[Community-Discuss] History Lesson -- Looting AFRINIC -- The Beginning

[Brian Sowers]

Ronald, 

Ah yes, the great african heist—your claim to fame. Did RIPE or AFRINIC ever express their thanks for your great work? 

https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/db-wg/PDQ2NzQ5LjE2MTE5NDA4NTNAc2VnZmF1bHQudHJpc3RhdGVsb2dpYy5jb20+

I hope so, because then something else would have to explain your self-aggrandizement. If not, well… now we know where your grabs at self importance come from. But what you really have just done is to expose AFRINIC as being corrupted since its second ever employee, Ernest Byaruhanga.  As much as I wish for Africa to develop her internet, her attempts to recall IP spaces back to her domain is too little, too late. It’s time to look forward and accept its losses. The current litigation with Cloud is a perfect example. How can AFRINIC justify putting both global internet stability AND African internet stability at risk? Mind you, according to your work, 1/6 of Cloud’s IP spaces route through AFRICA. We are talking *millions* of users inside and outside AFRICA. And besides, according to the RSA with Cloud, there’s not much legal footing for AFRINIC contending the allocated spaces being used outside Africa is in violation because it isn’t explicitly said so. This interpretation of the RSA is at the heart of the issue. Regardless, these spaces are already out in the wild. It’s time for AFRINIC to learn from its policy mistakes, prevent further fraud (especially from the inside), and to look at the bigger picture globally. If it wants those IP spaces back, then buy them back. I’m sure Noah’s PayPal contribution can start the trend. 

-Brian
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