In December last year, CCTV exposed that CNN's lax domain name information review and poor management resulted in the existence of a large number of pornographic websites and the proliferation of pornographic information. CNNIC, under pressure, issued the "Announcement on Further Strengthening the Review of Domain Name Registration Information", clarifying that only enterprises can register CN domain names require users to submit domain name registration application materials online to the domain name registration service agency. Individual users without a business license or organization code certificate will not be able to apply for domain name registration. After the announcement was implemented, personal registration of CN domain names was suspended. Many domain name registrars have notified CN domain name holders that they must submit business license and other certificates before January 31, otherwise the domain name will be suspended from parsing. The popularity of the CN domain name suddenly dropped sharply. Individual webmasters have expressed their confusion about this policy, shouting that the spring of CN domain names is over, and it will be inevitable to quickly sell CN domain names and choose com domain names.
However, in the first week of the individual registration ban alone, the number of people in China registering with international domain name registration agencies increased tenfold. In addition, some people are forced to fill in false information in the name of their company to circumvent supervision. The "25th Statistical Report on China's Internet Development" recently released by CNNIC shows that in 2009, most of China's Internet statistics were rising, but the number of Chinese domain names was declining. The number of CN domain names dropped by 113,193 compared with 2008. , a decrease of 0.83%. The CN domain name, which CNNIC strongly recommends, has not only not increased, but has actually declined. Compared with the rising number of .com domain name registrations, the CN domain name, which was once highly praised by CNNIC and launched a "one-yuan" registration promotion campaign, has seen a sharp increase in registrations within three years. CNNIC does not know how to feel. What's more serious is that prohibiting individuals from registering CN domain names has not only failed to eradicate online pornography, but more illegal pornographic websites have turned abroad, turning to .com domain names that CNNIC cannot touch and cannot manage. In the end, it will be a "treating the symptoms but not the root cause" and restricting The development of CN domain names is a farce that harms the interests of regular websites and Internet entrepreneurs.
The CN domain name, the world's largest national top-level domain name with 13.46 million registrations, suddenly announced a month ago that it would ban individual registration and is closely related to a series of Internet rectification campaigns. Internet pornography and illegal information have become sharp contradictions arising from the continuous development of the domestic economy, especially the Internet economy. From the perspective of the long-term stability of the country, it is indeed necessary to strengthen the information management of the Internet, work with the country, the people, and the majority of webmasters to rectify Internet pornography and illegal information These are all necessary actions to protect legitimate interests. However, the most important thing in Internet information management is to grasp the relationship between dredging and blocking. If there is blocking, it will be blocked, and if it is dredged, it will be dredged. Under normal circumstances, the dredging effect under scientific management is far greater than blocking. It is better to channel things correctly than to block things here and there. In the natural world, "blocking is worse than dredging" is a universal truth. The most classic one is the "Dujiangyan Water Conservancy and Drainage Project" of the Qin State during the Warring States Period. This project has been beneficial for 2,000 years. In contrast, the Yellow River has been "blocked by embankments" throughout the ages, causing disasters for hundreds of years. These two examples in history just illustrate the principle of "blocking is worse than opening up". The natural world is like this, and Internet information management should follow this principle.
Perhaps CNNIC has begun to understand that blocking is worse than sparing, and has deeply realized that blindly blocking will not do much good for itself. Last Thursday, CNNIC issued the "Notice on Verification of Registered Domain Name Information", requiring individual domain name holders to submit information certification materials during the verification work before December 11. This also means that CNNIC has clarified for the first time The legality of personal domain name ownership. One month and four days after the ban on individual registration was promulgated, the CN domain name policy has been further relaxed. On the 18th, a CNNIC spokesperson stated that CNNIC has been studying and drafting regulations on individual registration of ".cn" domain names in accordance with the requirements of the competent authorities. The plan is expected to allow individuals to register and hold ".cn" domain names after a period of time. The key to restarting personal domain name registration is to take the lead in implementing the real-name system for registration information. CNNIC external spokesperson Qi Lin told reporters: "Individual users should be allowed to apply to register the '.cn' domain name as soon as possible, so that users and websites can stay in China instead of rushing abroad. If individuals are forcibly deleted or suspended indiscriminately, Registered domain names are not only detrimental to the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of users, but also detrimental to the development of Internet governance and real-name system work. "It can be seen that CNNIC indeed feels that the previous blocking policy is not conducive to the development of the domestic Internet and small and medium-sized webmasters. It is not conducive to the development of the domestic domain name industry, and it is not conducive to the effective supervision of domain name information and the specific implementation of the real-name system.
The driving force behind the development of the Internet is innovation, and innovation often originates from those grassroots webmasters at the bottom. Looking at the domestic Internet, many of the giants that are now flourishing were developed from small websites. The author has previously written an article that the development of the Internet is inseparable from innovation and the power of grassroots webmasters ( http://www.admin5.com/article/20100111/203871.shtml?1263888154 ), which analyzed innovation and grassroots webmasters in detail importance to the development of the Internet. The loosening of the domain name policy is undoubtedly good news for webmasters, and the implementation of the real-name system for registration information can effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of individual webmasters, allowing website domain names to correspond one-to-one with individuals, making domain name supervision easier. From the perspective of the healthy development of the Internet, an open policy that is more open than blocked can ensure the interests of grassroots Internet entrepreneurs and ensure a steady stream of innovation. From the perspective of Internet supervision, the domain name open policy based on the real-name system can allow those who switch to .com domain names. While users stay in the country, illegal activities such as Internet pornography and hacker crimes have no hiding place.
Individuals can apply for website registration, but individuals cannot register domain names. In this case, the real-name policy that the management department has always advocated will definitely not be able to be implemented in a substantial way. Opening the registration of personal CN domain names is the basis for the implementation of the domain name real-name system, and the implementation of the domain name real-name system is an inevitable condition for the formalization of personal registration of CN domain names. A domain name is a brand and an asset. The domain name real-name system allows the holder to calmly deal with hacker theft and prevent improper revocation and cancellation by the registration agency. True and valid domain name registration information is the key to publicizing the legal holdings of domain name holders. From this perspective, domain name real-name system is the prerequisite and key for the legitimate rights and interests of the holders to be protected. Therefore, the author believes that CNNIC made the right choice to loosen the CN domain name policy after realizing the adverse consequences of blocking. However, CNNIC's policy has changed several times within a month, and it has been vacillating, which has also caused many users to lose confidence. They are a bit like being bitten by a snake once, and being afraid of the rope for ten years. They are afraid that one day the policy will change again, and the domain name will be watered down again. drift. At present, CNNIC only mentioned registration, but did not mention parsing, forwarding and other functions. After registration, what will happen if the parsing, forwarding or parsing may be stopped at any time is what the webmaster is most concerned about. Before specific policies are released, , most users are skeptical. After the policy is introduced, how to regain lost users will be a very important task for CNNIC.
The hacking of Baidu shows that there are still some uncertainties in the number of .com domain names registered abroad. Google said it was leaving and now plans to stay, which also shows how difficult it is to let go of the Chinese Internet market and how huge its potential is. The country's politics over Internet information will continue, and individual webmasters can only persist. I hope that the relevant management departments can introduce more humane policies, understand users and individual webmasters, and adopt a "sparse" approach to manage the Internet, which is much better than "blocking". It will not benefit future generations, but at least it will not become a "hanging". river".