China Halts Overseas Registrars from Registering .CN Domains

[dotker]

Registrar reports that overseas registrars are restricted from registering .cn domains.

According to a report at RRPproxy, .Cn registry CNNIC has temporarily halted overseas registrars from registering .cn domain names on behalf of registrants. The move comes after CNNIC cracked down on registrations last month to clean up the .cn namespace.

The notice says overseas registrars won’t be able to register .CN domains “starting with January 6, 2010, 18:00 PM (Beijing Time). The registration stop is planned to be temporarily. According to the Chinese registry, difficulties in handling the comprehensive new application material are the reason for this drastic development. The new application material is required since the middle of December 2009, when CNNIC suddenly changed its registration policies.”

source: Domain Name Wire » News » Report: China Halts Overseas Registrars from Registering .CN Domains - The Domain Industry's News Source

Bad news coming ahead to those who got porn & gambling .cn I think I got one.

 

[Peter]

Seen this coming for a while to be honest. China has increasingly tried to crack down on sites they do not like. Now they have sort of seized control from foreign registrars they have better leverage to clean up a bit.

P.S.

A metallica fan I see