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6. Security Considerations

This section preserves the RFC text for IETF community moderation, including disruptive participation, the moderator team, procedures, transparency, appeals, reinstatement, and relationships to the Ombudsteam and IETF LLC.

Original RFC Text​

6.  Security Considerations

   The usual security considerations [RFC3552] do not apply to this
   memo.

   There is the potential abuse of the moderation procedures by
   moderators, working group chairs, and potentially others that could
   lead to censorship of legitimate participation.  This potential risk
   is mitigated in eight ways:

   1.  Section 4 requires the moderator team to first establish
       procedures that are intended to apply uniformly across the IETF.

   2.  Section 1.2 explicitly states that viewpoints outside the rough
       consensus are not in and of themselves disruptive.

   3.  Section 4 provides transparency by requiring that moderation
       actions that restrict participation privileges be immediately
       reported to the affected person and to the moderator team, and
       periodically reported to the IESG.

   4.  Section 4 also requires that the community be informed in the
       case of suspensions lasting longer than 14 days.

   5.  Section 4.1 lays out an appeals process in the case of
       disagreements.

   6.  If moderators find that the procedures themselves are leading to
       inappropriate moderation, Section 4 allows them to update those
       procedures in consultation with the community and with the
       approval of the IESG.

   7.  If IETF participants believe that either the IESG or the IAB are
       not performing their respective oversight functions as described
       in this document, they may comment to the NomCom [BCP10] or the
       community at large.

   8.  Finally, if it appears that these processes are not functioning
       properly, the policies stated in this memo may be amended.  They
       are not set in stone.

   Moderation actions are intended to limit the likelihood of disruptive
   behavior by a few IETF participants that may discourage participation
   by other IETF participants.
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