On Wed, 2026-10-14 at 10:09 +0700, Andreas Reichel wrote: > Some of the best developers I do know are from Russia (shout out to > the H2 database project!). Also, as a German I am grateful when people > (historically) differentiated between a regime and an individual. > That said: I would block and any Russian domain for the time being -- > as well as a few other countries (including the the US 🙂 ).
Hi, sure, in general it may be necessary to rely on blacklists at short notice, even if that means blocking more than just attackers, but how long is "the time being"? Actually it won't stop Russian and North Korean attackers, as well as U.S. AI agents and who knows who else you should be thinking of, perhaps all the BRICS+ countries, the entire Global South, from attacking the AUR, if they're even involved at all, since they or anybody else can simply use domains from other countries and even operate physically from other countries. Just look at someone in your and mine own country, like former BND chief Hanning or former Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution chief Maaßen. If you want to take radical measures to protect yourself from the usual suspects, unplug the LAN cable and remove Wi-Fi and Bluetooth from your computers. There are people who are completely hostile sitting right among us, we don't need people from countries under general suspicion for that. Regards, Ralf
