Re: Cogent cutting links to Russia?

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

> However, it could also be that given the quick rise in cyber warfare that
> they do not want to be caught in the crossfire and carrying and dealing
> with the loads of DDOS and pure hacking attempts going in both directions.
> The burden of dealing with this as well as payment issues and maybe for
> purely ethical issues of dealing with a proven lying dictatorship may have
> been the full motivation.

This again is a slippery , and dangerous slope.

Every network carries traffic that somebody somewhere finds
'objectionable'. If providers start making their own determinations about
what is and isn't 'ok', it's a road to massive segmentation and
separation of the internet. Already a road some countries have been going
down, which is bad enough.

( I am not implying that this is why Cogent made the choice they did.)

On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 8:31 AM Nicole H. <nicole4pt () gmail com> wrote:

> Some are suggesting that the disconnect by Cogent is financially
> motivated.
> However, it could also be that given the quick rise in cyber warfare that
> they do not want to be caught in the crossfire and carrying and dealing
> with the loads of DDOS and pure hacking attempts going in both directions.
> The burden of dealing with this as well as payment issues and maybe for
> purely ethical issues of dealing with a proven lying dictatorship may have
> been the full motivation.
>
>
> Nicole
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 1:41 PM Owen DeLong via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
> wrote:
>
> > > On Mar 4, 2022, at 13:14 , Bryan Fields <Bryan () bryanfields net> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 3/4/22 3:52 PM, Martin Hannigan wrote:
> > > > I would argue they don't have much of a choice:
> > > >
> > > > "The economic sanctions put in place as a result of the invasion and
> > the
> > > > increasingly uncertain security situation make it impossible for
> > Cogent to
> > > > continue to provide you with service."
> > >
> > > But Tier 1's don't pay for peering.
> >
> > Rostelecom isn’t a tier one.
> >
> > Owen
>
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