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@netflight.com> wrote:
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
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-misinformatio...
Matt