ICANN 針對 中國域名 的爭議報告

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ICANN 針對 中國域名的 爭議報告
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斯蒂芬・Lawson, IDG 通訊社
02/03/2006 11:00:02

一個報告關於正式中國新聞選址, 中國的政府建立了上層域名不是真實的它自己的網際網路, 根據Internet Corporation 為被分配的名字和數字(ICANN) 。
人民日報在網上報告了星期二, 國家的部訊息產業(MII) 改變了中國的域名系統有效的星期三, 增加新頂級域" .com," ".網"並且" 。瓷"在漢字, 尤其。
"它意味網際網路用戶不必須衝浪網通過伺服器在Internet 之下Corporation 的管理為被分配的名字和數字(ICANN) 的美國,"報告認為。
但是, ICANN 官員與中國網際網路網路資訊中心聯繫(CNNIC), 哪些監督國家的。cn 頂級域, 在報告被出版了和之後告訴沒有新中國頂級域。 報告也許起因於介入二級域名工作的誤解已經進展中, 根據Tina Dam , ICANN's 院長GTLD (普通頂級域) 登記連絡。
上層域名是代碼在網地址的結尾, 哪些包括標識符譬如 .com 和。網而且國家號碼譬如中國的。cn 。 所有頂級域今天是在羅馬字符, 但ICANN 運作往提供頂級域用不同的字符集, 包括漢語, Dam 認為。 CNNIC 被介入在那工作, 她補充說。 到目前為止技術被開發了為二級域名在其它字符集, 但頂級域。 一個節目為一個頂級域實驗現在被開發, 她說。
有已經看上去結束在中國字符頂級域的域名可利用, 但他們仍然是下。cn 即使那地址的部份沒出現在瀏覽器, Dam 說。 這是成功的使用瀏覽器插入, 她說。 人民日報網上文章也許起因於那些域名誤解, 她說。
CNNIC 告訴ICANN 代表, 所有它的工作介入了二級域名, 根據 Dam 。 ICANN 未與MII 聯繫關於問題, 她說.
人民日報報告並且提到了二新套二級域名。 一個集合包括域名為研究機構, 教育機構, 政府部門和防禦代辦處, 並且其他是為中國的省, 主要城市和其它現場, 報告認為。 ICANN 沒有詢問CNNIC 被報告的新二級域名, Dam 說。 國家頂級域的管理員是自由創造新二級域名在他們之下, 她補充說.
ICANN, 哪些監督DNS (域名系統) 在網際網路的操作中心, 是一個獨立組織但根據在德拉瑞碼頭, 加利福尼亞, 並且有密切聯繫對U 。S 。 政府。 它是在一次最近熱烈的辯論的中心關於網際網路的控制的。 中國和其它國家代表表示對不均衡的U 的關心。S 。 力量在網際網路。
"它不是新聞, 有至少關注這中國政府的派別,"Klensin 說約翰・, 一個獨立顧問在劍橋, 馬薩諸塞, 誰是一個先驅在網際網路軟體和最近研究國際化項目。 "是否那個派別是政府的代表是強烈的猜想事情, 並且我不認為任何人在中國外面真正地知道,"他說。

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ICANN disputes China domain report
Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service

02/03/2006 11:00:02

A report on an official Chinese news site that China's government has established its own Internet top-level domain names is not true, according to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

People's Daily Online reported Tuesday that the country's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) had changed China's domain name system effective Wednesday, adding new top-level domains of ".com," ".net" and ".china" in Chinese characters, among other things.

"It means Internet users don't have to surf the Web via the servers under the management of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) of the United States," the report said.

However, ICANN officials contacted the Chinese Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), which oversees the country's .cn top-level domain, after the report was published and were told there are no new Chinese top-level domains. The report may have resulted from a misunderstanding of work already in progress that involves second-level domains, according to Tina Dam, ICANN's chief GTLD (generic top-level domain) registry liaison.

Top-level domain names are the codes at the end of Web addresses, which include identifiers such as .com and .net but also country codes such as China's .cn. All top-level domains today are in Roman characters, but ICANN has been working toward providing top-level domain in different character sets, including Chinese, Dam said. CNNIC is involved in that work, she added. So far technology has been developed for second-level domains in other character sets, but not top-level domains. A program for a top-level domain experiment is being developed now, she said.

There are already domain names available that appear to end in a Chinese-character top-level domain, but they are still under .cn even though that part of the address doesn't appear in the browser, Dam said. This is accomplished using a browser plug-in, she said. The People's Daily Online article may have resulted from a misunderstanding of those domain names, she said.

CNNIC told ICANN representatives that all its work has involved second-level domains, according to Dam. ICANN has not contacted MII on the issue, she said.

The People's Daily report also referred to two new sets of second-level domains. One set includes domains for research institutions, educational institutions, government departments and defense agencies, and the other is for China's provinces, major cities and other localities, the report said. ICANN did not ask CNNIC about the reported new second-level domains, Dam said. Administrators of country top-level domains are free to create new second-level domains under them, she added.

ICANN, which oversees the DNS (Domain Name System) at the heart of the Internet's operation, is an independent organization but is based in Marina Del Rey, California, and has close ties to the U.S. government. It has been at the center of a recent heated debate over control of the Internet. Representatives of China and other countries have voiced concerns about disproportionate U.S. power over the Internet.

"It's not news that there's at least a faction of the Chinese government that is concerned about this," said John Klensin, an independent consultant in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who was a pioneer in Internet software and has recently worked on internationalization projects. "Whether that faction is representative of the government is a matter of intense speculation, and I don't think anyone outside of China really knows," he said.