Last week, news emerged that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) directed all Internet service providers to implement public DNS (Domain Name System) redirection for businesses, enterprises, and government agencies by September 30. Although Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil defended the decision, he has asked MCMC to put the plan on hold pending stakeholder engagement. We discuss the rationale and implication of the policy with Alex Wong of SoyaCincau.

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Produced by: Jake Lim

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning

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Categories:  technology,  government

Tags:  domain name system,  malaysian communications and multimedia commission (mcmc),