I don’t hear anyone in the networks field supporting doing it. It was a yikes that the request was made, but not looking at all likely to happen IMHO.
-george Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 1, 2022, at 2:12 PM, Brian R <briansupp...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > The problem with all this talk, especially with trusted international neutral > organizations, is that once they bend they will never be trusted again. > Shutting off the routes, removing TLDs (or keeping them because of politics), > etc will cause irreparable damage to these organizations. Bowing to > governments, politics, etc does not have a path back from future control. > This is a recommendation that will only hurt people (China, North Korea, > [even the USA], etc all do this to control their people). Governments will > get around whatever the limitations are, it may take them time and resources > but they will get around it. Freedom of information is the only way to help > people understand the reality of what is going on in the world (galaxy, > universe, etc). > > Brian > Technological solutions for Sociological problems > > From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+briansupport=hotmail....@nanog.org> on behalf of > Bryan Fields <br...@bryanfields.net> > Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 1:23 PM > To: nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org> > Subject: Re: Ukraine request yikes > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > > On 3/1/22 4:08 PM, David Conrad wrote: > > See .SU. > > > > (SU was moved from allocated to "transitionally reserved” back when the > > USSR broke up. My recollection is that an agreement was reached by which > > .SU users would be migrated out to appropriate new ccTLDs, that is, the > > ccTLDs based on ISO codes created for former Soviet republics, and no new > > entries would be added to .SU. However, when ICANN tried to propose a plan > > to finalize removing .SU from the root (around 2006 or so), the operators > > of .SU reopened registrations and complained to the US Dept. of Commerce, > > who were overseeing ICANN performance of the IANA Functions contract. > > Eventually, the Russian government was able to convince ISO-3166/MA to move > > SU to “exceptionally reserved” (like UK, EU, and a number of others) and > > forward motion on removing .SU from the root essentially ceased.) > > I know someone (non-Russian) using .su for a funny name ending in .su. This > is non-political and caters only to an English speaking audience. These were > registered in the last few years, so they are still open and taking the > registrations. > > I would ask what of .ly used for various URL shorteners, and .kp or .cn? All > these are representing evil countries too, why do they get a pass. I'm > certain they would argue .us should be revoked for the same. > > This would break connectivity, and that's a bad thing. > - -- > Bryan Fields > > 727-409-1194 - Voice > http://bryanfields.net > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEaESdNosUjpjcN/JhYTmgYVLGkUAFAmIejrUACgkQYTmgYVLG > kUA+QQ//Z9ovTSFqVEunql2guHAN3xWaNpCpuNJCGM68dJTBSWrPEY0zFXlmZG1k > 0TWrSrRSoWogiJmRvaOuFx6KxkaADqZaZq6OFaCw3jvyFGULw+auyuATGlhnUL8p > CV0AbovPUnoAef1qJdglFkqnfrGBxeBGsgRIM8tx2l/G+zq5MdMnCx9cM+JmmN1y > b+jrV4oekgXRZLAMI/sA9clMAXUmlgReRvit8YBccunkmMP8naQ92vj9dvVGZld0 > hGguK2a7vFXpDiW5o0nFe5GRdGIqM0aWUz6p0qkB9JudkZkAyEqSpCePZky4LdAt > ebh9544PZu/vllQjv3L6vENlCURcifTIRSevcwfKZtos7UG4mJI1UQ51OLTRjB7a > nqYkVNJSQJ+dXZFLPoRHNUOu4+1MAyozpDeMJzMsr4a7Ru2lh0AOTiXxDaSRhOd+ > 2s3rQigh/l6cP/x9iM7+f+rInHzPihHfjbwcxhyqd12EFxgTe3hvi9JlRSe18RYw > bnDKQg3xKp1eIk0sZMeLyIWDERjsMxIuEP9MuKHp+oTCrLq6MFSgUiFan7M5Pk2t > mwB3sbFuwkVzfmDbbnbelll30ukXQM3d7KVp2AHbsvI6hNs6zHZgRb7ZgGrR9Ep5 > 6UlYqVqQOWtYNujNxYRgzemFI6lgJj8GHyDeh0wLRCP0aw/ATPg= > =KK8e > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
