At around 16:00 on January 5, the first "bad" act of China's Internet in 2010 was staged. The well-known domestic SNS dating community 51.com, the vertical IT technology information website it168.com, and the well-known blog hosting service provider Blogbus.com are both unable to access normally at the same time. By querying the whois information of these three websites, we found that all three domain names are in clienthold status. clientHold is the simplest method used by registrars to disable a domain name. After the domain name is locked, users around the world cannot access the locked website. After verification, Xinwang, which provides domain name registration services for the three websites, stated that the reason why the three websites were held was that they received a notice from the Beijing Municipal Traffic Management Bureau stating that the above-mentioned websites contained illegal information such as obscenity and pornography, and required them to be locked first. It is reported that the number of websites locked by domain names this time is estimated to exceed 10,000. As of now, access to it168 has been restored, 51.com has been accessible from Shanghai and other areas, but areas like Beijing are still inaccessible, and the same is true for Blog Bus, which still cannot open the page. There is no way of knowing when it will be restored.
Since CNNIC self-examined domain name registration, it first prohibited individual registration of CN domain names, and then issued regulations that unregistered domain names will not be resolved in the future. In less than a month, 100,000 personal websites were shut down. But this is the first time that a corporate website has been shut down, especially it168. There is no precedent for domain name resolution being stopped among IT technology information websites. It can be seen that the rectification of domain name services will be further carried out, becoming more stringent and involving some well-known large corporate websites. Coincidentally, on the afternoon of the 5th, Xinnet issued an announcement stating that in order to further implement the "Work Plan of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Further In-depth Rectification of Mobile Phone Obscenity and Pornography" issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and at the same time actively implement the "Work Plan" issued by CNNIC recently According to the "Notice on Implementing the Non-Resolution (Including Jumps) of Unregistered Domain Names on Websites", Xinwang will make three adjustments to domestic domain name services: The resolution of newly registered domestic domain names will be suspended until they are completed and registered. Services will be provided after verification; for domain names that have been successfully registered, self-examination work needs to be started and the registration mark will be placed in a prominent position on the homepage of the website; at the same time, Xinwang will start to check the customer's registration status, and if it is found that it has not been registered, the resolution will be suspended. Webmaster website admin5.com Yangyang believes that the domain names of three well-known websites have been held, which is not unrelated to the announcement issued by Xinwang. It also indicates that a new round of domain name rectification storm is coming, and the majority of small and medium-sized webmasters will experience another cruel test.
Whether these three websites are involved in pornography or not, the clear will be clear and the dirty will be dirty. To say that there is injustice, some things may simply not be dealt with in time. If it is not unfair and it is indeed not unfair, there has been a problem with 51.com's picture external links. This is also the reason why the external links were actively stopped before. If it had not been stopped, I believe the hold will be more serious this time, and 51.com may even die directly. Lose. There have always been problems with the content of 51, and everyone is well aware of this. But is Xinnet’s approach appropriate? The domain name is held, and it is the domain name of a large and well-known website. This is definitely a rare thing abroad and has almost never happened. This tough management method has indeed vigorously and effectively combated online pornography, but physics tells us that anything that moves has inertia, and the more intense the movement, the greater the inertia. In fact, China's Internet is like a fast-moving bus. There are normal passengers and thieves on the bus. Internet managers are like bus drivers. If thieves are discovered, they must be dealt with. However, there have been thieves on this bus before. The driver temporarily neglected his duties and failed to manage the bus in time. Ordinary passengers suffered serious losses, and the thieves became more and more arrogant. Later, the driver realized that he had no control and should take care of it, but he took a tough approach and braked suddenly when the thief was stealing something. The thief was indeed knocked down by the huge inertia of the bus, but ordinary passengers would also Injuries: The harder the braking, the more injuries there will be, especially for those standing passengers, who may be seriously injured or even life-threatening.
Internet companies and websites are like those passengers, and grassroots webmasters are those standing passengers. They are originally in a weak position in this car. If they shake even a little, they will be the first to be affected and hurt. The managers' one-size-fits-all approach is like a sudden brake, which curbs pornography and seriously affects the interests of regular websites. In particular, vulnerable grassroots webmasters suffer serious losses. This will further affect the development of the entire Internet and even set it back. Tough handling afterwards cannot fundamentally solve the problem. It is what Internet managers and domain name service providers should do to establish a set of strict and effective management mechanisms and post-event traceability mechanisms that can protect the legitimate interests of legitimate websites.
Even it168 and 51.com have not escaped this Internet rectification, not to mention the weak grassroots webmasters. Therefore, grassroots webmasters must not only persist, but also learn to protect themselves and build a safe and stable website environment. We must not only strictly exercise self-discipline and not create pornographic websites with bad information and illegal websites. It is also necessary to create a safe and stable environment for your regular website, especially in terms of domain names. Submitting relevant information in a timely manner to obtain registration is the right way. Not only that, but you must be more careful and pay attention to reviewing the content of the website. If you are really worried, webmasters with international domain names can move abroad, and webmasters using Chinese domain names can transform to international domain names in time and protect their websites so that they can successfully survive this storm. After the reshuffle, the network environment will be more mature and stable, and new opportunities will appear. Webmasters should not be discouraged and persist.
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