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The Internet is by definition universal. Autonomous Systems make their own routing decisions. We cannot cut them off the Internet any more than we can cut off their sea access. If we were to do so (analogous to a naval blockade) you'd have succeeded in only cutting off civilians. Government sponsored or tolerated criminals would still ply their trade like in N Korea.


AS can also route and black hole traffic. There’s no real reason to continue allowing their traffic on the same internet when it’s all malicious




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