[members-discuss] RIPEdb registry need to be ready for separating?
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Serg Galat
greysticky at gmail.com
Tue Mar 15 20:58:21 CET 2022
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. > > -- > tel. 500 206 0268 > DAWIS IT Sp. z o.o. z siedzibą w Pruszkowie > Adres: ul. Staszica 1, 05-800 Pruszków > KRS 0000319237 I NIP 5342409456 I REGON 141663620 > > _______________________________________________ > members-discuss mailing list > members-discuss at ripe.net > https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/members-discuss > Unsubscribe: https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/options/members-discuss/greysticky%40gmail.com -- Sergey
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