The Internet Architecture Board has published a draft report, detailing the findings from the workshop on Unwanted Internet Traffic, held last year. The workshop was intended to bring together all the relevant Internet communities who could help deal with problems like DDoS attacks, spam, phishing, and other sources of undesirable network activity. Several hard questions were brought up during the workshop, none of which have easy answers.
For example, how much are we willing to sacrifice in terms of online freedom and openness while adding protection for users? What role should cryptography play in the overall architecture of the Internet? Hopefully this report will get more people thinking about these issues, and working towards solutions. Any comments prior to the final publication can be sent to the IAB through March 23, 2007.
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