COM domain name reappearance 2 Risk network security sounded the alarm

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The outbreak of financial crisis has made network security a focus of wide concern. Reporter learned that the recent dispute over COM domain names in other countries of the impact of the growing trend, coupled with the global COM domain name spam Soaring, no doubt to the netizen sounded a security alarm.

Global domain name dispute doubles COM risk highest

The number of global domain name disputes has been rising since 2003 and has doubled by the end of 2008, according to a data released recently by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). 6421 of the plaintiffs came from the United States, accounting for 43.87% of the total, much higher than the number of domain names disputed in other countries. Some data show that 85% of the world's domain name lawsuits ended in the plaintiff's victory, from the United States, the plaintiff often occupy a dominant position in the lawsuit.

Internet experts say that since COM and other domain names apply to U.S. law, so whether the registrant is in China, the United States, or other countries in the world, in the event of disputes, in accordance with the laws and customs of the United States to adjudicate, domestic registrars face litigation, but also often need to deal with language barriers, geographical location and other aspects of the problem, Cannot enjoy the same right of reply.

Chinese companies are often at a disadvantage in such situations. The long-running domain name dispute between cnnews.com and CNN.com is an example. The U.S.-Asia online business of the "China News" domain name--cnnews.com, because it contains CNN three letters, it was CNN as a tort. Despite repeated calls and explanations from netizens and domain experts, Cnnews was referred to as China News, but eventually Cnnews.com was arbitrated to CNN under U.S. law.

At present, in the lawsuit initiated by the plaintiff, few of the domain names are for the collection and protection of the batch domain name. As a result, investors holding a large number of COM domain names could lose all their domain names overnight and face sky-high claims.

Spam 70% comes from com

In addition, for users, registered COM and other domain name disputes high area domain name brought by the information security risks are not only limited to litigation risk. Spam has rebounded sharply in the first week of the new Year, with 68% of its spam from COM domain names, according to a recent monthly report by Symantec, a well-known foreign anti-virus manufacturer, Symantec. And 90% of the spam message with malicious links, netizens need to be particularly vigilant.

Experts warn that COM domain name complex user groups caused such as domain name disputes, spam and other problems. For enterprises such as domain name users, registered COM and other domain name disputes high area domain name has a higher risk, enterprises should implement a robust Internet brand deployment to avoid accidental loss.