There are narrowly defined and stringent conditions yes but i must confess I fail to see your point here. --srs ________________________________ From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> Sent: Friday, 31 July 2026 16:00:20 To: Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com> Cc: denis walker <ripedenis@gmail.com>; security-wg@ripe.net <security-wg@ripe.net> Subject: Re: [Security-wg] Re: Abuse mailboxes are increasingly no longer monitored and are being replaced by (bad) forms Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote on 31/07/2026 02:52:
Add that if icann sanctions can shut down a registrar, why should an LIR not be subject to a similar penalty?
Suresh, Have you read the Termination of Agreement clauses in the ICANN Registrar Accreditation Agreement, Section 5.3?
https://www.icann.org/en/contracted-parties/accredited-registrars/registrar-...
Specifically, under what conditions can the registrar agreement be terminated by ICANN? Nick