Chinanews.com, Beijing, November 27. On November 26, a roundtable seminar on "Digital Resource Security in the Digital Era" was held in Beijing.

The event was hosted by the Computer Network Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and co-organized by China News Network.

The theme of the event is "International IP Address Disputes and Our Choice".

  Lang Ping, researcher of the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Wang Wei, researcher of the Computer Network Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and former PTI director, and Tan Yaling, an engineer of the Computer Network Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, attended the scene.

Ma Yan, a professor at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, former APNIC (Asia Pacific Internet Network Information Center) executive committee member, and Lu Chuanying, a researcher at the Shanghai Institute of International Studies, participated online.

On November 26, 2021, the "Digital Resource Security in the Digital Age" roundtable seminar was held in Beijing.

  At present, the importance of basic Internet resources is being paid more and more attention.

The 16th United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be held from December 6th to 10th.

In this seminar, experts conducted in-depth discussions on topics such as "Why basic Internet resources are related to the digital economy, what role Internet basic resources play in the digital economy, and how to protect my country's digital sovereignty" and shared their insights.

  Two incidents related to digital address resources occurred in the field of Internet governance this year.

The first is the case of Iranian news websites being hijacked by the United States, and the second is an IP address dispute that occurred in AFRINIC (African Internet Network Information Center).

These two incidents fully exposed the importance and vulnerability of basic Internet resources, especially the second incident, which has not attracted enough attention from domestic academic circles.

  Tan Yaling, an engineer at the Computer Network Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, pointed out that Iran’s news website was shut down by the United States. From a technical perspective, the two registries, Verisgn and PIR, were ordered unilaterally by the U.S. Department of Justice but without the user’s consent. The modification of NS data and IP address caused related websites to disappear from the Internet world.

  "From this incident, the IP address is very important. Except for DNS, there is no IP address. Your mobile phone cannot be connected to the Internet, Internet TV cannot be viewed, and WeChat cannot be played. Ordinary users think that it is natural to plug in the Internet cable. In fact, it is not that simple. There are very complicated technical operations behind this." Tan Yaling said.

  Ma Yan, a professor at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and former APNIC (Asia Pacific Internet Network Information Center) executive committee member, said that everyone goes online, chats on WeChat, plays games, and conducts various transactions through the Internet. Now there is a new term called "Yuan "Universe", anyway, digitization is networked. Everyone has to interact with the network through devices when surfing the Internet. These devices, whether they are mobile phones or IoT sensor nodes, servers, etc., must be linked to the Internet and must be uniquely identified on the Internet. .

  "In the past, people didn’t pay much attention to it. With the development of our country’s informatization, the number of Internet users has increased, and industries, enterprises, etc. have to use the Internet. This way, network management is very important, and network addresses occupy a very important position, and the status of basic Internet resources is also It's becoming more and more important." Ma Yan said.

  Wang Wei, a researcher at the Computer Network Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a former director of PTI, also pointed out that the vigorous implementation of IPv6 in my country is to lower the threshold for the development of many upper-level applications, otherwise you will always be entangled in the problem of insufficient IP addresses, which will cause Many systemic obstacles.

Wang Wei, a researcher at the Computer Network Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a former director of PTI, gave a speech at the roundtable seminar on "Digital Resource Security in the Digital Era".

  Wang Wei said, “Although IPv6 is very sufficient now, if one day IPv6 encounters resource shortages on certain occasions, the confusion and challenges we currently encounter will still arise. Although IPv6 is very large, there is no open application globally. First, I gave a small section for global use. In short, no matter how large the resources are, there is still a "hat" and an upper limit."

  Lang Ping, a researcher at the Institute of World Economics and Politics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out that from the perspective of governance and application, there are conflicts between countries with basic Internet resources, because we have no jurisdiction over other domain names except for country-specific domain names. Right, but the companies and people engaged in domain name management have their own country and national attributes.

  "This means that the activities related to domain names also have sovereign attributes." Therefore, Lang Ping believes that in the future, under the trend of competition among major powers, how our domain names should be promoted at the level of global governance? We need to do a good job in the new situation. Think about it, "Can it adapt to the new situation."

Lang Ping, a researcher at the Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered a speech at the roundtable seminar on "Digital Resource Security in the Digital Age".

  Regarding the issue of the international digital divide, in the opinion of Lu Chuanying, a researcher at the Shanghai Institute of International Studies, this is caused by historical reasons. The developed countries have inherent advantages in terms of basic resources. , And China has to add a cn.

  Lu Chuanying said that similar problems will also arise in the emerging digital field. Developed countries and wealthy countries will have greater investment. Many countries cannot afford such large investments on their own, and gaps will naturally appear.

  How should China maintain its digital sovereignty?

Lang Ping believes that when we propose Chinese solutions, such as how to safeguard national sovereignty in response to digital security, we must classify and implement policies based on the nature of security risks, security motives, and the importance of security, so as to better safeguard the country. Benefit.

  Tan Yaling also agreed with the Chinese plan. He said, don’t talk about the Chinese plan always thinking that it only serves our national interests. In fact, this Chinese plan was put forward from the perspective of all Internet users. It is a source or origin. The new plan for address resource management in China, or an amendment to the old plan.

  Wang Wei suggested that, in terms of usage rights, we can consider how to better help users claim their usage rights, or help them better use resources.

  "For the security of digital resources in the digital age, you must first know which resources of which institutions are used." Ma Yan cited as an example. If the domain name is registered with an overseas institution and the address is used by an overseas management institution, once something goes wrong, there is no way. The security of digital resources is completely out of control, "so we must plan for digital assets."

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