Four Operators Sucesfully Run DNS Test

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JAKARTA (IndoTelko) - Four operators that claims 60% of the Indonesian internet traffic has successfully run the Domain Name System (DNS) machine to machine national database synchronizaton test.

DNS is a system that converts IP Address to an easier website name, it is also functioned as a filter for banned websites.

With the national DNS, banned websites would be listed to be inaccessible by users, especially underage users that are now having the luxury to easily accessing the Internet with the latest IT development.

"The four operators were Telkomsel, Indosat, XL and Telkom. The synchronization was done from the Trust Positive database to the operators. The test was carried out on May 25," said e-Business director of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, Azhar Hasyim, Yesterday.

Azhar said that the government's effort to ask the four major operators besides to control the national internet traffic, also to save the investment cost from other Internet Service Provider (ISP).

"So, the additional investment can be avoided. We also encourage these four major operators to implement filtration system to its costumers, especially for pornographic content," he said.

Telkom's network director Abdus Somad Arief claimed that the synchronization process went well. "We always update the gateway in the available Telin and 38 POP. We will fulfill the government's demand to run filtration for the corporate costumers," he said.

Concerns
Earlier, there are many Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) assessed that the National DNS existence is related with the Trust Positive function and existence that is still having its controversy.

One of the NGO, ICT Watch said the DNS technology, especially distributed topology anycast is more appropriate functionalized to improve the resilience, fast, safe and stable internet.

Although its existence is good, ICT Watch said that if the governance or the procedure is not transparent and accountable, can be used to censor information, like what happen in a number of countries.

Countries like China, Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia and South Korea are using DNS to censor information that is opposite to the interests of political or the government.

Internet Service Providers also find the database that is in the Trust Positive is unfriendly to be synchronized because it is mixed between URLs and domains. Moreover, for content in social the media is still spreading.

However, the Minister of Communication and Information Rudiantara is unmoved by the refusal. "I wish we had the ability to do the censorship like China, but   not as tight as they are. I want the state is present and must be able to enter when needed," the minister said. (es)