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Below are the M3AAWG published materials related to our work on preventing and mitigating malware. There is also a Malware video playlist on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/maawg and there are a few selected videos on our website in the Training Videos and Keynotes Videos sections under the Meetings menu tab.

Best Practices

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June 08, 2010

MAAWG Overview of DNS Security - Port 53 Protection

This paper briefly discusses how an DNS attack works, the impact of this threat, proposes a solution and discusses the advantages and disadvantages from a technical, business and regulatory standpoint

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July 01, 2009

M3AAWG Common Best Practices for Mitigating Large Scale Bot Infections in Residential Networks

Note:  This M3AAWG best practices paper has been replaced by RFC 6561 Remediation of Bots in ISP Networks, March 2012 from the IETF.

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Public Policy Comments

July 01, 2013

M3AAWG Comments on Thick Whois Initial Report

Submitted to ICANN in July 2013
Comments on this report can also be viewed on the ICANN site at http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-thick-whois-initial-21jun13/

August 14, 2012

Comments on Abuse Contact Management in the RIPE Database

Submitted to RIPE in August 2012
Response to RIPE’s proposal to introduce a new contact attribute named "abuse-c

May 23, 2012

M3AAWG Comments on ICANN WHOIS Policy Review Team Final Report

Response to the final report from the ICANN WHOIS Policy Review Team

December 08, 2011

MAAWG Comments on Protect IP and SOPA

Submitted to U.S. Congress committees on the judiciary in December 2011
MAAWG outlined technical issues with S.968, Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act, and H.R.3261, Stop Online Piracy Act, in a letter to the judiciary committees of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.

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M3AAWG Reports

DM3Z Blog

Updates and Commentary from the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group

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News

Articles About M3AAWG

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October 07, 2019

Technology, law, and the world to protect the Internet: Interview with the standards organization JPAAWG


https://www.atmarkit.co.jp/ait/articles/1910/07/news010.html
Japan Anti-Abuse Working Group (JPAAWG) launched in May 2019 and works with M3AAWG to focus on Internet security in Japan. ITmedia spoke with Mr. Shuji Sakuraba and Mr. Nobuhiro Suemasa of JPAAWG about the group’s work, including collaboration with M3AAWG.

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October 03, 2019

AI’s Place in Preventing Piracy


https://www.cablefax.com/technology/rough-seas-ais-place-in-preventing-piracy
Cable operators are working to prevent disruptions to their networks caused by the streaming of pirated content and DDoS attacks. The article calls out CableLabs’ work with M3AAWG on the DDoS Information Sharing Project.

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October 02, 2019

Is a DMARC policy really right for everyone?


https://www.valimail.com/blog/dmarc-enforcement-for-everyone/
Valimail makes the case for DMARC enforcement and notes that M3AAWG recommends enforcement as a deliverability best practice.

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September 03, 2019

Solving extreme email deliverability mysteries


https://postmarkapp.com/podcast/solving-extreme-email-deliverability-mysteries
Anna Ward, Postmark’s head of deliverability, discusses her path to becoming an email deliverability expert and the impact of being a part of the M3AAWG community on her work.

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