Re: New DNS vulnerability: political overreach

["John R. Levine via NANOG" <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On Tue, 28 Jul 2026, Tom Beecher wrote:
> Now, if this Texas action sticks as precedent, any **alleged** violation of
> ANY US law ( federal / state / local / territorial) allows a court to issue
> an order to take your domain down if it's from a US registry. Which of
> course opens the door to non-US registries doing the same things (if they
> aren't already), and everything just gets more fragmented and stupid.
>
> I applaud all the legal professionals who fight to prevent this stupidity.
> Truly underappreciated.

Once again, this takedown was a screwup due to the target not responding 
to the suit and the court accepting all the assertions in the complaint, 
because that's what courts do when a defendant doesn't reply.  It's not a 
precedent in any meaningful sense other than "don't do that."

R's,
John
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