The following is the new research agenda for the ASRG, in line with the
new charter.
ASRG Research Agenda
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> The research agenda outlines specific areas that
the ASRG is currently researching, while the charter outlines broader
areas. If you want to want to suggest changes to the agenda, please
contact the chairs.
1. PROBLEM ANALYSIS.
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> a. Inventory of Problems - analysis of
spam-related problems.
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> b. Analysis of Current Solutions - inventory
and analysis of current anti-spam solutions, their weaknesses and
effectiveness.
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> c. Analysis of Spam - analysis of persistent patterns
in spam and spammer behavior that can be used to improve existing and
propose new solutions.
2. IMPROVING EXISTING SOLUTIONS.
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> a. Best Current Practices for Spam
Control - including email admins, end users, MTA developers,
blacklist operators, etc..
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b. Filtering Standards - dynamic updates,
standard headers for MTAs, etc.
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c. Abuse Reporting Standards -
research into common standards for exchanging information about
network and email abuse.
3. PROPOSING NEW SOLUTIONS.
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a. Requirements and Evaluation Model - to
be used for evaluation of proposed solutions.
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> b. SMTP Session Verification - verification of the SMTP transaction
(e.g. LMAP,
etc.).
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> c. Message Verification - verification of both the message
headers and content (e.g. DK, Lumos, TEOS, etc.)
Yakov
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Yakov Shafranovich / asrg <at> shaftek.org
SolidMatrix Technologies, Inc. / research <at> solidmatrix.com
"Some lies are easier to believe than the truth" (Dune)
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