[Outages-discussion] Hypothetical: isolating a single AS from the world?

[Peter Beckman]

Your hypothetical was interesting until you made it political.

On Mon, 25 Apr 2022, Chapman, Brad (NBCUniversal) wrote:

> Hello Outages-Discussion,
>
> As a hypothetical exercise, what would it take—technically, legally, or
> otherwise—to disconnect a single autonomous system from the rest of the
> world for "disruptive activity" originating from that entity, and is such
> disconnection allowed under certain cases, like cyberattacks, terrorism,
> or threats of the same?
>
> And what could said entity do—technically, legally, or otherwise—to stop
> the withdrawal of routes connecting to it?
>
> Do existing telecommunications laws in Western Europe and the US
> generally require the free and open connection of autonomous systems
> regardless of what is transmitted across them?  The FCC Net Neutrality
> rules are the closest legal framework I could find.
>
> The example I had in mind for today is AS13414<https://bgp.he.net/AS13414>.
>
> Would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this and if it's ever been done before.
>
> Cheers,
> Brad
>

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