[members-discuss] RIPEdb registry need to be ready for separating?

Dear Andrzej,

I agree with you, but the question is - what's going on?
Usually very active Russian LIRs are unusually silent.

On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 8:46 PM Andrzej Ława <andrzej.lawa at dawis-it.pl> wrote:
>
> W dniu 15.03.2022 o 11:40, ivaylo pisze:
> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > Propaganda is all around us (in all mass media from all countries, in
> > soccial medias, etc.), we do not need to carry it here. The main task of
> > RIPE is to maintain the allocation of resources for the functioning of
> > the Internet in the region.
>
> Indeed, however Putin's plans to isolate Russia network from the rest of
> the world in a way similar to NK or PRC are a fact. At this point of
> time the measures in place are quite primitive - banning all foreign DNS
> servers and forcing Russian users to use Russian (government-controlled)
> DNS only. Something similar was, sadly, implemented in Poland in all of
> places supposedly to stop the internet gambling problem, but because one
> has only to use global DNS servers instead of local to circumvent that
> it is just a "security theater" (government pretending they are doing
> "something" to solve a "problem") - albeit a bit unnerving to be honest.
>
> > The main task of the Internet is to give every user access to
> > information. Screening, restricting, banning people's access to
> > information (internet) will not in any way resolve the world's military
> > conflicts, nor will it lead to peace. On the contrary, it will only
> > deepen differences in people's thinking and boost propaganda that is not
> > in the interests of societies around the world.
>
> Oh, I completely agree with that. However the problem is that the
> measures Putin is implementing could make that free access to
> information impossible in practice anyway while at the same time keeping
> us vulnerable to attacks by his military hackers - which can hinder or
> even prevent access to information and services here outside Russia too.
>
> I'm sure You've probably seen the increase of brute-force hack attacks
> from all over the world - and I am wondering how many of those originate
> from Russia (or China) and are just using overseas proxies/VPNs/clouds
> to mask the origin of the attack. Physically cutting Russia would stop
> that, obviously, but I am worried - as You are - about the cost of such
> a drastic measure.
>
> It is not about politics - it is about ensuring network availability. Is
> keeping Russia connected putting us in danger of even wider network
> failure? I would call it "House's leg dilemma" (if You've seen House MD
> you'll get what I mean)
>
> So my question is what would be the best (or least worse) course of
> action in that situation... I am leaning toward prioritizing maintaining
> free access to information, obviously, but I am also concerned about our
> security. Especially since I know how woefully inadequate IT support is
> in plenty of even big corporations due to stupid cost cutting (see:
> Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack; that should not have happened! even
> my smallest systems have separate RDIFF backup system that is
> inaccessible to any user and is cut off from the internet so when I had
> a ransomware attack few years back due to a privileged user being
> careless it was just a trivial issue of restoring backups from last
> evening - at most a day's work lost, no biggie, and as a bonus I got to
> dish out a lot of "I told you so" and suddenly there was money for a
> real antivirus packet and I was able to finally push some additional
> security measures). There are big professional customers who call about
> internet failure when in fact the cause was power failure on their site
> - I shudder to think how inadequate their network security might be if
> that is the level of their competence.
>
> > I support the idea of a RIPE program for financial assistance to
> > Ukranian LIRs badly affected by the military conflict there, but only
> > after the preparation, voting and adoption of clearly set and regulated
> > conditions in RIPE documents and contracts that can be used in the
> > future similar situations. Otherwise, and hasty action, there is a risk
> > of setting a precedent that could be used in the future by unscrupulous
> > members.
> That is true.
>
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