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Internet Society of China (ISC)Internet Society of China (ISC)

ANTI-SPAM Activities of Internet Society of China

Anting HUAnti-Spam Committee of ISC

Geneva, 13 Dec 2006

                                                

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OutlineOutline

• 1. SPAM Comprehensive Control

• 2. ISC’S Efforts

• 3. Current situation in China

• 4. the Anti-Spam Technology Platform

                                                

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1. SPAM Comprehensive control1. SPAM Comprehensive control(1) No simple solution to stop spam(1) No simple solution to stop spam

• Spam problem is a complicated issue• There is not a simple solution to stop spam

• A comprehensive framework is strictly required.

                                                

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1. SPAM Comprehensive control1. SPAM Comprehensive control(2) Framework solution(2) Framework solution

                                                

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1. SPAM Comprehensive control1. SPAM Comprehensive control(3) Key elements(3) Key elements

Key elements of a comprehensive framework:– Legistlation– Technology– Industrial self-discipline– Complaint– Training– International cooperation

                                                

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OutlineOutline

• 1. SPAM Comprehensive Control

• 2. ISC’S Efforts

• 3. Current situation in China

• 4. the Anti-Spam Technology Platform

                                                

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2. ISC’s efforts 2. ISC’s efforts (1) Standards & Criterion(1) Standards & Criterion

• Having publicized the Manual of Rejecting Spam for Internet Users

• Having publicized the Anti-Spam criterion of ISC

• Having publicized the Service Criterion for Public Email of ISC

• Having assisted government to draw up the regulation Measures for the Administration of Internet E-Mail Service

• Having submitted Anti-Spam general governing system scheme plan to ITU

• Having organized law experts and established anti-Spam legislation research working group

                                                

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2. ISC’s efforts 2. ISC’s efforts (2)(2) TechnologyTechnology

• Release the blacklist of bad IP adresses /domains and the list of websites which benefit from spam termly

So far, ISC has released the blacklist for 8 times, which i

nvolving >1,700 IP Addresses/domains/websites. • Set up the Anti-Spam Technology Platform join

tly with the biggest domestic ESPs,

which is the 1st comprehensive technology platform in China

and more details will be given later.

                                                

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2. ISC’s efforts 2. ISC’s efforts (3)(3) Organizing & CoordinatingOrganizing & Coordinating

• Having hosted a series of seminars aimed at anti-spam practice – Summit on Anti-Spam, 2004/2005– International top forum on Anti-Spam(Dec 1st 200

6), many foreign experts from Microsoft, AOL, Spamhaus, APCAUSE, KISA, etc attended this meeting. Altogether nearly 400 people took part in it.

• Having organized The Statistical Survey Report on the Spam Status in China for 9 times

                                                

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2. ISC’s efforts 2. ISC’s efforts (3)(3) Organizing & CoordinatingOrganizing & Coordinating

• Having organized provincial branches of ISC to close up such functions of email servers as “Open Relay” and “Open Proxy” all over the country.

• Participating in international anti-spam activities actively and holding a series of local or international interchanges and cooperation on anti-spam legislation, applying of technology, and standard establishment.

                                                

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2. ISC’s efforts 2. ISC’s efforts (4)(4) Complaint Complaint

• Hotline – special service telephone number Declare Spam Complaining Telephone Number (+86-10-123

21), Complaining mail-box (abuse@anti-spam.cn); and Complaining website (www.anti-spam.cn);

• Mailbox abuse@anti-spam.cn for nationwide netizens

Each province also has its own hotline and mailbox such as 021-12321 and 021@anti-spam.cn of SHANGHAI

                                                

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2. ISC’s efforts 2. ISC’s efforts (4)(4) Complaint Complaint

• Online - Webpage see http://net.anti-spam.cn/

• Plugin - Email client applications This plugin can operate well for such email client as Foxmai

l, MS Outlook, Outlook Express at present

                                                

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2. ISC’s efforts 2. ISC’s efforts (5)(5) Training & awarenessTraining & awareness

• To train E-mail Server Administrators ISC offered an E-mail server administrator training with

Qinghua University

Another plan of training program for 1,000 email administrators in 30 provinces has launched.

The 1st stop for email sever administrators was co-organi

zed by ISC and its affiliated branches Internet Society of Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Fujian, Anhui, and Zhejiang Communications Administration in Jiangxi Province , With support from MII. About 40 administrators participated in this program.

                                                

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2. ISC’s efforts 2. ISC’s efforts (5)(5) Training & awarenessTraining & awareness

• To raise the endusers’ awareness*distributed 1 million anti-Spam brochures

*collected signatures of 200,000 users voluntarily resisted Spam

*arranged training program on email service management in 30 provinces, cities and autonomous regions

*recruited 20,000 volunteers for anti-Spam work

*organized training for 1,000 email administrators

                                                

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2. ISC’s efforts 2. ISC’s efforts (6)(6) International Cooperation International Cooperation

• Taking an active role in building mechanism of mutual trust, mechanism of communication and mechanism of coordination

• Signing a MOU of anti-spam with IIA and four international companies including eBay, Microsoft, TimeWarner-AOL and Yahoo

• Organizing the teleconference and roundtable meeting on anti-spam between Chinese and American internet business circle

                                                

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2. ISC’s efforts 2. ISC’s efforts (6)(6) International Cooperation International Cooperation

• Building a communication channel with some international anti-spam organizations such as OECD, FTC, KISA,IIA and Spamhaus.

• Attending some international conferences such as anti-spam seminar organized by ITU, international anti-spam forum organized by APCAUCE

• Attending a multilateral cooperation “Seoul Melbourne anti- spam MOU”

                                                

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OutlineOutline

• 1. SPAM Comprehensive Control

• 2. ISC’S Efforts

• 3. Current situation in China

• 4. the Anti-Spam Technology Platform

                                                

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3. Current situation3. Current situation(1)(1) Source: SOPHOS Source: SOPHOS

According to SOPHOS’s investigation, in the past months of 2006, spam relaying rate in China was showing decreasing trend, specially in the third quarter of 2006.

35.70%

21.60%

9.71%

20.00%

13.40%

23.10%24.50%23.20%

26.35%

19.73%

24.98%

6.30%7.50%9.80%9.70%

22.30%

15.70%

21.90%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

2005 1Q 2005 2-3Q 2005 4Q 2006 1Q 2006 2Q 2006 3Q

USA Korea China Brazil J apan France

Source:Sophos———————————————————————————————- - ——————————

2006.11 (www.anti-spam.cn)中国互联网协会反垃圾邮件中心

                                                

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3. Current situation 3. Current situation (2)(2) Source: anti-spam centre of ISC Source: anti-spam centre of ISC

According to the 9th Statistical Survey Report on the Spam Status in China, the spam proportion has descended from 61.99% of the 2nd quarter to 59.49% of the 3rd quarter.

I SC历次调研中国网民每周收到垃圾邮件所占的比例

60.87% 60.63% 61.53% 63.97% 61.99% 59.49%

0%

15%

30%

45%

60%

75%

4/2005 7/2005 10/2005 3/2006 6/2006 10/2006

Source:ISC———————————————————————————————--——©2006.10 (www.anti--spam.cn)中国互联网协会反垃圾邮件中心

                                                

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3. Current situation 3. Current situation (3) but(3) but

A little progress …

But, there’s still a long long way to go …

                                                

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OutlineOutline

• 1. SPAM Comprehensive Control

• 2. ISC’S Efforts

• 3. Current situation in China

• 4. the Anti-Spam Technology Platform

                                                

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4. Technology Platform4. Technology Platform(1)(1) Brief introductionBrief introduction

• Reporting and Handling System for Spam• ISC’S Blacklist: ISCBL all the Spam cases would be analyzed and could be quer

ied by IP, domain, spammer’s phone number leaving in the mail body; all these stat. would be the important evidence to issue the IP/domain RBL periodically, or to punish the spammers according to the anti-Spam regulation by MII;

• Whitelist it would also establish a white list of mail servers includin

g most of the biggest ISP/ESPs in China, through which they can trust in each other to send and receive emails;

                                                

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4. Technology Platform4. Technology Platform(2)(2) Reporting and Handling SystemReporting and Handling System

• The system accepts the end users' complaint via hotline 86-10-12321, mailbox abuse@anti-Spam.cn, web online and a spam reporter client, etc.

• all the Spam cases would be analyzed and could be queried by IP, domain, spammer’s phone number which remains in the mail body;

                                                

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4. Technology Platform4. Technology Platform(3)(3) ISC’S Blacklist: ISCBLISC’S Blacklist: ISCBL

Data sources:• Reporting and Handling System• the biggest demestic ISP/ESPs• Others, such as honeypot system

                                                

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the processing system of spam the HoneyPot system ESPs/Int’l Org

mailbox webpage Plug-in Honey mailbox

The blacklist of Internet Society of China(ISCBL)

                                                

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4. Technology Platform4. Technology Platform(3)(3) ISC’S Blacklist: ISCBLISC’S Blacklist: ISCBL

• it would provide interfaces for the biggest ISP/ESPs to report the spams and share the information;

• And international orgnaizations are also welcome

                                                

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4. Technology Platform4. Technology Platform(3)(3) ISC’S WhitelistISC’S Whitelist

• it establishs a white list of mail servers including most of the biggest ISP/ESPs in China, through which they can trust in each other to send and receive emails;

• So far, nearly 20 ISP/ESPs have been included in the whitelist, including netease, sina, 263, TOM, hichina etc, covering more than 80 percent of the whole industry.

                                                

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4. Technology Platform4. Technology Platform(3)(3) ISC’S WhitelistISC’S Whitelist

International orgnaizations are welcome

（ 1 ） cooperate with international organizations and enterprises to build and popularize whitelist technology service platform.

(2) provide white list technology service to famous foreign enterprises and orgnizations.

                                                

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Thank You！

Anting HUAnti-Spam Committee of Internet Society of chinaMail: hat@isc.org.cnPhone: +86-10-66414910

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