The Chinese government continues on its push to muzzle its people a la 1984. They have introduced regulations that effectively make it illegal to operate a mail server without being first licensed by the gov. This is part of China’s new spam laws put forth by the Ministry of Information Industry.
“Looking at the Chinese text, it is clear they have worded it carefullyâ€, he [James Seng] told vnnet, “They know exactly what they are doing and what they want. So this isn’t a case of clueless civil servants screwing up or just bad translation.â€
To make matters worse for folks in the IT security field the rules have something for them. The rules are written in such a way as to prohibit discussion on email of subjects such as information and network security. These rules came into effect 2 weeks ago. No telling how long it will be before people start disappearing in the night.