[ncc-services-wg] Protecting Resource Holders in Distressed Areas

Hi All,

while protecting resources and it's holders is very important in 
distress areas, I have to remind you that Ukraine is a way not a 
democratic country.

If we want really protect resources and holders, we have to avoid any 
interaction with Ukrainian government in any way. In the practice, 
"Review of requests by national governments" means you will have to pay 
a huge bribe to get a letter of authorization from the government. They 
all understand good the price of transfers... Sorry, it is sad, but true.

Any other options are good. The best for me is a "freeze button".

Also it is good to allow transfers only from the territories not in 
distress, so company/person should move the legal address to the clear 
area. It is quite easy, and is similar than what is doing now. But any 
push from RIPE NCC to move to the "distress area", i.e. re-registration 
on the occupied territory by the "laws" existing there is unacceptable.

14.10.22 17:47, Athina Fragkouli пише:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> We have recently seen people raising concerns about the risk of 
> illegitimate registry update requests in Ukraine being submitted to the 
> RIPE NCC. We have published an article on RIPE Labs that explains what 
> we have been doing to minimise this risk so far and looks at some 
> additional measures we could implement:
> https://labs.ripe.net/author/athina/protecting-resource-holders-in-distressed-areas/ 
> <https://labs.ripe.net/author/athina/protecting-resource-holders-in-distressed-areas/> 
> 
> 
> We will also be presenting on this topic in the RIPE NCC Services 
> Working Group at RIPE 85. We are interested in hearing any feedback or 
> suggestions from the RIPE community on this issue.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Athina Fragkouli
> Chief Legal Officer
> RIPE NCC
>