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Re: [gaia] Blog on AFRINIC proposal

Vint Cerf <vint@google.com> Sat, 03 June 2017 13:36 UTC

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Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2017 09:36:36 -0400
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My reaction: politicizing IP address allocation is a mistake and could have
enormous, negative consequences including a wide range of fragmentation and
legal intimidation of the RIRs.  Advocacy is fine but withholding IP
addresses for political reasons is not wise.

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On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 5:16 AM, Corinne Cath <corinnecath@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> CFR invited me to write a blog about the recent AFRINIC proposal to deny
> IP addresses to governments mandating Internet shutdowns. Might be of
> interest.
>
> https://www.cfr.org/article/should-technical-actors-play-
> political-role-internet-age
>
> Best,
>
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