RFC - 3683

A Practice for Revoking Posting Rights to IETF Mailing Lists

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc3683.txt
Authors:	M. Rose [Dover Beach Consulting, Inc.]
Date:	March 2004
Category:	Best Current Practice [ BCP-83 ]

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Referred by:	3 RFC
Refers to:	4 RFC

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Status

This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004). All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

All self-governing bodies have ways of managing the scope of participant interaction. The IETF uses a consensus-driven process for developing computer-communications standards in an open fashion. An important part of this consensus-driven process is the pervasive use of mailing lists for discussion. Notably, in a small number of cases, a participant has engaged in a "denial-of-service" attack to disrupt the consensus-driven process. Regrettably, as these bad faith attacks become more common, the IETF needs to establish a practice that reduces or eliminates these attacks. This memo recommends such a practice for use by the IETF.

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