The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has held a meeting, http://www.miit.gov.cn/n11293472/n11293832/n11293907/n11368223/12894996.html . There are two points worth discussing.
First, unregistered domain names will not be resolved, and second, domain name holders are blacklisted.
There is no denying that measures including the above two points have a strong curbing effect on illegal websites that change their identities and reopen, but problems have also arisen and are quite serious.
The consequences of unregistered domain names not being resolved:
1. Most domestic Internet users will not be able to access foreign websites.
The webmasters of foreign websites do not know that China has registration. They do not understand Chinese and it is inconvenient for them to go to the registration website to register. Moreover, there are no provinces corresponding to them on the registration website. Then their domain names will not be resolved in China. For example, Godaddy.com, which everyone likes very much, may not be accessible in the future. You need to manually set up a DNS server that can resolve foreign domain names in the network card settings of your computer, or use the hosts file. Only then can you access him. Of course, godaddy is just one of them. Among the 90 million international domain names, only more than 3 million are in China. The other more than 80 million domain names will be difficult for Chinese netizens to access. China has been reforming and opening up for 30 years, and international connections are inextricably linked. The inability to access foreign websites will have an impact on the production and living order of citizens.
2. Using domestic electronic post offices to send emails abroad will be blocked.
Because the domain name related to the target email cannot be resolved normally in China, the sending server will not know which one of the hundreds of millions of receiving servers around the world the email should be delivered to. This will have a greater impact on the normal work of units and individuals with more international exchanges, especially export-oriented enterprises and scientific research institutions.
3. The launch cycle of the new website will be longer
Before the introduction of the domain name registration policy, it might only take a few minutes for a new website to go online. After an enterprise completes the production of website content, it can quickly put the enterprise website online and accept access. With the release of the registration policy, this cycle has been extended to 15 working days, because registration takes so long, and because it is the first time for most companies and individuals to launch a website, they have no experience in the domain name registration process and often cannot pass the registration in one go. , so the filing time will be even longer. Now, unregistered domain names will not be resolved, extending this cycle again, because the data on the DNS servers of ISPs in various places cannot be synchronized in real time with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's registration database, but there is an update interval. Therefore, after the domain name is registered, it will not be resolved. It cannot be immediately parsed by local ISPs. It is estimated that it will take ten and a half months or even longer from the time the registration is completed until netizens across the country can access your website.
Obviously, failure to resolve unregistered domain names will have a great impact on the production and operation of all walks of life and people's lives.
Let’s take a look at the impact of domain name holder blacklisting policies.
Originally, the starting point of blacklisting illegal website owners to prevent them from registering new domain names to continue operating their illegal websites is understandable. However, there are also problems here.
1. People who are blacklisted can still register domain names
It is certain that they can register domain names through foreign registrars. Put aside, they can still register successfully even through domestic registrars. Because domain name registration agencies, including CNNIC, can only verify whether the information submitted by the registrant is real, and cannot verify whether the domain name registrant corresponds to the unit and contact person on the registration information, that is, Zhang San was included in the blacklist. After making the list, he can register the domain name as John Doe.
2. Domain names of legitimate websites may be blacklisted
The blacklisting of domain name holders is undoubtedly a huge project, and errors and omissions are inevitable. Many webmasters have encountered situations where their websites have been misjudged as phishing websites or pornographic websites. The current question is whether a website is illegal and illegal. There is no need for a court to make a decision, but when the relevant staff in the relevant branches of the relevant departments conduct routine reviews, one or a few people can just slap their foreheads and say so. Once misjudged, the website will be shut down immediately. In addition to the instructions in Article 5 of the meeting, not only this website will be shut down, but also all other domain names of the same owner will be shut down together, and the domain names will not be resolved. Then, the webmaster is like a headless chicken looking for a way to redress the situation. Obviously, it is impossible to obtain state compensation for the losses caused to the webmaster by such a mistakenly closed website.
The above are my thoughts after reading the meeting announcement. It cannot be said that I am concerned about the country and the people, but at least it can be regarded as a manifestation of "everyone has a responsibility."
To a certain extent, it is certain that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has implemented vigorous and rapid response measures, but this approach has reached a level similar to "martial law" and may come at the expense of hindering the normal order of the Internet. I think today's pornographic websites The harm has not yet reached the point where network martial law is required.