Re: Call for review of proposed IESG Statement on Examples

[Magnus Westerlund <magnus.westerlund at ericsson.com>]

SM skrev:

> > 1) Spam: apparently valid email addresses in an RFC are widely believed
> > to have been harvested and included in Spam lists. The domain may receive
> > spam at mailboxes other than the one used in the example email address, if
> > the domain name is used in common name or brute force attacks.
>
> Given that the IESG states that the use of valid email addresses 
> causes unwanted traffic, will the IESG prohibit the use of valid 
> email addresses in RFCs?

As I stated in response to John's question. No, the spam problem for us 
contributors are one of the prices to contribute to IETF unfortunately.


> Will authors have to seek the permission from the holders, in the 
> case of domain names (e.g. www.w3.org), before using such domains in RFCs?

Depends fully on the context. In a reference I clearly say no. In a 
configuration script or as point to load validation data from, definitely!

Cheers

Magnus Westerlund

IETF Transport Area Director & TSVWG Chair
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