Traceback – An overview of the landscape

This document is aimed to be a guide for implementing and operating traceback solutions across the telecoms industry, including but not limited to, network operators, regulators, enforcement organisations, and consumer representative groups. It describes how existing traceback solutions work and highlights some of the benefits of operating national traceback solutions. It also looks forward to how traceback might be made more effective in an international context as well as identifying some of the challenges with cross-jurisdictional implementations. It has been put together by the One Consortium Traceback Working Group in collaboration with GIRAF.

This document is the first step of the work of the Traceback Working Group that will continue to research this space in more detail and propose a framework and/or best practices for traceback to the industry. The focus of our efforts includes looking into: possible roadblocks and problem use cases, the legal basis for traceback in different jurisdictions, operational considerations, and technical implementation options. This will be done through continued engagement with GIRAF.