Ben
Well US entities cannot do business with a lot of countries due to various sanctions such as those under OFAC.
RIPE NCC might be a Dutch legal entity, but its members include companies from countries that are subject to sanctions from the US and the EU.
The argument that “sure it’s not that interesting for the US govt to look at” doesn’t really address the underlying concern.
Personally, from the perspective of a small member in Ireland, I’m not overly concerned by RIPE NCC moving services into the “cloud”. We use a lot of cloud services, so I’d be a
hypocrite to criticise their usage.
However RIPE NCC is in a quite different position with respect to the overall internet ecosystem than that of member companies, so it’d be interesting to hear from them about what
they’ve taken into account in making these decisions.
Regards
Michele
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