heise online - 15.09.08 - ITU discusses better traceability of IP addresses - "In the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a procedure is being discussed that can help track IP addresses better. According to a preliminary document published by CNET News from the ITU Working Group 17 (SG 17), 'IP Traceback' is intended to help prevent Denial-of-Service attacks or track down network criminals, but also to make applications on the network more reliable overall. Data protection experts, however, warn of possible misuse. Particular mistrust was apparently aroused by the fact that the first proposal comes from the researcher Tian Huirong, who works at the Chinese Academy for Telecommunication Research (CATR), which is under the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry." - of course in the ITU, which has been accused for some time of increasingly and strongly interfering in internet regulation and standardization. And which has often shown that its mechanisms are anything but open - and thus pretty much contrary to the approach of the IETF. It fits perfectly, like the proverbial ass on the bucket, when a goat is made into a data protection gardener.