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Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Tue Feb 1 17:48:57 2011
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=-2OYn4tj81aC3Sux-y+Qr4YcCOhqVv2f75Knr@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 14:46:54 -0800
To: Rubens Kuhl <rubensk@gmail.com>
Cc: Nanog <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Feb 1, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Rubens Kuhl wrote:
>> There is not a single RIR that is not physically located in a =
country.
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>=20
>> You can hope they are more stable from a policy point of view, but, =
the
>> reality is that if someone shows up at the front door with tanks and
>> mortars, my money is not on the RIR.
>=20
> But they might choose a country in that region that is less likely to
> mess with the RIR. For instance, ARIN would probably be a lot safer in
> Canada than in the US... RIPE could relocate to Swiss or Sweden
> (although I think Holland is not that much of a risk), for instance.
> LACNIC in Uruguay seems a good choice to me, the same with AfriNIC in
> Mauritius.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Rubens
Great theory, but:
ARIN (and IANA for that matter) are _IN_ the US.
RIPE _IS_ in the Netherlands.
APNIC _IS_ in Australia. Where would you put it? I notice you didn't
list it above.
Even Canada has their occasional bouts of wanting to censor the internet =
in strange ways. Government policies change over time and counting on =
governments to remain sane has its perils.
Owen
