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CAcert Communication Policy (CCP)
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CAcert Communication Policy (CCP)
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<a href="../PolicyOnPolicy.html"><img src="Images/cacert-wip.png" alt="CAcert Work In Progress" height="31" width="88" style="border-style: none;" /></a><br />
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Author: Sam Johnston<br />
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Creation date: 2008-04-16<br />
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Status: WIP 2008-04-16<br />
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Next status: DRAFT 2008-04-XX<br />
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<h2>
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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 />
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<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 />
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<li>Digitally signed email to appropriate mailing list(s).
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<li>Posting and indefinite archiving on the official CAcert web site(s)
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<li>
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<strong>Internet Email</strong><br />
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<li>
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<strong>Email Aliases</strong> are official email addresses within the CAcert domain(s) (eg john@cacert.org).<br />
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<li>All official CAcert communications MUST be conducted using an official address, which is typically a forwarding service.
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<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) <john@cacert.org></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.
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<strong>Mailing Lists</strong> are automated distribution lists containing CAcert community members.<br />
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<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-<listname>@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 />
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<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 />
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<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 />
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<li>Personal email MUST NOT be used for official CAcert purposes.
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<strong>Internet Relay Chat (IRC)</strong><br />
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<li>An IRC service SHALL be maintained at irc.cacert.org which SHALL be available via SSL.
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<h2>
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3. Implementation
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</h2>
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This section describes how CAcert communication channels are to be implemented.
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</p>
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<strong>General</strong><br />
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<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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<strong>Security</strong><br />
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<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.
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<li>
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<strong>Internet Email</strong><br />
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<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
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<li>All mails MUST be securely archived.
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</li>
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<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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