> Does this mean that ARIN, lacnic, AFRINIC, RIPE NCC, and APNIC (the members of the NRO per https://www.nro.net/about/rirs/ https://www.nro.net/about/rirs/) ar

> Does this mean that ARIN, lacnic, AFRINIC, RIPE NCC, and APNIC (the members of the NRO per https://www.nro.net/about/rirs/ https://www.nro.net/about/rirs/) are behind this? Yes. They have taken the highly unusual step of expressing an opinion on the DNS system. > That makes no sense to me, I thought they were highly conservative bureaucracies heavily influenced by national government They are extremely conservative, which should add to the weight of this action. However they answer to their respective memberships, not governments - despite being "regional" registries they stay out of geopolitics for the most part.