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CAcert Communication Policy (CCP)
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<h1>
CAcert Communication Policy (CCP)
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<a href="../PolicyOnPolicy.html"><img src="Images/cacert-draft.png" alt="CAcert Draft" height="31" width="88" style="border-style: none;" /></a><br />
Editor: Sam Johnston<br />
Creation date: 2008-04-16<br />
Status: DRAFT 2008-04-25 (m20080425.1)<br />
Next status: POLICY 2008-XX-XX<br />
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0. Preliminaries
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This CAcert policy describes how CAcert communicates as required for achieving its mission.
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1. Scope
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CAcert Community Members are subjected to the CAcert Communication Agreement (CCA).
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This policy is applicable to:<br />
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<li>Press Releases and Announcements
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<li>Internet Email
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<li>Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
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2. Requirements
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This section describes all CAcert communication channels.<br />
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<strong>Press Releases and Announcements</strong><br />
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>CAcert Community Members may communicate on their areas, but these are considered community views.
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<li>Targeted announcements may be sent to a minority subset of users who have opted-in to receiving information on the topic.
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<li>Press releases and official announcements must be approved by the board and issued via:<br />
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li>Digitally signed email to appropriate mailing list(s).
</li>
<li>Posting and indefinite archiving on the official CAcert web site(s)
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</li>
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</li>
<li>
<strong>Internet Email</strong><br />
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>
<strong>Email Aliases</strong> are official email addresses within the CAcert domain(s) (eg john@cacert.org).<br />
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li>All official CAcert communications must be conducted using an official address, which is typically a forwarding service.
</li>
<li>Access to full accounts (available only to officials listed on the organisation chart) shall be available via web interface and standard mail protocols.
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<li>Outbound mail should contain the full name and short reference to the official capacity of the user: <i>John Citizen (CAcert AO) &lt;john@cacert.org&gt;</i>.
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<li>Role accounts (eg support@cacert.org) shall be implemented as a mailing list or automated issue tracking system as appropriate.
</li>
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</li>
<li>
<strong>Mailing Lists</strong> are automated distribution lists containing CAcert community members.<br />
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li>List management (new list creation, dead list removal) shall be managed by the board.
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<li>List membership shall be restricted to CAcert Community members and all posts are contributions, as described in the CCA.
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<li>Lists shall follow the naming convention of cacert-&lt;listname&gt;@lists.cacert.org, with important lists (eg support, board) aliased @cacert.org
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<li>List policy shall be set on a per-list basis (eg open/closed, searchable archives, etc.)<br />
<ol>
<li>Open lists (eg cacert-policy) shall be accessible by anyone (including Internet search engines) and closed lists (eg cacert-board) only by list members.
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<li>Posting to discussion lists (eg cacert-policy) must be restricted to list members and must not be restricted for role lists (eg cacert-board).
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<li>Messages which do not meet list policy (eg size, non-member) must be immediately rejected.
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<li>Subscription requests must be confirmed by the requestor and subscriber lists must not be revealed..
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<li>Web based archives shall be maintained and authentication must reflect list policy.
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<strong>Automated Email</strong> is sent by various CAcert systems automatically<br />
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li>All new automated emails must be approved by the board.
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<li>Automated emails should only be sent in response to a user action.
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<strong>Personal Email</strong> is individual personal addresses of CAcert Community members (eg john@gmail.com).<br />
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-roman;">
<li>Personal email must not be used for official CAcert purposes.
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</li>
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<strong>Internet Relay Chat (IRC)</strong><br />
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>An IRC service shall be maintained at irc.cacert.org which shall be available via SSL.
</li>
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3. Implementation
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This section describes how CAcert communication channels are to be implemented.
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<strong>General</strong><br />
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>CAcert System Administrators shall have discretion as to the technical implementation of this policy and shall report status to the board periodically.
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<li>
<strong>Security</strong><br />
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Authentication (where required) must be done via username and password and/or CAcert certificate.
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<li>Transport encryption must be used where possible.
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<li>Content encryption may be used where appropriate.
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<li>All outbound mail should be digitally signed.
</li>
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<strong>Internet Email</strong><br />
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>All mails must be securely archived.
</li>
<li>All mails must be subject to appropriate spam prevention mechanisms (eg SpamAssassin, greylisting).
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<li>All mails must be subject to appropriate virus and content filtering (eg ClamAV, content types).
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