Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: An update on the AfriNIC situation

["Compton, Rich A" <Rich.Compton () charter com>]

Can't AfriNIC just create ROAs for the prefixes and point them to AS0?  That would pretty much make the prefixes 
unusable since most tier 1's are doing ROV now.

-Rich

On 8/27/21, 10:20 AM, "NANOG on behalf of Aaron Wendel" <nanog-bounces+rich.compton=charter.com () nanog org on behalf 
of aaron () wholesaleinternet net> wrote:

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    I suppose people who wanted to take a side could also block traffic to 
    and from Cloud Innovations IP blocks.


    On 8/27/2021 10:36 AM, Bill Woodcock wrote:
    > As many of you are aware, AfriNIC is under legal attack by Heng Lu / “Cloud Innovation.”
    >
    > John Curran just posted an excellent summary of the current state of affairs here:
    >
    >     https://teamarin.net/2021/08/27/afrinic-and-the-stability-of-the-internet-number-registry-system/
    >
    > If, like me, you feel like chipping in a little bit of money to help AfriNIC make payroll despite Heng having 
gotten their bank accounts frozen, some of the African ISP associations have put together a fund, which you can donate 
to here:
    >
    >     https://www.tespok.co.ke/?page_id=14001
    >
    > It’s an unfortunate situation, but the African Internet community has really pulled together to defend 
themselves, and they’ve got a lot less resources than most of us do.
    >
    >                                 -Bill


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