Ukraine request yikes

Wed Mar 2 00:15:10 UTC 2022

Again, aside from turning off the ICANN-operated root servers (which would be pointless), the remainder of the requests from the UA Government Advisory Committee member are not something ICANN could/would do unilaterally regardless of the validity of the justification.

Regards,
-drc

> On Mar 1, 2022, at 4:00 PM, virendra rode <virendra.rode at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I concur, this is an extremely dangerous slippery slope that ICANN should refrain. There’s the possibility for misfires, misattribution and miscalculation that could backfire which is extremely concerning.
> 
> —
> regards,
> /vrode
> 
>> On Mar 1, 2022, at 00:56, Matthew Petach <mpetach at netflight.com> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 12:19 AM George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com <mailto:george.herbert at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Posted by Bill Woodcock on Twitter… https://twitter.com/woodyatpch/status/1498472865301098500?s=21 <https://twitter.com/woodyatpch/status/1498472865301098500?s=21>
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>> https://pastebin.com/DLbmYahS <https://pastebin.com/DLbmYahS>
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>> Ukraine (I think I read as) want ICANN to turn root nameservers off, revoke address delegations, and turn off TLDs for Russia.
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>> Seems… instability creating…
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>> -george
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>> 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/ <https://www.wired.com/story/ghostwriter-hackers-belarus-russia-misinformationo/>
>> 
>> Matt
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