nanog mailing list archives

Re: Ukraine request yikes


From: Matthew Petach <mpetach () netflight com>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2022 00:53:03 -0800

On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 12:19 AM George Herbert <george.herbert () gmail com>
wrote:

Posted by Bill Woodcock on Twitter…
https://twitter.com/woodyatpch/status/1498472865301098500?s=21

https://pastebin.com/DLbmYahS

Ukraine (I think I read as) want ICANN to turn root nameservers off,
revoke address delegations, and turn off TLDs for Russia.

Seems… instability creating…

-george



Information sharing should increase during wartime, not decrease.

Restricting information is more often the playbook of authoritarian
regimes,
and not something we should generally support.

Besides, GhostWriter is based out of Belarus, not Russia proper.  ^_^;
https://www.wired.com/story/ghostwriter-hackers-belarus-russia-misinformationo/

Matt

Current thread: