Re: Why does abuse handling take so long ?

On Sun, 13 Mar 2011, Jeff Wheeler wrote:

So ultimately, there is already a good framework in place to substantially "fix" this problem. No one uses it. That is unlikely to change until there is an economic incentive, such as a lawsuit by someone targeted by DoS which can be proven to be originated from a negligent network, causing calculable damages. Until some network has to pay out a million bucks because they sat on their hands, I don't see anything changing.

Exactly. Make this a question of economics and the problem will solve itself. It has to become more expensive to ignore abuse than it is to deal with it. Until that changes, the abuse will continue.