Tom, On Nov 15, 2024, at 9:11 AM, Tom Beecher <beecher@beecher.cc> wrote:
However, I think it's an overblown concern. If a government entity has the courts in their pocket to force an RIR to do a thing, they have the power to do abou 10 other much easier things that would actually prevent full access to the thing they don't like. ( I'm taking your servers, I'm forcing you to unplug routers, etc)
RIRs serve multiple (potentially overlapping) jurisdictions, thereby providing a way for effects to cross national boundaries.
Doesn't really make sense for them to force the RIR to do a think that would only disrupt access, not prevent it entirely.
Forcing registrars and resolver operators to block the lookup of certain names does not prevent access entirely, yet it is a very common technique imposed by national regulators and courts all over the world. Regards, -drc