HKDNR
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[edit] Description
HKDNR (Hong Kong Domain Name Registration, LTD.) is the national registry for Hong Kong (.hk) domains.
Website: https://www.hkdnr.hk/
[edit] Abuse of services
Formerly a ccTLD that was increasingly used for spamvertized domains and phishing websites, HKDNR's services were abused by criminals and others. Consequently, .hk domains were increasingly used for illicit activity, and thus HKDNR was gaining a poor reputation by association.
This situation changed dramatically in July 2007.
[edit] A case study of closing down spamvertised .hk domains registered in Hong Kong
With the implementation of a rapid delisting measure to handle spamvertized domains by the Hong Kong Domain Name Registration Company Limited (HKDNR) and the Office of the Telecommunications Authority of Hong Kong (OFTA), the number of spamvertised and phishing .hk domain names dropped drastically in July 2007.
A list of spamvertised and phishing domain names is supplied by OFTA, the anti-spam enforcement agency in Hong Kong, in partnership with leading anti-spam community participants. If any domain names in the list fall under HKDNR’s delisting criteria, these domain names will be suspended immediately. As of July 20, 2007, approximately 8,000 domain names were suspended. Before the suspension of these 8,000 domain names, HKDNR received 73.5 spamming reports every day. After the suspension of these domain names, the spamming reports received by HKDNR drop to an average of 11.7 per day. All the suspended .hk domain names are registered by overseas registrants.
In addition to domain name suspension, HKDNR has implemented a new practice of payment method by the adoption of Verification by VISA and Secure Code Verification for online payment through Visa / MasterCard. This enhanced payment practice is proved to be very effective in decreasing the registration of spamvertised domains (see why). Since the implementation of the enhanced payment method, the reported number of spamvertised .hk domain decreased significantly.
According to the information published in mid June in http://spamvertised.abusebutler.com/perm.php about the top 800 spamvertised domains worldwide over the previous 4 weeks, the number of reports on .hk spamvertised domains accounted for 2.3 % of the total reports received. In early August, the number of reports on .hk spamvertised domains dropped to 0.3 % of the total reports received. Suffice to say the delisting measure adopted in Hong Kong has resulted in a decrease of 85 % on reported spamvertised domains. The significant decrease shows the determination of HKDNR and OFTA in fighting against spamming.
HKDNR will keep on cooperating actively with OFTA and other agencies to combat the spamming issue, and will exert the greatest effort in eliminating all possible frauds.
[edit] Where to send abuse complaints
You may file a complaint for .hk domain abuse at the government's dedicated website at: http://www.ofta.gov.hk/en/uem/main.html or by calling 2961 6333.
[edit] Additional Contact Information
[edit] Postal address
Unit 2002-2005, 20/F ING Tower
308 Des Voeux Road Central
Sheung Wan
Hong Kong
[edit] Observations
At present, Spamtrackers does not know of any spamvertized .hk domain that is active.
This has quickly changed the reputation of both .hk domains and HKDNR. Spamtrackers considers HKDNR to be whitehat and applauds their reactivity with regards to shutting down fraudulent domains, and their social ethics.
Spamtrackers thanks HKDNR for contributing to the content of this SpamWiki article, as well as their anti-abuse efforts..
