I believe it is a proper response, besides that it is not right for ICANN to get in the middle of this type of conflict, in situations like this, increasing the flow of real information counters the flow of misinformation.

-J

On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 7:05 AM John Curran <jcurran@arin.net> wrote:

ICANN response request from the Ukraine regarding various DNS interventions – https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/marby-to-fedorov-02mar22-en.pdf

FYI,

/John

John Curran

President and CEO

American Registry for Internet Numbers

On 2 Mar 2022, at 1:01 AM, John Curran <jcurran@arin.net> wrote:

Regarding the portion of the request to the RIPE NCC to withdraw the relevant Russia registered IP address blocks, it appears that the RIPE NCC has reiterated their position on such disputes - 

https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ripe-ncc-executive-board-resolution-on-provision-of-critical-services

FYI,

/John

John Curran

President and CEO

American Registry for Internet Numbers

On 1 Mar 2022, at 3:25 AM, Ryan Hamel <administrator@rkhtech.org> wrote:

It’s already spread to the news - https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ukraine-icann-russia-internet-runet-disconnection-1314278/

 

Ryan

 

From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+ryan=rkhtech.org@nanog.org> On Behalf Of George Herbert
Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:17 AM
To: Nanog <nanog@nanog.org>
Subject: Ukraine request yikes

 

Posted by Bill Woodcock on Twitter… https://twitter.com/woodyatpch/status/1498472865301098500?s=21

 

https://pastebin.com/DLbmYahS

 

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

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