What attitude do people from power have to do with private property, which,
as it was, remained with the owner of the LIR?

On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 5:50 PM Viktoriia Opanasiuk <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Mattias,
>
> responding on «As this only affects LIRs, I doubt there will be
> significant participation by non-LIRs» I must say that it affects all
> internet service providers that use IP resources. In Ukraine there are more
> than 5 000 registered ISPs, but not all of them are LIRs.
>
>
>
> The situation that we have now is that when russian troops withdraw from
> our territory, they dismantle and take with them not only washing machines,
> but also telecom equipment, TV- and radio-transmitters, leaving people who
> live there without any information channels and means of communication. We
> have to re-build telecom and internet infrastructure, and yes, we could
> bring new equipment there, but if the IP addresses of local Internet
> Providers will be transferred to other parties, we will not be able to
> restore even our critical infrastructure there, and there is no place to
> get new IPv4 addresses.
>
>
>
> Therefore any solutions that involve allowing transfers now and somehow
> reverting them later are not solving this immediate problem that we have.
>
>
>
>
> Viktoriia Opanasiuk
>
> чт, 27 окт. 2022 г. в 16:59, Matthias Merkel <[email protected]
> >:
>
>> Hi Viktoriia,
>>
>>
>>
>> RIPE operates on consensus policies. A new policy cannot be adopted if
>> there is a meaningful number of objections like clearly there is here.
>>
>>
>>
>> As has been explained in the in-person meetings, a freeze cannot be
>> implemented until a corresponding policy is in place, as this may otherwise
>> open up the RIPE NCC to civil liability. Of course, there is also a risk
>> that a freeze could negatively impact Ukrainian LIRs (for example ones who
>> may want to sell parts of their IP space to fund continued operations).
>>
>>
>>
>> For the reasons above, I personally don’t think that a blanket ban will
>> be a good solution. Instead, the RIPE NCC should conduct increased due
>> diligence on transfers from Ukraine and other high-risk regions. From what
>> I understand, the NCC has already implemented these measures.
>>
>>
>>
>> Most of the recent emails have already identified themselves as
>> Ukrainian, some including a reg-id or at least mentioning they were an LIR
>> as well. As this only affects LIRs, I doubt there will be significant
>> participation by non-LIRs.
>>
>>
>>
>> Matthias Merkel
>>
>> Staclar, Inc.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *ncc-services-wg <[email protected]> on behalf of
>> Viktoriia Opanasiuk <[email protected]>
>> *Date: *Thursday, 27. October 2022 at 15:51
>> *To: *[email protected] <[email protected]>
>> *Subject: *[ncc-services-wg] IP adress transferring in Ukraine
>>
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>>
>>
>> Looking at such a broad discussion around the issue of the decision to
>> protect Ukrainian IP resources, I want to add a comment and a wish.
>>
>>
>>
>> First of all, I would like to clarify the issue a little. We are only
>> talking about temporarily freezing the transfer of IP addresses until a
>> solution to correctly identify and prohibit risky transfers is found and
>> implemented.
>>
>> And in order to understand who exactly is against the temporary freeze or
>> who supports it , it would be very good if you wrote a few words about who
>> exactly those who express their position represent.
>> For example, does the company have LIR status, is the company an ISP
>> provider, and if so, in which regions of Ukraine does it provide services.
>> If the LIR is not a ISP provider, does it continue its work in Ukraine?
>> This is purely to understand whether the position of the participant in the
>> discussion is from a representative of the Ukrainian community and what
>> part of this community he represents.
>>
>>
>> Otherwise, this discussion may slightly distort the real problems that
>> exist in Ukraine today.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Viktoriia Opanasiuk
>>
>
>
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