ICANN Waves Hands in Protest at AFRINIC Election Arrangement (theregister.com) 18
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has called for changes to the roster of officials appointed to oversee the forthcoming election at the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC), the latest twist in a conflict that stretches back years and has left the African regional internet registry in limbo. From a report: AFRINIC is one of the world's five regional internet registries, the governance bodies that delegate and manage IP addresses and autonomous systems numbers in co-ordination with ICANN. The African organization has essentially been dead in the water, operating without a board or CEO since 2022. The problems started in 2020 when AFRINIC alleged that one of its members -- a company called Cloud Innovation -- had breached its agreement with the registry in ways that could lead AFRINIC to reclaim the company's IP address holdings.
Cloud Innovation countered that AFRINIC acted improperly and launched multiple lawsuits in Mauritius, the Indian Ocean nation the registry calls home. Other parties also sued AFRINIC for similar reasons. The lawsuits left AFRINIC's bank accounts frozen and meant it was unable to convene a board or run elections. In February 2025, the Supreme Court of Mauritius appointed a receiver to secure AFRINIC's assets and reconstitute its board.
Cloud Innovation countered that AFRINIC acted improperly and launched multiple lawsuits in Mauritius, the Indian Ocean nation the registry calls home. Other parties also sued AFRINIC for similar reasons. The lawsuits left AFRINIC's bank accounts frozen and meant it was unable to convene a board or run elections. In February 2025, the Supreme Court of Mauritius appointed a receiver to secure AFRINIC's assets and reconstitute its board.
Re: When Negroes are in charge... (Score:2)
Crypto bros are in charge.
Re: When Negroes are in charge... (Score:2)
I've heard of dark patterns but...
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There's always been a section of borderline mentally ill crazies on slashdot.
I wonder sometimes what sort of lives those guys ended up living from the mid 2000s that were posting the netcraft copypasta, enraged rants about open sores and Lunix etc.
Perhaps trolling a technical community was the least harmful thing they could have been doing with their unreleased anger.
Re:But iCANn think of many reasons to resist capit (Score:5, Funny)
The thing that gets me is the consistency. It feels as if there's a union foreman somewhere who has been ensuring at least one is assigned to every story since the late 90s.
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Well the corporation that screwed up AfriNIc'd deserve to be shown all the Goatses.
Besides the Goatse is part of the culture of this website. I wouldn't be surprised if that group turned out to be employees of whichever company owns this place.
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The thing that gets me is the consistency. It feels as if there's a union foreman somewhere who has been ensuring at least one is assigned to every story since the late 90s.
It's the same principle as people trying to add valuable comments to discussions, except in reverse. Once it's been done, there's nothing to add. Might as well go troll up a different discussion.
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I have this mental picture a retirement home full of demented nerds flashing printed copies of Goatse at each other.
The thing that gets me is the consistency. It feels as if there's a union foreman somewhere who has been ensuring at least one is assigned to every story since the late 90s.
<OldManVoice> Back in my day, it was all about hot grits and a petrified Natalie Portman, and Goatse was just a giant gaping asshole without a dick shoved in it, dammit! We had CowbowNeal and polls, and we liked it that way! </OldManVoice>
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Unlike Reddit, where it is the Moderators who are the crazies
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There's always been a section of borderline mentally ill crazies on slashdot.
How would you know? You weren't here from the start. /j
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How would we know? You and I were not either...
If ICANN is for it (Score:2, Informative)
ICANN is irredeemably corrupt. While I have no inside knowledge of this issue being on the opposite side of whatever ICANN is for is generally a safe default.
Re: If ICANN is for it (Score:4, Informative)
Not in this case. Cloud Innovation is basically a global spam operation that hijacked a good portion of AfriNic IP space to operate from.