https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/international/1813989-the-strange-case-of-africas-stolen-ip-addresses
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Ernest+Byaruhanga+afrinic On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 4:30 PM Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > AFRINIC legitimately issued those (closer to 6M) IP addresses to Cloud > Innovation based on justifications submitted. AFRINIC then attempted, using > claims that usage out of region is not permitted by the bylaws > (It is not prohibited by the bylaws, feel free to read them yourself), to > reclaim those addresses. > > This is not what happened. AFRINIC issued those IP addresses to Cloud > Innovations based on fundamental misrepresentations by the applicant and > internal fraudulent activity conducted by a single employee within AFRINIC. > > > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 4:17 PM Delong.com <o...@delong.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Sep 15, 2023, at 15:05, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> A much better explanation of the situation can be found at: >> >> https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/03/nrs_afrinic_review/ >> >> I also recommend that everyone who is not yet familiar with the issue >> google Lu Heng and Cloud Innovations, the Hong Kong based corporate entity >> in question which caused this. >> >> >> Fair suggestion, but I wouldn’t say it’s fair to say Lu Heng or CI caused >> this. I’d say that AFRINIC’s >> leadership at the time had an at least equal role in creating the >> problems and in failing to address >> Them in a timely manner. >> >> CI didn’t sue AFRINIC for nothing. AFRINIC, in violation of the actual >> text of their bylaws attempted >> to revoke CI space and created major disruptions to a number of networks >> in the process. Had CI >> not received the injunctions they got from the courts, likely the >> disruption would have been much >> worse and caused some pretty wide-spread outages. >> >> >> >> https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=lu+heng+cloud+innovation >> >> The short version of this is that a HK based corporate entity claims it >> is the legitimate "owner" of 7 million AFRINIC IPs. >> >> >> AFRINIC legitimately issued those (closer to 6M) IP addresses to Cloud >> Innovation based on justifications submitted. AFRINIC then attempted, using >> claims that usage out of region is not permitted by the bylaws >> (It is not prohibited by the bylaws, feel free to read them yourself), to >> reclaim those addresses. >> >> AFRINIC whois and the courts have confirmed that Cloud Innovation is the >> rightful registrant of those >> addresses at the time and as of now. Until a court rules otherwise (which >> is very unlikely at this point), >> they don’t “own” the addresses, but they do “own” the rights to those >> registrations in the AFRINIC >> database. >> >> (Nobody “owns” any integers… Everyone remains equally free to use the >> number 5 as much as they want.) >> >> Owen >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 6:09 AM Bryan Fields <br...@bryanfields.net> >> wrote: >> >>> On 9/13/23 9:27 PM, Bryan Fields wrote: >>> > I think this qualifies as potentially operational. >>> > >>> > Afrinic placed in receivership, board elections to be held in six >>> months: >>> > https://archive.ph/jOFE4 >>> >>> Looks like archive.ph is having problems. This is the original article. >>> >>> > >>> https://www.capacitymedia.com/article/2c6pnx4ymt7sd5c493wg0/news/exclusive-afrinic-placed-in-receivership-board-elections-to-be-held-in-six-months >>> -- >>> Bryan Fields >>> >>> 727-409-1194 - Voice >>> http://bryanfields.net >>> >> >>
