Network Abuse Clearinghouse Explained

The Network Abuse Clearinghouse, better known as abuse.net, maintains a contact database for reporting network abuse. It makes entries from the database available (via Web, DNS, and WHOIS), and provides an intermediary service for registered users to forward complaints by e-mail.^[1]

In 1997, abuse.net started as an experimental service for users to send complaints to [e-mail] for clearing.^[2]

See also

• Anti-spam techniques (e-mail)
• Hacker (computer security)
• news.admin.net-abuse.email
• Phishing
• Spamming
• Cyberbullying

Notes and References

1. Web site: Network Abuse Clearinghouse . 2008-01-21 .
2. Web site: The Email Abuse FAQ, Version 1.10 . WD Baseley . 27 Jul 1997 . 19 Nov 2014 . 30 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140130064325/http://www.algonet.se/~jenny-h/uce-spam/The_Email_Abuse_FAQ,_Version_1.10.txt . dead .