Re: New DNS vulnerability: political overreach

[Tom Beecher via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

> 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."


Respectfully disagree, but I don't see much benefit to debating this
further.



On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 1:44 PM John R. Levine <johnl () iecc com> wrote:

> 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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