A month ago, CCTV exposed CN's lax domain name information review and poor management, which resulted in the existence of a large number of pornographic websites and the proliferation of pornographic and illegal information. CNNIC, under pressure, issued the "Announcement on Further Strengthening the Review of Domain Name Registration Information", clarifying that only enterprises can To register a CN domain name, users are required 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. 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. Although a large number of illegal websites related to pornography have been caught in domain name inspections, more legitimate users are afraid of being implicated or adopt illegal means to circumvent supervision or choose to register .com abroad.
The "25th China Internet Development Statistical Report" 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%. In 2008, there were about 13 million CN domain name registrations. As a CN domain name strongly promoted by CNNIC, it fell instead of rising in 2009. Compared with the continuous increase in the number of .com domain name registrations, the number of registrations has surged within three years of the launch of the "One Yuan" registration promotion. In 2008, the CN domain name, which became the world's most owned top-level country domain name, has plummeted. It cannot but be said that it is a "cup" Tool". Changes in the past made CN domain names become the mainstream domain names for domestic websites. Today's changes have caused a heavy loss of CN domain name users.
The popularization of CN domain names can not only vigorously promote the development of the domestic Internet, but also prosper the domain name market and bring high income to the country. Perhaps CNNIC is also worried that the decline of the CN domain name will not only benefit the Internet but also itself. Last Thursday, CNNIC issued the "Notice on Verification of Registered Domain Name Information", requiring personal domain name holders to be held 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’s new regulations are indeed good news for CN domain name users. Banning individual registration of CN domain names will only cause more small and medium-sized websites to lose their foothold on the Internet, and it will also cause CNNIC to lose trust and money. The implementation of the real-name system should be said to be a general direction for the country's Internet development, and it is indeed very useful in purifying the Internet environment. The real-name system can ensure the legitimate rights and interests of legal users and make illegal behaviors invisible. 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. “Open registration under the real-name system can include individual users in effective management, and open real-name system must open individual registration. Only by opening up personal registration can we promote the development of the real-name system and benefit domain name management.
According to recent statistical analysis, on January 19, the number of .CN domain names that expired and was deleted was 21,086, while the number of domain names that expired and was deleted on January 19th reached an astonishing 100,367, exceeding 100,000. What a shocking figure. It is reported that the number of domain names deleted today (21st) will reach 133,203. Hundreds of thousands of CN domain names were deleted in one day, which was unimaginable in the heyday of CN domain names. According to a survey last week, most of the CN domain names registered by the webmaster network admin5.com can no longer be opened. What does this mean? It shows that even if the new policy is good and individuals can register under the new real-name system, CNNIC The style of changing things day and night has made individual webmasters lose confidence. Domain names that have been banned can be re-opened, but the loss of credibility is not so easy to recover. Small and medium-sized webmasters are heartbroken because of CN domain names. The real-name system is good, but small and medium-sized webmasters are more worried about the day when new regulations will be promulgated and registration of CN domain names will be prohibited again. By then, all their efforts will be in vain. What's more, the policy has not yet been officially released, and there are many issues to consider when opening new regulations for registration.
The first is the issue of the number of individual registrations. We all know that the real-name system will be a domain name corresponding to a real name and personal information. So, if registration is open, will one person be able to register only one domain name with a real name, or can one real-name information correspond to multiple domain names? Is there any limit and what is the limit? If you can only register one, it is really easy to manage. However, one can only register one domain name. Compared with the previous open and free registration environment, the vitality of the CN domain name will be significantly reduced, and it will not be able to become mainstream again. If you can register without restrictions, or if you can hold multiple domain names under a certain limit, it will be helpful to revitalize CN domain names. However, there will inevitably be omissions in management and information review, and registered users can easily take advantage of loopholes to circumvent supervision.
Secondly, there are the issues of domain name registration information review and registration information management. The real-name system is not without loopholes. Registration using fake IDs, fake phone numbers, fake addresses and other false personal information will definitely occur. Of course, by establishing a scientific and effective registration mechanism, false information can be easily detected, but this will undoubtedly increase the management cost and workload of the management department. In addition, the management of registration information will also be a headache, and a system needs to be established. It is necessary to set up a sound and reasonable traceability mechanism and regularly review personal registration information. It is inevitable that the price of CN domain names will rise again. The era of one-yuan registration may be gone forever. I believe that the attractiveness of CN domain names will drop sharply by then.
In addition, there are domain name transfer, trading, pointing, and forwarding issues. Under the new policy, if transfer transactions are prohibited and forwarding is directed, management will be much easier, but it will be meaningless to open personal registration to save the situation. If transfer and trading are open, the real-name information also needs to be changed at the same time. If the user does not actively change the information, the domain name has been traded or transferred. If an illegal pornographic website is created, it will be difficult to manage and hold accountable. This further involves the issue of pointing and forwarding. Existing relevant regulations strictly prohibit domain names held by individuals from pointing and forwarding. Once this happens to a domain name, it will be stopped from being parsed, even if the website has been registered. Domain name registration and website domain name change often cannot be carried out at the same time, which will cause management confusion. After the implementation of the real-name system, restrictions on pointing and forwarding will become more stringent. If the filing efficiency problem cannot be solved, the conflict with pointing and forwarding will become more obvious, and the webmaster's information on CN domain names will be further reduced.
In short, CNNIC’s research and introduction of new regulations for opening personal registration must be cautious and scientific, taking into account the needs of users. Otherwise, even if the real-name system can strengthen the review and management of domain name information and purify the network environment, it will not be able to save the CN domain name market that has been completely sluggish.