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Re: [perpass] "Its an attack" BCP draft

SM <sm@resistor.net> Fri, 22 November 2013 00:00 UTC

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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:56:05 -0800
To: Robin Wilton <wilton@isoc.org>
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Subject: Re: [perpass] "Its an attack" BCP draft
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Hi Robin,
At 15:27 21-11-2013, Robin Wilton wrote:
>I'm not sure I agree... in this context, "bad actors" are those who 
>exploit their legitimate participation in a system to act in 
>illegitimate ways, advancing their interests regardless of the 
>disbenefit to others or to the system itself.
>
>That's not necessarily adversarial...

I am nitpicking instead of commenting about the draft. :-)

There is a SIDR draft written by Stephen Kent about threats.  It 
might be a useful read to figure out the right word(s).

Regards,
-sm

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