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!! Goal

This workgroup will be for the discussion and formulation of privacy statements and policies of Melbourne Wireless.



Issues regarding to security and data system security are also a focus of this group.



This group will work specifically with the known current privacy  and security issues.



!! Members

[Rowan_Wainwright-Smith] %%%

RobertMerkel %%%

AndrewGriffiths



!! Mailing List (not created yet)

(mailto:WGPrivacySecurity@wireless.org.au WGPrivacySecurity@wireless.org.au) %%%

(mailto:Majordomo@wireless.org.au?body=subscribe%20WGPrivacySecurity Subscribe)

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!!! Useful Information

* (http://www.ncoss.org.au/bookshelf/privacy/articles/0112_privacy.html NCOSS Bookshelf: Privacy)

* (http://www.iia.net.au/privacyvt.html Internet Industry Association Privacy Virtual Taskforce)

* (http://arstechnica.com/paedia/w/wireless/security-1.html Wireless Security Blackpaper)

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Issues:



* Anything sent unencrypted over the network is vulnerable to interception by anyone (not only MW members).

* Even if encrypted, possibility of traffic analysis.

* Network provides means for gaining unauthorised access to member's private files.

* Issue of logging of use of services (ftp/irc/game/p2p) provided on network - do they need privacy policies?

* Content Policies (for Internet Gateway Nodes - should they come about)

* Cache Policies

* Electronic Signatures (PGP Keys etc)

* Need to provide help on general system security for users (who may not have run servers in the past.



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!!! Comments

(TysonClugg) What about issues relating directly to the Melbourne Wireless Inc. website?%%%I think that the (http://www.w3.org/P3P/ Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) Project) has a lot of relevance here and needs to be addressed.

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