[anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)
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Lu Heng
h.lu at anytimechinese.com
Sat Mar 23 15:26:46 CET 2019
On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 21:54 Sascha Luck [ml] <aawg at c4inet.net> wrote: > > All, > > can I ask every participant in this discussion to PLEASE, PLEASE > quote properly. It's becoming absolutely impossible to ascertain > who wrote what and who made a statement and who answered it. > > > To brass tacks: > > On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 01:44:21PM +0100, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via > anti-abuse-wg wrote: > > Immediate membership suspension at the end if the experts decide it's > > necessary to do so now. > > This is not possible under the SSA/ripe-697. Section 1.2.1.1 of > ripe-697 states clearly the grounds for termination of > membership. "BGP hijacking" is not one of them. While it is > presumably possible to add additional reasons, it will be, > TTBOMK, only by membership vote. > > I did at the start decide to give this proposal the benefit of > the doubt but I am now convinced that its intent is the > subversion of the RIPE NCC in order to force it to abuse its > dominant market position to remove from (internet) existence, > members who exhibit behaviour that, while arguably legal, > elements of this community don't like. > > Moreover, the proposal aims at doing this while largely > excluding the RIPE NCC itself from the decision-making process, > instead using some panel of "experts" to decide who should live > and who should die. Whence the authority of these "experts" > comes is not explained. The NCC Board is then, or so I surmise, > tasked with giving this decision an air of legitimacy by > ratifying it. Why the (unpaid) Board would even accept such a > questionable honour, I don't know, especially in light of the > potential liabilities. > > Further, the danger exists that this community is not done yet. > Once a mechanism to terminate unwelcome behaviour is established, > it is relatively easy to plug in any other behaviour that this > community, or elements thereof, would like to see removed from the > internet. > > In conclusio, this proposal has the potential to irredeemably > damage the relationship the NCC has with its members and I would > even argue that it has the potential to threaten the very > existence of the NCC if the powers that be decide that it is > abusing its power as a monopoly provider. Very well said, +1 > > > For the avoidance of doubt, I remain in opposition, > > SL > > -- -- Kind regards. Lu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/anti-abuse-wg/attachments/20190323/579a0fb5/attachment.html>
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