Re: [802SEC] WebPage Contact Info
Well, other than the fact that I state "firstname dot lastname at gmail dot
com", which requires additional information that a webcrawler would not
possess.
I pity the person who has the firstname.lastname@gmail.com address (it
appears to be taken). They might get a lot of interesting spam.
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Pat Thaler <pthaler@broadcom.com> wrote:
> Well, since my email is on IETF RFCs, it is out there in public already so
> I don't mind having it listed.
>
> I know that there are lots of places that people use the type of text
> format that Clint described, but it seems like there must be web crawlers
> by this time that look for <word or words separated by dots> at <word> dot
> <word or words separated by dots> especially when the last word is com or
> org and assemble the email address. It doesn't seem like that difficult a
> format to penetrate with an automatic tool.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ***** IEEE 802 Executive Committee List ***** [mailto:
> STDS-802-SEC@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Everett O. (Buzz) Rigsbee
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 3:26 PM
> To: STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
> Subject: Re: [802SEC] WebPage Contact Info
>
> Hi John, I believe the lack of information there is intentional. Purely
> public websites like that are continuous targets for zillions of spammers
> who resell their lists to gazillions of other spammers. Exposing the EC to
> that kind of spam harvesters would be a really bad idea. Each Working
> Group
> has their own way of providing contact information for members and
> observers
> that is shielded to a suitable degree and I suspect they would like to keep
> it that way. Perhaps the addition of some information/help email addresses
> would be a useful addition since they could be severely filtered to reduce
> the amount of spammer traffic (e.g. Subject must contain a valid IEEE-802
> WG
> number).
>
> We do have a detailed list of all EC members and liaisons with full contact
> information, but that is access protected to prevent spammer harvest.
>
> Thanx, Buzz
> Please note my contact info:
> Dr. Everett O (Buzz) Rigsbee
> IEEE-802 LMSC Meeting Manager
> 7750 80th Place SE
> Mercer Island, WA 98040-5912
> ph/fx: 206-236-2229
> cell: 206-818-4978
> SkypeID: BRigsB
> BRigsB@ieee.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-stds-802-sec@ieee.org [mailto:owner-stds-802-sec@ieee.org] On
> Behalf Of John D'Ambrosia
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:35 PM
> To: STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
> Subject: [802SEC] WebPage Contact Info
>
> All,
> I am in the process of working on updating the EC webpage.
> One area I would like to update is the Contact Information section. There
> is a link to tall of the EC members (http://www.ieee802.org/wgchairs.shtml
> )
> and you will note that no real contact info is there. I propose that we
> provide email links to everyone listed here.
>
> Please let me know your thoughts, and provide me with the email address you
> would like to use here.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> John D
>
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Clint (JOATMON) Chaplin
Principal Engineer
Standards & Technology Enabling
Advanced Technology Lab
Samsung Electronics US R&D Center
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