ICANN Asked To Shut Down "Worst" Chinese Registrar

Ian Lamont writes "Anti-spam service Knujon has released reports highlighting how certain registrars in the US and abroad have consistently failed to live up to certain WHOIS-related obligations under ICANN's Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) — specifically, the requirement that people or company registering domains provide valid contact information. Now the firm is requesting that ICANN shut down the worst alleged offender, Xinnet Bei Gong Da Software. According to Knujon, none of the WHOIS records in a sample of 11,000 alleged spam sites registered through Xinnet and reported by Knujon to ICANN's Whois Data Problem Report System were corrected in a six-month period ending in May 2008 — and the Chinese registrar continues to register about 100 spam sites per day. In many cases, says the Knujon document (PDF), Xinnet does not have 'any Whois record data for review while the sites are still active' and the spam sites further promote 'seal abuse' by posting bogus BBB, Verisign, and other trusted industry seals. ICANN says it is investigating. ICANN has just posted a draft revised RAA that is open for public comment until August 4. However, the wording of Section 3.7.8, governing registrars' obligations to check and correct domain owners' contact information, hasn't changed."

Comments

smelly chink has no right to use the Internet

[wlllyhlll]

They output nothing but viruses, hacking, DDos, SPAM and so and so. M$ loopholes is helping them, that's for sure.

Re:smelly chink has no right to use the Internet

[Anonymous Coward]

Odd... Your .sig missed "wlllyhlll", twitter.

You need to get some serious help, twitter - your paranoia and persecution complex is really overwhelming.

Hmm

[electronixtar]

Just wait here on slashdot to see China-hater's comments

Re:Hmm

[Pinky's Brain]

I'm betting they will be about evenly tied with defensive Chinese expats (much smaller numbers but much stronger feelings).

another idea

[ILuvRamen]

You know, why don't they just disconnect China from the internet completely. I think that would solve everyone's problems, apparently the Chinese government's included since they're paranoid about giving anyone real internet access. All they have to do is drag a boat anchor across their coast lol.

Re:Shamelessly stealing previous joke

[Anonymous Coward]

Rest easy: there is no crime for stealing shit.

Re:Shamelessly stealing previous joke

[dadatianpu]

bad

Re:My prediction: Internet segmentation

[tanveer1979]

Who cares even if you shoot 90% of your spammers. What matters is that your country contributes more spam than China and Russia, yet you think banning Russia and china will solve spam problem. you related to Bushie darling?