Network Abuse Clearinghouse
Encyclopedia
The Network Abuse Clearinghouse, better known as abuse.net, maintains a contact database for reporting misuse on the Internet
. 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
.
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. It makes entries from the database available (via web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
, dns
Domain name system
The Domain Name System is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities...
, and whois
WHOIS
WHOIS is a query and response protocol that is widely used for querying databases that store the registered users or assignees of an Internet resource, such as a domain name, an IP address block, or an autonomous system, but is also used for a wider range of other information. The protocol stores...
), and provides an intermediary service for registered users to forward complaints by e-mail
E-mail
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
.
See also
- Anti-spam techniques (e-mail)
- Hacker (computer security)Hacker (computer security)In computer security and everyday language, a hacker is someone who breaks into computers and computer networks. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, including profit, protest, or because of the challenge...
- MIT hackMIT hackHacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are practical jokes and pranks meant to prominently demonstrate technical aptitude and cleverness, or to commemorate popular culture and historical topics. The pranks are anonymously installed at night by hackers, usually, but not exclusively...
- news.admin.net-abuse.emailNews.admin.net-abuse.emailnews.admin.net-abuse.email is a Usenet newsgroup devoted to discussion of the abuse of email systems, specifically through spam and similar attacks...
- PhishingPhishingPhishing is a way of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, online payment processors or IT...
- Spamming
- Wikipedia:Vandalism
- Cyberbullying
External links
- www.abuse.net - the homepage of the clearinghouse