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APCAUCE CONCLUDES ASIA-PACIFIC NET ABUSE WORKSHOP

Stopping the Junk Mail Problem, New Chairs Appointed

(Busan, South Korea - August 29, 2003) Technical experts, policy makers and representatives from ISPs and Internet companies from across the Asia-Pacific region met together on Monday, August 25, 2003 in Busan, South Korea to learn about and discuss the problem of junk e-mail, also known as spam, in the region. This was the third Asia-Pacific Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (APCAUCE) regional level Net Abuse Workshop, held in association with the 16th Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) Meeting.

The workshop was divided in four sessions: Anti-Spam Technology, a Keynote Speech, a session on Anti-Spam Law, Policy and Services, and a final session to discuss the future direction of APCAUCE.

The first session covered Anti-Spam Technology. Brian Tompsett of the University of Hull spoke about open proxies and how they are often abused for spamming and other forms of network abuse. Dave Crocker of Brandenburg InternetWorking then gave an overview of what considerations need to be made in determining policies on blocking spam, emphasizing that a multi-pronged approach is needed to address the issue. Shrey Bhatia of IronPort Systems then introduced us to the SenderBase system which tracks information and volume of mail sent by specific systems. IronPort offers a mail system that can slow down receipt of anomalously large bursts of email from unknown senders, a method they report is effective in deterring spammers.

The second session was the Keynote Speech given by Jaewoong Lee of Daum, the largest freemail service in South Korea. He spoke about his company's efforts in stopping spam, including an e-stamp system. Under this system, unknown senders are only allowed a limited amount of bandwidth to send mail to Daum servers. Bulk senders can either buy e-stamps to be able to send mail, or register with Daum and agree to send only requested mail. Recipients on the Daum service are able to state whether they liked or disliked a message.

The third session was of the topic Anti-Spam Law, Policy and Services. Anne Mitchell of the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy spoke on the challenges of avoiding False Positives -- non-spam e-mail which is inadvertently blocked as spam. Maneesha Mithal of the US Federal Trade Commission talked about their efforts in enforcing deceptive practices laws against spammers. Sungman Kim of the Korea Fair Trade Commission gave a similar perspective on how the Korean government is enforcing its own anti-spam laws. And finally Lindsay Barton of Australia's National Office for the Information Economy spoke on the Australian effort to pass legislation to regulate spam there.

In the fourth session discussions were held on future directions for the APCAUCE organization. During this session, APCAUCE's interim board stepped down and a new set of board members were voted in. James Lick, former Deputy Chair, was selected as the Chair, while Josh Rowe of CAUCE Australia will become the new Deputy Chair. Former Chair Suresh Ramasubramanian will be the Coordinator, and Jeonghye Choi will continue as the Secretariat.

Program

08:30-09:00 Registration

09:00-10:50 Session 1. Anti-Spam Technology

Chair: James Lick, tcp.com, Taiwan/USA

Brian Tompsett, University of Hull, United Kingdom

- "The Role of Insecured Proxies in Internet Abuse" / (paper)

Dave Crocker, Brandenburg Internet Working, USA *

- "Technology Considerations for Spam Control"

Shrey Bhatia, IronPort Systems, USA

- "Next Generation Anti-Spam Technologies" / (IronPort Whitepaper)

10:50-11:20 Coffee Break

11:20-12:00 Session 2. Keynote Speech

Chair: Suresh Ramasubramanian, Outblaze.com, India

Jaewoong Lee, Daum, Korea

- "Internet Without Spam, Is It Possible?"

12:00-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:30 Session 3. Anti-Spam Law, Policy and Services

Chair: Hyubong Chung, Korea Information Security Agency, Korea

Anne P. Mitchell, Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy, USA

- "False Positives: The baby in the Bathwater & Placing Responsibility for Spam Where it Belongs"

Maneesha Mithal, Federal Trade Commission, USA *

- "A Perspective from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission"

Sungman Kim, Korea Fair Trade Commission, Korea

- "Potential Solutions to Spam - Korean Government Perspective"

Ren Jinqiang, Internet Society of China, China

- " Anti-Spam in China"

Lindsay Barton, National Office for the Informtaion Economy, Australia

- "Australian Spam Legislation-sausage, sizzler or silver bullet?"

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-18:00 Session 4. Panel Discussion

Chair: Suresh Ramasubramanian, Outblaze.com, India

Panel: James Lick, tcp.com, Taiwan/USA

Abhisak Chulya, IAThai, Thailand

Hyubong Chung, Korea Information Security Agency, Korea

Josh Rowe, CAUBE.AU, Australia

•  : video-conference

Committee

Interim Coordination Commitee

India:
Suresh Ramasubramanian *Interim Co-chair

Taiwan:
Yuan J. Pai * Interim Co-chair

(USA):
James Lick * Interim Deputy Chair

Korea:
JH Choi * Interim Secretariat
Dalcheon Kang, Yonnie Kim

Japan:
Toru Takahashi

China:
Ren Jinqiang, Sun Yongge

Thailand:
Abhisak Chulya

Malaysia:
Shariya Haniz Zulkifli, Teh How Kiat

Singapore:
Lim Choon Sai, James Seng

Philiphines:
Horacio Cadiz

Sri Lanka:
Gihan Dias

Australia:
Josh Rowe

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