      hypothetically doesn't care at all and refuses to respond to abuse<br><br>      emails it probably should re-think its existence in the Internet<br><br>      business.</p><br><br>    <p>The Internet is what is among many reasons because of the<br><br>      cooperation among its organizations, and there are certain rules<br><br>      that are agreed cooperatively and must be observed by everyone<br><br>      willing remain on it, otherwise it may in many cases cause serious<br><br>      damage to those willing to operate in serious manner and keep it a<br><br>      healthy place to most people who depend on it.<br><br><br>    </p><br><br>    <p>This forum is about setting rules on how registration information<br><br>      about resources are kept and it may be of the wish of the<br><br>      community to refuse keep registration for those who repetitively<br><br>      abuse of their individual rights.</p></div><div><br><br>    <p>Fernando<br><br><br>    </p><br><br>    <blockquote type="cite"><br><br>      <div dir="ltr"><br><br>        <div><br><br>          <div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br><br>            <div dir="ltr"><br><br>              <div dir="ltr"><br><br>                <div dir="ltr"><br><br>                  <div dir="ltr"><br><br>                    <div dir="ltr"><br><br>                      <pre style="margin:0cm 19.5pt 0.0001pt 0cm;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(21,21,21)" lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </font></span></pre><br><br>                      <pre style="margin:0cm 19.5pt 0.0001pt 0cm;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(21,21,21)" lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(21,21,21)">Regards,</font></span></pre><br><br>                      <pre style="margin:0cm 19.5pt 0.0001pt 0cm;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(21,21,21)" lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </font></span></pre><br><br>                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal"></p><br><br>                      <pre style="margin:0cm 19.5pt 0.0001pt 0cm;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace"><span style="font-family:monospace;color:rgb(21,21,21)" lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(21,21,21)">Lamiaa</font></span></pre><br><br>                    </div><br><br>                  </div><br><br>                </div><br><br>              </div><br><br>            </div><br><br>          </div><br><br>        </div><br><br>      </div><br><br>      <br><br><br>      <div class="gmail_quote"><br><br>        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le ven. 18 sept. 2020 à 09:23,<br><br>          JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via RPD <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" target="_blank">rpd@afrinic.net</a>> a écrit :<br><br><br>        </div><br><br>        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><br><br>          <div lang="ES"><br><br>            <div><br><br>              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">Hi Lamiaa,</span></p><br><br>              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">I don’t agree. Internet doesn't depend on<br><br>                  any jurisdiction; abuse is about what I (the victim<br><br>                  operator) consider abuse. The RFC is clear about that,<br><br>                  in short “Inappropriate public behaviour” (is a<br><br>                  mailbox so to be able to contact in case there is a<br><br>                  possible inappropriate behaviour in the public<br><br>                  Internet). If you want a clearer definition, abuse is<br><br>                  *<b>anything</b>* that I don’t want to accept in my<br><br>                  network because is in any way damaging it.</span></p><br><br>              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">If I don’t want to accept a DoS, or spam,<br><br>                  or phising, DMCA, or whatever, this is abuse *<b>for<br><br>                    me</b>*. I’ve the right to tell you because that<br><br>                  abuse is coming from your network. If you believe that<br><br>                  is not abuse (and here is your jurisdiction in some<br><br>                  cases, in other just doesn’t exist, but it may be also<br><br>                  your “business” decision – like operators that don’t<br><br>                  care if their customers do spam or intrusion<br><br>                  attempts), you’ve the right to tell me “sorry, this is<br><br>                  not abuse for us”, and then I’ve the right to decide<br><br>                  if I should filter your network based on your<br><br>                  response.</span></p><br><br>              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">Not having an abuse contact, means that<br><br>                  I’m not able to contact you, so we can’t talk, we<br><br>                  can’t investigate or agree if it is an abuse or not,<br><br>                  so you (the offender operator) don’t have the chance<br><br>                  to decide about it! Is bad for you, is bad for me. In<br><br>                  those cases, my best choice is to filter you. This<br><br>                  create problems for your customers and my customers.</span></p><br><br>              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">We can’t depend on jurisdictions, because<br><br>                  then the policy will need to consider inter-relations<br><br>                  among every possible “pairs” of country worlds, and we<br><br>                  will need to update the policy based on any<br><br>                  jurisdiction change. The policy is not about that, is<br><br>                  about having a valid responsible contact, not about<br><br>                  deciding what is an abuse, which is among the two<br><br>                  parties.</span></p><br><br>              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">Tell me what is different from AFRINIC<br><br>                  than the rest of the world, because none of the RIRs<br><br>                  have defined abuse in their policies. I even don’t<br><br>                  recall that having appeared in the discussions!</span></p><br><br>              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>              <div><br><br>                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">If<br><br>                    you want, I’m happy to change the title of the<br><br>                    proposal to “supposed abuse contact”, that may be<br><br>                    clearing your point?</span></p><br><br>                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">Again,<br><br>                    this is not about defining what is abuse, this is<br><br>                    among the parties. It is about making sure that<br><br>                    there is a valid responsible contact in case of<br><br>                    anyone needs to report what he considers an abuse.<br><br>                    AFRINIC will not punish anyone that believes that<br><br>                    his customer is not doing an abuse because in his<br><br>                    country is not an abuse.</span></p><br><br>                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">Regards,</span></p><br><br>                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">Jordi</span></p><br><br>                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">@jordipalet</span></p><br><br>                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>              </div><br><br>              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>              <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>              <div><br><br>                <div><br><br>                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">El<br><br>                    18/9/20 9:59, "Lamiaa Chnayti" <<a href="mailto:lamiaachnayti@gmail.com" target="_blank">lamiaachnayti@gmail.com</a>><br><br>                    escribió:</p><br><br>                </div><br><br>              </div><br><br>              <div><br><br>                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"> </p><br><br>              </div><br><br>              <div><br><br>                <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">Hello<br><br>                    Jordi,</p><br><br>                </div><br><br>                <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"> </p><br><br>                </div><br><br>                <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">RFC2142<br><br>                    only defines a tiny portion of the network abuse. In<br><br>                    real world operation, abuse consists of a  much<br><br>                    boarder range : DMCA(copy rights) claims,<br><br>                    unsolicited emails , phishing  websites , trade mark<br><br>                    disputes etc. </p><br><br>                </div><br><br>                <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"> </p><br><br>                </div><br><br>                <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">All<br><br>                    those are legal issues that vary vastly across<br><br>                    different juridictions in which no one but each of<br><br>                    the juridiction’s judges can decide if it is an<br><br>                    abuse or an illegal activity. Claiming that RFC2142<br><br>                    defines not even 1% of real world abuse is<br><br>                    laughable.</p><br><br>                </div><br><br>                <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"> </p><br><br>                </div><br><br>                <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">Regards,</p><br><br>                </div><br><br>                <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"> </p><br><br>                </div><br><br>                <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">Lamiaa</p><br><br>                </div><br><br>                <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"> </p><br><br>                  <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                    <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt">Le jeu.<br><br>                        17 sept. 2020 à 15:51, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via<br><br>                        RPD <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" target="_blank">rpd@afrinic.net</a>><br><br>                        a écrit :</p><br><br>                    </div><br><br>                    <blockquote style="border-width:1pt;border-style:none none none solid;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;border-color:black black black rgb(204,204,204)"><br><br>                      <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                        <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">Hi<br><br>                              Lamiaa,</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">I’ve<br><br>                              said this already. This policy doesn’t<br><br>                              enforce abuse, it enforces that the abuse<br><br>                              contact is there, and works.</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">Today<br><br>                              AFRINIC is paying for the cost of the<br><br>                              abuse handling because only a tiny<br><br>                              fraction of the members has the abuse<br><br>                              contacts in place.</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">If<br><br>                              the contacts in the RIR database aren’t<br><br>                              actual and accurate, this is a clear<br><br>                              violation of the RSA. So what is<br><br>                              unacceptable is not having the contacts,<br><br>                              not on the other way around.</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">Abuse<br><br>                              is not defined by the RIRs, everybody<br><br>                              knows it and this is the reason why NONE<br><br>                              of the RIRs have re-defined it, because it<br><br>                              is already stated in RFC2142. Can you<br><br>                              justify why AFRINIC is different and need<br><br>                              a definition?</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">How<br><br>                              you define it in the networks that you<br><br>                              operate?</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                          <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">Regards,</span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">Jordi</span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">@jordipalet</span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                          </div><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                          <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                            <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt">El 17/9/20<br><br>                                10:49, "Lamiaa Chnayti" <<a href="mailto:lamiaachnayti@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">lamiaachnayti@gmail.com</span></a>><br><br>                                escribió:</p><br><br>                            </div><br><br>                          </div><br><br>                        </div><br><br>                      </div><br><br>                      <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                        <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                          <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"> </p><br><br>                          </div><br><br>                          <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;color:rgb(21,21,21)" lang="EN-US">Hello,</span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span> </span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;color:rgb(21,21,21)" lang="EN-US">I<br><br>                                will have to agree with Lucilla on what<br><br>                                she said and would like to add to it<br><br>                                that :</span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;color:rgb(21,21,21)">Firstly, Abuse<br><br>                                enforcement is out of scope for RIRs.</span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;color:rgb(21,21,21)">Secondly, RIRs<br><br>                                have no ability to define what is<br><br>                                “abuse”, one abuse or even criminal<br><br>                                activity could be entirely a legal<br><br>                                operation in a different jurisdiction.</span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;color:rgb(21,21,21)">Finally, making<br><br>                                a member forcefully reply to abuse<br><br>                                contact Emails are a waste of resources<br><br>                                and totally pointless, it is entirely up<br><br>                                to the member to define what they think<br><br>                                is acceptable in their network operation<br><br>                                and how they react to it. AFRINIC has no<br><br>                                mandate to force any member to reply to<br><br>                                an “abuse”, since AFRINIC doesn’t even<br><br>                                have the ability to identify what is<br><br>                                considered an abuse.</span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;color:rgb(21,21,21)">Therefore the<br><br>                                entire policy is out of scope for the<br><br>                                RIR operation.</span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span> </span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;color:rgb(21,21,21)">Regards,</span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span> </span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;color:rgb(21,21,21)">Lamiaa</span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></p><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:12.7pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm;color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></p><br><br>                            <pre style="margin-left:90.3pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:monospace"> </span></pre><br><br>                          </div><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"> </p><br><br>                          <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                            <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt">Le jeu. 17<br><br>                                sept. 2020 à 07:42, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ<br><br>                                via RPD <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" target="_blank"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">rpd@afrinic.net</span></a>><br><br>                                a écrit :</p><br><br>                            </div><br><br>                            <blockquote style="border-style:none none none solid;border-left-width:1pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt;margin:5pt 0cm 5pt 4.8pt;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><br><br>                              <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">Hi Lucilla,</span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">Today we already have<br><br>                                      mnt-IRT, and everybody who operate<br><br>                                      networks understand what it is an<br><br>                                      abuse. If you operate networks you<br><br>                                      know that *<b>anything</b>* which<br><br>                                      is a non-authorized use of a<br><br>                                      network is an abuse.</span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">If you send spam,<br><br>                                      attack networks, try to intrude<br><br>                                      networks, etc., all those are<br><br>                                      abuse.</span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">What the policy ask<br><br>                                      is to make sure that in AFRINIC<br><br>                                      everybody has an abuse contact<br><br>                                      (today we have mnt-IRT, but is not<br><br>                                      mandatory, and as a results many<br><br>                                      African networks are filtered<br><br>                                      because lack of that – and<br><br>                                      consequently they do not respond<br><br>                                      to abuse cases -, which exist in<br><br>                                      all the other regions of the<br><br>                                      world).</span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                  <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">Not having an abuse<br><br>                                        means more chances of legal<br><br>                                        actions, more cost, for both the<br><br>                                        victims and the ISPs. Having<br><br>                                        that means that you have more<br><br>                                        chances to resolve it in<br><br>                                        goodfaith.</span></p><br><br>                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">One of the *<b>most<br><br>                                          important</b>* Afrinic<br><br>                                        missions is to have accuracy on<br><br>                                        the database, which includes<br><br>                                        accuracy on the contacts. We are<br><br>                                        not fulfilling that in this<br><br>                                        situation.</span></p><br><br>                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">Remember that *<b>all</b>*<br><br>                                        the other RIRs have already this<br><br>                                        kind of policy. This one is like<br><br>                                        the one that has been<br><br>                                        implemented in APNIC, and the<br><br>                                        accuracy of the contacts is now<br><br>                                        87.5% as reported this month in<br><br>                                        the last APNIC meeting. In that<br><br>                                        report *<b>none</b>* of the<br><br>                                        members indicated any of the<br><br>                                        issues that you indicated<br><br>                                        (didn't happened as well in the<br><br>                                        other regions).</span></p><br><br>                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">You know who is<br><br>                                        interested in not having abuse<br><br>                                        contacts? Those that use their<br><br>                                        networks for doing abuse<br><br>                                        (hijacking, spam, DoS,<br><br>                                        intrusions, etc.).</span></p><br><br>                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">Can you explain if<br><br>                                        the network that you operate has<br><br>                                        an abuse contact an how if one<br><br>                                        of your customes is trying to<br><br>                                        penetrate my network or do a<br><br>                                        DoS, I will be able to contact<br><br>                                        you and if you will do anything<br><br>                                        or just ignore it?</span></p><br><br>                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">Regards,</span></p><br><br>                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">Jordi</span></p><br><br>                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US">@jordipalet</span></p><br><br>                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                  </div><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                  <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                    <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">El<br><br>                                        17/9/20 2:21, "lucilla fornaro"<br><br>                                        <<a href="mailto:lucillafornarosawamoto@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">lucillafornarosawamoto@gmail.com</span></a>><br><br>                                        escribió:</p><br><br>                                    </div><br><br>                                  </div><br><br>                                  <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"> </p><br><br>                                  </div><br><br>                                  <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                    <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                      <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">Dear<br><br>                                          all,</p><br><br>                                      </div><br><br>                                      <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"> </p><br><br>                                      </div><br><br>                                      <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">I<br><br>                                          have some concerns about the<br><br>                                          “Abuse Contact Policy”.</p><br><br>                                      </div><br><br>                                      <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">First<br><br>                                          of all, it does not offer a<br><br>                                          specific and regulated<br><br>                                          description of the term<br><br>                                          “abuse”  and this opens the<br><br>                                          door to potentially bigger<br><br>                                          problems: a surplus of<br><br>                                          reports, discrimination/legal<br><br>                                          issues, and a waste of<br><br>                                          resources. Around the world,<br><br>                                          we can perceive what abuse is<br><br>                                          in very different ways.</p><br><br>                                      </div><br><br>                                      <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"> </p><br><br>                                      </div><br><br>                                      <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">Afrinic<br><br>                                          is not entitled to force<br><br>                                          members to report abuses and<br><br>                                          most importantly, this<br><br>                                          proposal does not represent<br><br>                                          Afrinic’s purpose.</p><br><br>                                      </div><br><br>                                      <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"> </p><br><br>                                      </div><br><br>                                      <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">I,<br><br>                                          therefore, oppose this policy.</p><br><br>                                      </div><br><br>                                      <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"> </p><br><br>                                      </div><br><br>                                      <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"> </p><br><br>                                      </div><br><br>                                      <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">Thank<br><br>                                          you,</p><br><br>                                      </div><br><br>                                      <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"> </p><br><br>                                      </div><br><br>                                      <div style="border:1pt none black;padding:0cm"><br><br>                                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">Lucilla </p><br><br>                                      </div><br><br>                                    </div><br><br>                                  </div><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">_______________________________________________<br><br>                                    RPD mailing list <a href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net" target="_blank"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">RPD@afrinic.net</span></a> <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd" target="_blank"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd</span></a></p><br><br>                                </div><br><br>                                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:70.8pt"><br><br><br>**********************************************<br><br><br>                                  IPv4 is over<br><br><br>                                  Are you ready for the new Internet ?<br><br><br>                                  <a href="http://www.theipv6company.com/" target="_blank"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">http://www.theipv6company.com</span></a><br><br><br>                                  The IPv6 Company<br><br><br>                                  <br><br><br>                                  This electronic message contains<br><br>                                  information which may be privileged or<br><br>                                  confidential. The information is<br><br>                                  intended to be for the exclusive use<br><br>                                  of the individual(s) named above and<br><br>                                  further non-explicilty authorized<br><br>                                  disclosure, copying, distribution or<br><br>                                  use of the contents of this<br><br>                                  information, even if partially,<br><br>                                  including attached files, is strictly<br><br>                                  prohibited and will be considered a<br><br>                                  criminal offense. If you are not the<br><br>                                  intended recipient be aware that any<br><br>                                  disclosure, copying, distribution or<br><br>                                  use of the contents of this<br><br>                                  information, even if partially,<br><br>                       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dding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><br><br>                    <div><br><br>                      <div><br><br>                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">Hi<br><br>                            Lamiaa,</span></p><br><br>                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">I’ve<br><br>                            said this already. This policy doesn’t<br><br>                            enforce abuse, it enforces that the abuse<br><br>                            contact is there, and works.</span></p><br><br>                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">Today<br><br>                            AFRINIC is paying for the cost of the abuse<br><br>                            handling because only a tiny fraction of the<br><br>                            members has the abuse contacts in place.</span></p><br><br>                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">If the<br><br>                            contacts in the RIR database aren’t actual<br><br>                            and accurate, this is a clear violation of<br><br>                            the RSA. So what is unacceptable is not<br><br>                            having the contacts, not on the other way<br><br>                            around.</span></p><br><br>                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">Abuse is<br><br>                            not defined by the RIRs, everybody knows it<br><br>                            and this is the reason why NONE of the RIRs<br><br>                            have re-defined it, because it is already<br><br>                            stated in RFC2142. Can you justify why<br><br>                            AFRINIC is different and need a definition?</span></p><br><br>                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">How you<br><br>                            define it in the networks that you operate?</span></p><br><br>                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                        <div><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">Regards,</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">Jordi</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">@jordipalet</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                        </div><br><br>                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                        <div><br><br>                          <div><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt">El 17/9/20<br><br>                              10:49, "Lamiaa Chnayti" <<a href="mailto:lamiaachnayti@gmail.com" target="_blank">lamiaachnayti@gmail.com</a>><br><br>                              escribió:</p><br><br>                          </div><br><br>                        </div><br><br>                      </div><br><br>                    </div><br><br>                    <div><br><br>                      <div><br><br>                        <div><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"> </p><br><br>                        </div><br><br>                        <div><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(21,21,21)" lang="EN-US">Hello,</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span> </span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(21,21,21)" lang="EN-US">I<br><br>                              will have to agree with Lucilla on what<br><br>                              she said and would like to add to it that<br><br>                              :</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(21,21,21)">Firstly, Abuse<br><br>                              enforcement is out of scope for RIRs.</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(21,21,21)">Secondly, RIRs<br><br>                              have no ability to define what is “abuse”,<br><br>                              one abuse or even criminal activity could<br><br>                              be entirely a legal operation in a<br><br>                              different jurisdiction.</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(21,21,21)">Finally, making<br><br>                              a member forcefully reply to abuse contact<br><br>                              Emails are a waste of resources and<br><br>                              totally pointless, it is entirely up to<br><br>                              the member to define what they think is<br><br>                              acceptable in their network operation and<br><br>                              how they react to it. AFRINIC has no<br><br>                              mandate to force any member to reply to an<br><br>                              “abuse”, since AFRINIC doesn’t even have<br><br>                              the ability to identify what is considered<br><br>                              an abuse.</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(21,21,21)">Therefore the<br><br>                              entire policy is out of scope for the RIR<br><br>                              operation.</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span> </span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(21,21,21)">Regards,</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span> </span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(21,21,21)">Lamiaa</span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></p><br><br>                          <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:90.3pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></p><br><br>                          <pre style="margin-left:90.3pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:monospace"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:monospace;color:rgb(21,21,21)"> </span></pre><br><br>                        </div><br><br>                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"> </p><br><br>                        <div><br><br>                          <div><br><br>                            <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt">Le jeu. 17<br><br>                              sept. 2020 à 07:42, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ<br><br>                              via RPD <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" target="_blank">rpd@afrinic.net</a>><br><br>                              a écrit :</p><br><br>                          </div><br><br>                          <blockquote style="border-style:none none none solid;border-left-width:1pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt;margin:5pt 0cm 5pt 4.8pt;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><br><br>                            <div><br><br>                              <div><br><br>                                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">Hi<br><br>                                    Lucilla,</span></p><br><br>                                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">Today<br><br>                                    we already have mnt-IRT, and<br><br>                                    everybody who operate networks<br><br>                                    understand what it is an abuse. If<br><br>                                    you operate networks you know that *<b>anything</b>*<br><br>                                    which is a non-authorized use of a<br><br>                                    network is an abuse.</span></p><br><br>                                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">If<br><br>                                    you send spam, attack networks, try<br><br>                                    to intrude networks, etc., all those<br><br>                                    are abuse.</span></p><br><br>                                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US">What<br><br>                                    the policy ask is to make sure that<br><br>                                    in AFRINIC everybody has an abuse<br><br>                                    contact (today we have mnt-IRT, but<br><br>                                    is not mandatory, and as a results<br><br>                                    many African networks are filtered<br><br>                                    because lack of that – and<br><br>                                    consequently they do not respond to<br><br>                                    abuse cases -, which exist in all<br><br>                                    the other regions of the world).</span></p><br><br>                                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                <div><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">Not having an abuse<br><br>                                      means more chances of legal<br><br>                                      actions, more cost, for both the<br><br>                                      victims and the ISPs. Having that<br><br>                                      means that you have more chances<br><br>                                      to resolve it in goodfaith.</span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">One of the *<b>most<br><br>                                        important</b>* Afrinic missions<br><br>                                      is to have accuracy on the<br><br>                                      database, which includes accuracy<br><br>                                      on the contacts. We are not<br><br>                                      fulfilling that in this situation.</span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">Remember that *<b>all</b>*<br><br>                                      the other RIRs have already this<br><br>                                      kind of policy. This one is like<br><br>                                      the one that has been implemented<br><br>                                      in APNIC, and the accuracy of the<br><br>                                      contacts is now 87.5% as reported<br><br>                                      this month in the last APNIC<br><br>                                      meeting. In that report *<b>none</b>*<br><br>                                      of the members indicated any of<br><br>                                      the issues that you indicated<br><br>                                      (didn't happened as well in the<br><br>                                      other regions).</span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">You know who is<br><br>                                      interested in not having abuse<br><br>                                      contacts? Those that use their<br><br>                                      networks for doing abuse<br><br>                                      (hijacking, spam, DoS, intrusions,<br><br>                                      etc.).</span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">Can you explain if<br><br>                                      the network that you operate has<br><br>                                      an abuse contact an how if one of<br><br>                                      your customes is trying to<br><br>                                      penetrate my network or do a DoS,<br><br>                                      I will be able to contact you and<br><br>                                      if you will do anything or just<br><br>                                      ignore it?</span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">Regards,</span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">Jordi</span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">@jordipalet</span></p><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                </div><br><br>                                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:70.8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><br><br>                                <div><br><br>                                  <div><br><br>                                    <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">El<br><br>                                      17/9/20 2:21, "lucilla fornaro"<br><br>                                      <<a href="mailto:lucillafornarosawamoto@gmail.com" target="_blank">lucillafornarosawamoto@gmail.com</a>><br><br>                                      escribió:</p><br><br>                                  </div><br><br>                                </div><br><br>                                <div><br><br>                                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"> </p><br><br>                                </div><br><br>                                <div><br><br>                                  <div><br><br>                                    <div><br><br>                                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">Dear<br><br>                                        all,</p><br><br>                                    </div><br><br>                                    <div><br><br>                                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"> </p><br><br>                                    </div><br><br>                                    <div><br><br>                                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">I<br><br>                                        have some concerns about the<br><br>                                        “Abuse Contact Policy”.</p><br><br>                                    </div><br><br>                                    <div><br><br>                                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">First<br><br>                                        of all, it does not offer a<br><br>                                        specific and regulated<br><br>                                        description of the term “abuse”<br><br>                                         and this opens the door to<br><br>                                        potentially bigger problems: a<br><br>                                        surplus of reports,<br><br>                                        discrimination/legal issues, and<br><br>                                        a waste of resources. Around the<br><br>                                        world, we can perceive what<br><br>                                        abuse is in very different ways.</p><br><br>                                    </div><br><br>                                    <div><br><br>                                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"> </p><br><br>                                    </div><br><br>                                    <div><br><br>                                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">Afrinic<br><br>                                        is not entitled to force members<br><br>                                        to report abuses and most<br><br>                                        importantly, this proposal does<br><br>                                        not represent Afrinic’s purpose.</p><br><br>                                    </div><br><br>                                    <div><br><br>                                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"> </p><br><br>                                    </div><br><br>                                    <div><br><br>                                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">I,<br><br>                                        therefore, oppose this policy.</p><br><br>                                    </div><br><br>                                    <div><br><br>                                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"> </p><br><br>                                    </div><br><br>                                    <div><br><br>                                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"> </p><br><br>                                    </div><br><br>                                    <div><br><br>                                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">Thank<br><br>                                        you,</p><br><br>                                    </div><br><br>                                    <div><br><br>                                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt"> </p><br><br>                                    </div><br><br>                                    <div><br><br>                                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">Lucilla </p><br><br>                                    </div><br><br>                                  </div><br><br>                                </div><br><br>                                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:106.2pt">_______________________________________________<br><br>                                  RPD mailing list <a href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net" target="_blank">RPD@afrinic.net</a><br><br>                                  <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd</a><br><br>                                </p><br><br>                              </div><br><br>                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:70.8pt"><br><br><br>**********************************************<br><br><br>                                IPv4 is over<br><br><br>                                Are you ready for the new Internet ?<br><br><br>                                <a href="http://www.theipv6company.com" target="_blank">http://www.theipv6company.com</a><br><br><br>                                The IPv6 Company<br><br><br>                                <br><br><br>                        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