Go Daddy and Network Solutions LLC to pull out of China?
“Google Vs China” news was floating all over the internet forums, blogs and news channels, but the news got spiced up more when two more internet gaints dealing in domain name services signaled to pull out from China. Go Daddy and Network Solutions LLC, both among the largest domain name registrar and now also in web hosting field, said that they were fed up of the restrictions imposed on them regarding the registration of .cn domains.
Earlier the authority for .cn domain a.k.a cn nik intructed these firms to collect the first and last names of the registrant, physical address, telephone number, and an e-mail address. But later in december 2009 cn nik announced that they also need a photo ID in colour from the head to the shoulders, a business ID and a physically signed registration paper for all new .cn registrations. Now this created lots of buzz. These firms claim that they already are dealing with numerous hacking attempts originating locally which is indirectly aided by chinese govt. Though not very sure but they hinted that the posssible reason could be the provisioning of domain names and hosting services to social activists.
I dont think this will stop here. US has already politicized this issue. US congressman Mr. Jones backed these firms saying that US IT companies are dong right thing in repressive countries. On the other hand Chinese govt have always denied any role in ongoing hacking attempts into the US IT companies working in China.
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