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It looks related to an organisation he linked to https://github.com/YADRO-KNS https://github.com/YADRO-KNS. All its repos and repos of other people from it are

It looks related to an organisation he linked to https://github.com/YADRO-KNS https://github.com/YADRO-KNS. All its repos and repos of other people from it are archived as well. https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20220915#:~:text=LIMITED%20LIABILITY%20COMPANY-,YADRO,-FAB%20DUBNA%20(a https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/...

asciii 4y ago
Spot on here. The CHANGELOG has comments for YADRO product ids. > https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/search?q=YADRO https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/search?q=YADRO
- cft 4y ago
  It looks like YADRO is making server hardware. IPMI is just enumerating server hardware in the linked GitHub.
  - lamontcg 4y ago
    The author works for YADRO: https://ru.linkedin.com/in/aamelkin https://ru.linkedin.com/in/aamelkin Microsoft has to shut off his account due to his relationship with a company officially sanctioned by the US government.
    - chatmasta 4y ago
      It's ironic you link to his (apparently not suspended) profile on LinkedIn, which is also owned by Microsoft.
      - mdaniel 4y ago
        I was curious if Microsoft perhaps had done some "offshore" shenanigans but nope, it resolves to an IP within their netrange $ host ru.linkedin.com. ru.linkedin.com is an alias for cctld.linkedin.com. cctld.linkedin.com is an alias for mix.linkedin.com. mix.linkedin.com is an alias for any-na-lx.mix.linkedin.com. any-na-lx.mix.linkedin.com has address 108.174.10.24 any-na-lx.mix.linkedin.com has IPv6 address 2620:109:c002::6cae:a18 $ whois 108.174.10.24 CIDR: 108.174.0.0/20 NetName: LINKEDIN NetHandle: NET-108-174-0-0-1 Organization: LinkedIn Corporation (LINKE-1) OrgName: LinkedIn Corporation OrgId: LINKE-1 Address: 1000 W Maude Ave City: Sunnyvale StateProv: CA PostalCode: 94085 maybe they can't prove the LinkedIn profile was created by the natural person, but the commit email ... or payment details? ... something something
        lamontcg 4y ago
        Linkedin is another BU and their actions are not going to be coordinated with GH, so they may be determining what to do about profiles like his, and about ru.linkedin.com in general. Or linkedin may simply not be important enough for the US government to care about. Nobody is going to hold them accountable for inconsistency, and they only really care about is actions towards achieving the effect they desire. It is all implemented by humans and not a computer problem. At some level of detail they'll stop caring because like everyone else employed in this country, they're too busy with more important things.
      - smsm42 4y ago
        Since Amelkin personally is not sanctioned, keeping his page up is likely OK. Having a corporate page for YADRO probably wouldn't be.
    - anonymousiam 4y ago
      Maybe related, but maybe not: Microsoft has a stake in a competing server company (Dell). https://www.gamesindustry.biz/dell-returns-to-private-ownership-with-usd24-4bn-founder-led-buyout https://www.gamesindustry.biz/dell-returns-to-private-owners...
      - smsm42 4y ago
        Microsoft has no choice here, stake or not stake - providing services to a sanctioned entity is illegal.
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rozab 4y ago
Nice job, more info here https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/sanction-company/6813/ https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/sanction-company/6813/
- smsm42 4y ago
  If Amelkin works for YADRO, could he not know his company got sanctioned? It's pretty big thing to happen, and judging from his LinkedIn comments, he knows it. Yet he writes the suspension was "without any explanation whatsoever". I think he knows the explanation, he doesn't like it but it's no mystery to anyone.
kvathupo 4y ago
That's very interesting: I'm not sure how to feel about this. On one hand, it aligns with my ethics to shut-down the operations of sanctioned companies to minimize their harm. On the other, 1. Ethics are relative 2. Should open-source contributions be dependent on such ethics? On (1), I'm sure non-Americans would have ethical qualms with our Defense companies. Would I be okay with the hypothetical of letting a non-American company stop open-source development on a useful Lockheed Martin tool? On (2), I have personally seen open-source contributions from sanctioned companies, e.g. Megvii. Is it fair to ban those employees (who may simply be unwilling to go through the hoops of immigration)? As an aside, perhaps this repo could move to GNU Savannah?
- firebaze 4y ago
  > On one hand, it aligns with my ethics to shut-down the operations of sanctioned companies to minimize their harm. Only if the sanctions are warranted by ethics. Which they are not, in this case - there isn't anything online I can find which supports sanctioning this specific company. This is a repeating pattern in this conflict: even without substantial or even circumstantial proof that a russian company benefits from or at least tolerates the war, in the event Ukraine tells us to sanction the respective company, we have to obey or else. What do we expect? Should all russian companies shut down because of the war? Would this be what we expect from all western companies, like when we attacked Iraq because of Weapons of Mass Destruction? This is slowly really getting ridiculous. Even more so if this opens up an attack vector from even more non-friendlies because of an orphaned github account.
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  - kofejnik 4y ago
    Every Russian company needs to be sanctioned. Especially a tech one.
    - ChoGGi 4y ago
      Sad you're being down voted. I feel bad for Russian companies being sanctioned, but I feel worse for Ukranians defending their country.

asciii 4y ago

Spot on here. The CHANGELOG has comments for YADRO product ids. > https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/search?q=YADRO https://github.com/ipmitool/ipmitool/search?q=YADRO

cft 4y ago
It looks like YADRO is making server hardware. IPMI is just enumerating server hardware in the linked GitHub.
- lamontcg 4y ago
  The author works for YADRO: https://ru.linkedin.com/in/aamelkin https://ru.linkedin.com/in/aamelkin Microsoft has to shut off his account due to his relationship with a company officially sanctioned by the US government.
  - chatmasta 4y ago
    It's ironic you link to his (apparently not suspended) profile on LinkedIn, which is also owned by Microsoft.
    - mdaniel 4y ago
      I was curious if Microsoft perhaps had done some "offshore" shenanigans but nope, it resolves to an IP within their netrange $ host ru.linkedin.com. ru.linkedin.com is an alias for cctld.linkedin.com. cctld.linkedin.com is an alias for mix.linkedin.com. mix.linkedin.com is an alias for any-na-lx.mix.linkedin.com. any-na-lx.mix.linkedin.com has address 108.174.10.24 any-na-lx.mix.linkedin.com has IPv6 address 2620:109:c002::6cae:a18 $ whois 108.174.10.24 CIDR: 108.174.0.0/20 NetName: LINKEDIN NetHandle: NET-108-174-0-0-1 Organization: LinkedIn Corporation (LINKE-1) OrgName: LinkedIn Corporation OrgId: LINKE-1 Address: 1000 W Maude Ave City: Sunnyvale StateProv: CA PostalCode: 94085 maybe they can't prove the LinkedIn profile was created by the natural person, but the commit email ... or payment details? ... something something
      - lamontcg 4y ago
        Linkedin is another BU and their actions are not going to be coordinated with GH, so they may be determining what to do about profiles like his, and about ru.linkedin.com in general. Or linkedin may simply not be important enough for the US government to care about. Nobody is going to hold them accountable for inconsistency, and they only really care about is actions towards achieving the effect they desire. It is all implemented by humans and not a computer problem. At some level of detail they'll stop caring because like everyone else employed in this country, they're too busy with more important things.
    - smsm42 4y ago
      Since Amelkin personally is not sanctioned, keeping his page up is likely OK. Having a corporate page for YADRO probably wouldn't be.
  - anonymousiam 4y ago
    Maybe related, but maybe not: Microsoft has a stake in a competing server company (Dell). https://www.gamesindustry.biz/dell-returns-to-private-ownership-with-usd24-4bn-founder-led-buyout https://www.gamesindustry.biz/dell-returns-to-private-owners...
    - smsm42 4y ago
      Microsoft has no choice here, stake or not stake - providing services to a sanctioned entity is illegal.
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rozab 4y ago

Nice job, more info here https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/sanction-company/6813/ https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/sanction-company/6813/

smsm42 4y ago
If Amelkin works for YADRO, could he not know his company got sanctioned? It's pretty big thing to happen, and judging from his LinkedIn comments, he knows it. Yet he writes the suspension was "without any explanation whatsoever". I think he knows the explanation, he doesn't like it but it's no mystery to anyone.

kvathupo 4y ago

That's very interesting: I'm not sure how to feel about this. On one hand, it aligns with my ethics to shut-down the operations of sanctioned companies to minimize their harm. On the other, 1. Ethics are relative 2. Should open-source contributions be dependent on such ethics? On (1), I'm sure non-Americans would have ethical qualms with our Defense companies. Would I be okay with the hypothetical of letting a non-American company stop open-source development on a useful Lockheed Martin tool? On (2), I have personally seen open-source contributions from sanctioned companies, e.g. Megvii. Is it fair to ban those employees (who may simply be unwilling to go through the hoops of immigration)? As an aside, perhaps this repo could move to GNU Savannah?

firebaze 4y ago
> On one hand, it aligns with my ethics to shut-down the operations of sanctioned companies to minimize their harm. Only if the sanctions are warranted by ethics. Which they are not, in this case - there isn't anything online I can find which supports sanctioning this specific company. This is a repeating pattern in this conflict: even without substantial or even circumstantial proof that a russian company benefits from or at least tolerates the war, in the event Ukraine tells us to sanction the respective company, we have to obey or else. What do we expect? Should all russian companies shut down because of the war? Would this be what we expect from all western companies, like when we attacked Iraq because of Weapons of Mass Destruction? This is slowly really getting ridiculous. Even more so if this opens up an attack vector from even more non-friendlies because of an orphaned github account.
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- kofejnik 4y ago
  Every Russian company needs to be sanctioned. Especially a tech one.
  - ChoGGi 4y ago
    Sad you're being down voted. I feel bad for Russian companies being sanctioned, but I feel worse for Ukranians defending their country.