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Helping to secure internet routing

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Re: Helping to secure internet routing

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Does this give AWS any ability to block/censor or influence access to segments of the internet that they might not politically "approve" of?

No. If anything this makes it harder for anyone to block segments of the internet, by ensuring the integrity of routing to any given netblock.

Re: Helping to secure internet routing

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post #4

Does this give AWS any ability to block/censor or influence access to segments of the internet that they might not politically "approve" of?

No. If anything this makes it harder for anyone to block segments of the internet, by ensuring the integrity of routing to any given netblock.

Who is the authority on the integrity of routing?

Re: Helping to secure internet routing

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. If anything this makes it harder for anyone to block segments of the internet, by ensuring the integrity of routing to any given netblock.

Who is the authority on the integrity of routing?

The owner of the netblock.

Re: Helping to secure internet routing

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. If anything this makes it harder for anyone to block segments of the internet, by ensuring the integrity of routing to any given netblock.

Who is the authority on the integrity of routing?

The certificate authority that signs the routes. So yeah, this will centralize control of routing and expose it to things like government censorship and corporation exploitation. Sometimes the wild west is better than an authoritarian government.

Like DNSSEC this is only good for megacorps and nationstates. If anything it will expose human people to more abuse and exploitation.

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