i think we should fellow due processes to address issues as a community.
AFRINIC has policies and legal framework that we are aware, so we should comply
with when we want to address any concern. My take.Yusif Sent from my Samsung
Galaxy smartphone.
-------- Original message --------From: AFRINIC Communication
<co...@afrinic.net> Date: 20/12/2020 8:05 a.m. (GMT+00:00) To:
community-discuss@afrinic.net Subject: Re: [Community-Discuss] [afnog] Updates
on the misappropriation of
IPv4 resources [Version en français au bas]Dear AFRINIC Community,AFRINIC is
governed by certain processes, PDP policies and legal frameworks that we need
to comply with as an organisation. We can only act within the established
framework or the ramifications could be extremely damaging. Access to the bulk
whois data is granted once anyone who requires the data fully completes the
process published
at:https://afrinic.net/support/general-queries/how-can-i-request-for-bulk-whois-data
We welcome any information provided on the misappropriation of Internet number
resources. However, as mentioned above, at this stage, we are unable to comment
on what we know or do not know regarding the information shared. We trust that
once we are able to publish the audit report, it will bring clarifications to
the community's concerns on the misappropriation of Internet number
resources.RegardsAshil Oogarahon behalf of AFRINIC Communications and PR
Team…………………………………………………………..Chère Communauté d'AFRINIC,AFRINIC est régie par
certains processus, politiques et cadres juridiques que nous devons respecter
en tant qu'organisation. Nous ne pouvons agir dans ce cadre établi, sinon les
conséquences pourraient être extrêmement dommageables. L'accès aux données
whois est accordé une fois que toute personne ayant besoin de ces données
complète le processus publié
àhttps://afrinic.net/support/general-queries/how-can-i-request-for-bulk-whois-data
Toute information sur la manipulation non autorisée des ressources numériques
Internet est la bienvenue. Toutefois, comme mentionné ci-dessus, nous ne sommes
pas en mesure, à ce stade, de faire des commentaires sur ce que nous savons ou
ne savons pas concernant les informations partagées. Nous espérons qu'une fois
que nous serons en mesure de publier le rapport d'audit, il apportera des
éclaircissements sur les préoccupations de la communauté concernant la
manipulation non autorisée des ressources numériques internet.RegardsAshil
Oogarahau nom de l'équipe Communications et RP d’AFRINIC> On 20 Dec 2020, at
04:20, Ronald F. Guilmette <r...@tristatelogic.com> wrote:> > In message
<9a35ce76-e056-4547-b7fd-52696c5c7...@darwincosta.com>, >
"d...@darwincosta.com" <d...@darwincosta.com> wrote:> >> @Mr. Ronald I was
reading your email and findings over and over again yesterday>> night and this
morning... Thank you very much for bringing all of this into>> our attention
and YES - we "will" or "have">> to do whatever it's necessary to revert this
situation and to ensure>> that AFRINIC returns to AFRINIC as it should be.> >
Thank you for yor support.> > I suppose that it should be apparent to all that
I am upset and angry> about many of the things that have gone on within the
AFRINIC region.> But the various IP block thefts themselves are, to my way of
thinking,> the least of it all.> > Quite some time ago now, Eddy announced to
everyone that AFRINIC was> going to be performing an exhaustive audit of all
AFRINIC WHOIS changes,> back to the beginning of time, with the intent
obviously being to ferret> out any -more- instances of questionable IPv4
allocations, above and> beyond those that I and journalist Jan Vermeulen
already brought to> light last year (2019). Eddy even said that technical
personnel and> representatives of one of the more senior RIRs (APNIC) were
being> brought in to help with this effort.> > That was many MANY months ago
now. (Also, as I'm sure many of you know,> Ernest's malfeasance has been known
about by the AFRINIC Board and> management for over an entire calendar year
now.)> > So this raises the obvious question: Why didn't Eddy and the Board>
already know about the apparent connections bewteen the AFRINIC IPv4>
allocations held by Mr. Abizeid and Mr. Mehta long long before my> posting the
other day about those? And if they did know, then why did> they elect to give
both Mr. Abizeid and Mr. Mehta a pass, allowing> them both to *keep* the
sizable AFRINIC IPv4 allocations that appear> to have been provided to them...
presumably in fundamentally crooked> transactions... by the now disgraced and
long ago terminated ex-employee> Ernest Byaruhanga?> > It has to be one or the
other. There is no third possibility.> > Either Eddy & the Board knew, and
elected to do nothing and keep silent,> or else their much heralded "exhaustive
audit" of the history of all> AFRINIC allocations was so fundementally flawed
and incomplete that> it failed to catch obviously questionable allocations of
great swaths> of AFRINIC non-legacy IPv4 address space, totaling well over a
million> IPv4 addresses.> > I'm not sure which of these two possibilities is
worse. Either the> so-called "audit" was done in a glaringly incompetent
manner, or else> Eddy and the Board have been complicit in trying to sweep
under the> carpet the questionable nature of the sizable AFRINIC IPv4
allocations> held by -both- Mr. Abizeid -and- Mr. Mehta... neither of whom is
either> located in the AFRINIC region, and neither of whom, it appears, is>
providing -any- services whatsoever within the AFRINIC region.> > I look
forward to Eddy and the Board clarifying when they learned about> the apparent
connections between the IPv4 holdings of Mr. Abizeid and> Mr. Mehta and the
fradulent "ITC" fake corporation that for years served> to hide so many of the
thefts of Ernest Byaruhanga.> > If Eddy and the Board only learned about those
connections from my public> posting of a couple of days ago, then maybe it is
time, at long last, for> them to grant me access to the historical AFRINIC
WHOIS information that> I have been repeatedly requesting for more than a year
now, so that I can> perform a proper sort of audit and analysis of those
records.> > On the other hand, if they are none too pleased with me having been
able> to find and expose the many AFRINIC WHOIS anomalies that I have already>
managed to find and expose... even with very limited WHOIS access... then> I
guess they will continue to want to keep me as far away as possible> from any
historical WHOIS information, above and beyond what all ordinary>
man-on-the-street netizens are privy to.> > > Regards,> rfg> > > P.S. I am
more than a little inclined to believe that Eddy and the> AFRINIC Board do want
to, and have wanted to just sweep these matters> under the carpet, as much as
possible. My belief is based on the> fact that Eddy & The Board have quite
clearly made a decision...> privately and without even having the courtesy of
informing the> AFRINIC membership... to allow the crooks, Mr. Uerlings & Mr.
Cohen,> to keep any and all of the legacy IPv4 address blocks that they had>
successfully stolen, and for which no rightful owner has showed up to>
protest.> > The result has been an inconsistant hodge-podge with things only>
partially set right. The City of Cape Town, the commercial South> African firm
Columbus Stainless, the South African state-owned oil> company, Sasol, and
others have all managed to get their legacy> IPv4 blocks back from the clutches
of the fraudsters, Mr. Cohen and> Mr. Uerlings, simply by showing up to assert
their rightful claims.> > Other legitimate legacy block holders have,
unfortunately, been either> too lazy, too confused, or too timid to even assert
their rights,> and this has allowed Eddy and the Board to simply ignore those
rights> as a matter of expediency. This is not a shining example of either>
honor or courage on their part. It is rather a capitulation to criminals,> and
an abdication of their responsibilities to act in the best interests> of the
AFRINIC members and community.> > Giving in to corruption only leads to even
more corruption. And frankly,> I remain surprised that this simple fact is not
by now better understood> and appreciated through the African continent.> >
Eddy and the Board can and should stop their silent charade, tell the> members
what they have decided to do, or not do, about the various stolen> AFRINIC
legacy blocks that to this day remain stolen and in the hands of> messers
Uerlings & Cohen, and they should be prepared to defend their> decisions in an
open forum.> > The global reputation of AFRINIC has already been buffeted by
repeated> public scandals in recent years. Repairing that global reputation
cannot> even begin as long as the AFRINIC Board and management are still
hiding> their decision making process behind the same closed doors that
protected> Ernest Byaruhanga and his criminal machinations from public view for
so> many years.> > _______________________________________________> afnog
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