[rpd] Policy Impact (was Re: Cloud Innovation Displays Very Poor, If Not Criminal, Netizenship)

[Mike Silber]

Thanks Anthony 

In response to several other comments as well - 

I appreciate Mark Tinka raising this issue
this sordid tale seems to have more than one side
I do not believe I (or possibly anyone else on this list) is able to pass judgement on this particular incident - as we lack all of the relevant facts or technical or legal background, or have conflicts.

However there may be some useful learning from this incident and the need for new policies, revision to existing policies or better enforcement of policies.

Rather than debate if this was a personal attack (or not), or out of scope of the RPD list (or not), let us try bring this back to the purpose of this list - a discussion of AfriNIC’s policy environment.

Can someone please extrapolate from this regrettable incident what *policy* changes (or implementation changes) are required? If possible with some analysis of whether the consequences thereof are justified to prevent the harm being sought to be addressed.

Regards

Mike


> On 26 May 2020, at 20:03, Anthony Ubah <ubah.tonyiyke at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I feel this is gradually brewing up and steering up an unnecessary tension within the community.

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> I took time to go through the trail, the post shared by the CEO of Cloud Innovation contained a email by IPDC in which they have already openly apologized for their mistake(s).

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> On the other hand, heaping all blame on Cloud Innovation isn’t totally logical.

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> From my understanding, IPDC hijacked SEACOM’s ASN, IPDC being Cloud Innovation’s customer. However, I don’t clearly see what role it plays in the whole process. Predict ing it’s customer’s behaviour is scarcely possible, hardly any company can. Also is the company in the position/business to care of it per se, and without violation of privacy?

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> A typical example is a Kitchenware store; If the store sells a knife to an individual, and the individual uses the same knife to commit a crime, would the hardware store also be held partly accountable for the crime?

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> Thus, whatever the problem is IPDC should settle its differences directly with SEACOM

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> Best Regards,

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> Anthony

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> E-mail: anthony.ubah at goldspine.com <mailto:anthony.ubah at gloworld.com>.ng

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