The recent proposed public domain name system (DNS) redirection might cause global technology companies to redirect data centre investment plans from Malaysia to Thailand or Indonesia.

An industry source told Malaysiakini that the original decision and subsequent U-turn indicated instability and a lack of coherent direction in the government’s decision-making.

They said the DNS redirection would affect many global tech companies that have investments in data centres in Johor.

“Despite the U-turn made by the government on the redirection, some companies are already planning contingency plans on future investments in Malaysia and that includes shifting these investments to Thailand or Indonesia,” said the source.

Yesterday, Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said the government has decided not to proceed with a plan requiring all internet service providers (ISPs) to implement DNS redirection by the end of this month.

He added that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will continue to engage with stakeholders to cultivate a healthy online culture.

Over the weekend, the minister directed the MCMC to halt its DNS redirection proposal, following feedback from public consultations.

The commission previously clarified that the DNS redirection would target malicious websites, such as those involving pornography and online gambling, while legitimate sites would remain accessible.

Critics have said the move was an attempt to control public discourse by filtering out voices that challenge the government.

Manpower adjustments

The source suggested that affected companies are currently reviewing their headcount as staff may no longer be required if the plan to redirect investments takes root.

Johor has 14 data centres operated by 12 companies and is a hotspot for data centres in the country.

In May, Google announced that it earmarked US$2 billion (RM8.6 billion) to build its first data centre and cloud region in the country. Microsoft also allocated US$2.2 billion (RM9.5 billion) investment over the next four years to advance new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure (AI) here.

Others include TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, which has committed US$6 billion (RM25.9 billion) of foreign direct investment to the Malaysian Investment Development Authority till 2031.

TikTok, through ByteDance System Sdn Bhd, has developed a data centre at Sedenak Tech Park in Kulai, Johor and is an anchor tenant in other data centres in the area.

It is understood the companies would honour existing commitments, but future investments could be rerouted.

https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/718913

It’s ok. Isu Palestin lebih penting

it's indeed a stupid move

1. decision was made without consulting anyone
2. the change was quietly made and they thought no one will notice
3. then kecut and u-turned in a short timeframe

i also won't invest in a country like this

Fahmi goebbels the clown of communication

do you have to post a failure's face?

want to vomit in the morning

Means whatever they done got undo onot ekceli?

Tak ada malu. Biasa lah.

no idea but who cares, i already bypassed their redirection in the first place

yes undo but they can't undo the damage done

Sendiri implement, sendiri jialat, sendiri facepalm..

another waiting to blow up is his socmed lesen thing

wait next year when no one register, let's see what he'll do

just one bad move after another. i think he better just sit there and do nothing

budaya of shooting themselves in the foot while the foot is in their mouth

there's nothing he can do since there's no more server in MY for him to take action against

all the servers would be moved overseas and offering us VPN instead

again he can undo the move but can't undo the damage done

When is the DNS thingy starts?

Maresia bodoh

i can't recall any previous ministers who shot both of his feet one after another so quickly

i think his book on how to commit political suicide will be a best seller

Park

Was confused on this case.

My believe is that the redirection was ordered to MCM by Fahmi. Then too many problem faced and MCMC said it need fine-tune. Then Fahmi u-turned but then I read statement from Communication deputy stating that MCMC has to discussed this first before implementing.

This looks like deputy told boss to discuss first

so his initiave or come from someone higher up ? they way i see from his past actions, likely from someone higher up

He got KPI to achieve. Because lack of real talent in MY, the final not fully thought of ideas are used.

He just proven all that and more.

Top kek bodo

if he got budget to hire real industry experts (not a fresh grad with cable that is), he would have been told they are stupid ideas don't do it

no budget pun, he can register an account in /k and ask for opinion. we'll definately laugh at his idea

This post has been edited by DarkAeon: Sep 12 2024, 08:11 AM

His area will still vote for him prolly if he shout i work but kena victimized

lembah pantai is urban area, with good access to info

if kampung can la, but in urban area there is no escape

there are a lot of IT talents here in MY. it’s just that they are not in mcmc.

Can. They can make a new law to guarantee internet freedom.

But knowing nuar he won't want it.
Ask him to implement 2 term pm also he dowan.

Farkmi thinking out of his ass

Who is telling the truth here? If it blocks unsavoury websites then it should be good but if it has wider implications on the industry as a whole then was consultation done with the industry experts and players first? Gambling should be legalized to prevent online illegal gambling to better control the industry.
I smell bullshit here.

Want to be a multimedia corridor but policy making is like jaguh kampong.

This post has been edited by JoLee: Sep 12 2024, 08:21 AM

Biasa. Incompetent gov dept and stupid minister

Maybe ride his postman bicycle circling his office and be a minister of office boy. After all, one of the most influential persons in an office is the secretary and the guy who delivers mails manually… they know all the gossips. And fits right in his role

I posed this question at the unifi thread in network section, frankly I think even if there was an objection by anyone technically competent enough, it got squashed because minister said block dns.

Confirm kena death threat la if he dare to block online gambling, do u know how much vip datuk samseng own these businesses, later ahlong also business drop half

Biar-la, fisrt term assholes as ministers like that, nak tunjuk pandai padahal bodo. Summore no tech experience or background, ingat pandai sangat.

orang bawa pun macam babi, no discussion planning, teurs execute, this fakmi know shit about networking, must be adviced by some call "PRO" consultant.

Once someone taste the power of kill-switch...

He also said contents of these platforms hosted here need to be religiously compliant. Remember?

And the head of the gov keep criticising western media n gov. There’s also the kill switch they would like to have.

Investors have lost confidence in this gov

This post has been edited by Taikor.Taikun: Sep 12 2024, 08:38 AM

Replace him with Gobind. You will no longer see stupid decisions, announcements about announcements, and real cuts in telco prices.

This people are not tech savvy

socmedia licence u-turn kambing?

Devils advocate here,

Maybe after the fall of previous gomen, installing this current gomen
A lot of "interested party" outside of Malaysia is looking to get a slice of this country

Maybe these interested parties are looking for ways to control and benefit off from an not nearly stable government, before anyone realize it, they get a one sided contract in and the country is locked in
Like the Singapore Malaysia water deal

LOL Rossman is talking about it


ahahaha he even took /k/ as one of his sources

This post has been edited by nikholai: Sep 12 2024, 08:54 AM

we are femes hahahaha

Probably cause Fahmi his seat in coming GE. Good riddance this one.

Tahniah FAHMI

This post has been edited by GregPG01: Sep 12 2024, 08:58 AM

Luckily we have u-turn goverment, syukur

Topkek
Implementation
Backlash
Then only talk to stakeholders

Running things backwards

a little anecdote
During the meeting with Mc and ISP, valid concerns were raised about the consideration that goes with implementing DNS redirection , but Mc threw all those out the window and insist the implimention to be done by X date or license to be revoked/penalty.
This mean that, advises were given but gov agency being gov agency, the motive of most decision are not exactly.......

I can't speak for all, I've dealt with gov agencies before, some are willing to listen. Just not MCMC perhaps

dah lah bodo, tak dengar nasihat lagi

memang padan muka kemaluan global

just pity the mehresian ppl, probably billions of fdi not coming in anymore bcoz of this stupid move

Money cannot take to afterlife.

that person keep singing..
fak me, fak me..fak me...harder...fak me...

Mkini owner want govt contract but shoot govt

I hope all fdi pull out ASAP.

Teach this terrorist government taliban wannabe a lesson.


Fark Mi can kiss goodbye to his MP seat next GE.

menteri bangang.

is this type of person worthy to become minister?

MADani..... no thanks. Many idiots especially from PKR clan,,,,

Undid already but loss of trust not so easy to undo.

Fak Mi sohem

Sound like communist and terrorist

Which one are you?

The intention is good but done in a hurry without awareness creation to public. Those who don't understand DNS redirection, shouldn't talk about the impact. The intention is to block websites that promote violence, terrorism, or illegal activities. By using DNS redirection, the government also can protect users from phishing sites or malware by redirecting them away from harmful content. The above statement above losing billions from DNS redirection is not accurate.

padan muka

We found the government cyber trooper!

Can you be any less obvious?

Also, fuck off with your "intention is good"

fahmi oh fami

man, I'm seeing a lot of dupes, not sure if legitimately defending without understanding subject matter or just being obtuse to get a rise out of people

literally

menang kalah sorak, kampung tergadai.

Fakmi literally kecuali dia ahli politik dan satu negara kena fak akibat kebodohan dia. Otak udang hahahahaha.

itulah, tak pakai otak dan buat keputusan sesuka hati

pandan muka malaysia

we know malaysia going down the drain but doesnt know it is this fast

Diamlah dupe bodoh.

U fked up pmx fdi

other ministers are working diligently to persuade investments into data centres.

previously it was wee ka siong with his reroute policy.
now this fahmi arise to continue sabotage the effort.

why anwar prime minister still wants to keep this fahmi as minister with challenged intelligence is beyond me....

bodoh wei, fahmi. aduhh..

This post has been edited by homicidal85: Sep 12 2024, 10:04 AM

Why U-turn?

Go ahead.

eh? u turn liao ma? geng ah?

bodo punya menteri

no wonder the clown U-turn

hahaha not a cyber trooper but a system engineer who know how DNS redirection actually works. I'm only supporting the move or the step that they take to mitigate the cyber security not how it was plan and implemented by the government. We should give credit where it deserves and be a critic otherwise. If you still think what u say is right than it is your freedom of speech to curse me.

The internet isn't any safer.

I rather trust cloudflare and Google than this taliban government.

After getting cucked again and again by your same government, Malaysian don't learn do they? Still proceed to trust the government Lmao


What a fucking joke.

Also, how much does PMX or Fark Mi pay you?

Syukurlah his area bodo like him

Congrats Fahmi bodoh. Next halal cert issue also will scare investors away.

Biasalah the mouth first.

There is a saying in cantonese,
Sek siu siu pan toy piu

This post has been edited by jojolicia: Sep 12 2024, 10:57 AM

Explain this

I am using AdGuard DNS to block ads & prawn from my family internet. Previously the government blocked the DNS (which ADGuard DNS were one of the affected servers) and my adblocking shield is broken and i see ads pop out everywhere. So how the hell can the government protect me if my family members accidentally pressed on the ads?

If you wanna support the government movement, be my guest, i am not going to argue with you, but i am making a clear statement that blocking DNS blindly is an utter stupid move.

EDIT:

I just done with the family part, now i am getting on the corporate part. My company uses Cloudflare Turnstile to verify no one spam our corporate website and thanks to the not so intelligence government move, I have problem logging to the Cloudflare from MALAYSIA unless I VPN to my another remote office in Thailand just to gain access to CloudFlare. So tell me is this intention good or just a pure baboon's jobs? It is affecting everyone that is using the DNS for good intention/work related.

This post has been edited by BladeRider88: Sep 12 2024, 11:02 AM

yes, stock TM DNS allows more porn and ads than PFblocker and family.cloudflare-dns combo

Yes TM nut vs International Giants. Come on, we all know which DNS is superior.

u-turn so fast

maybe a big investor complained

Just bring back Gobind.

Useless to bring back gobind, it's the same gov. in power. Better give PN/taliban govern, Maybe Dr.Sam can do better??

Dey. Gtfo with your Tamil. Write in English like how civilized people are communicating here.


Good decision making shouldn't infringe on the rights, freedom and liberty of people in the name of protecting the children.

Nobody fucking asked.

diamla fakmi owaii

Google translate can help, here
"Explaining to fools is like trying to crush grass in the rain!"

BladeRider88, I think he just ghost you after giving you a like. LOL
What kind of "system engineer" fucked up so badly, come here to say we all don't know anything about DNS poisoning / DNS hijacking / BGP hijacking.
Then proceed to say he deserve to be given credit.

None of our telco have DNSSEC, so I am not even sure what kind of "cyber security" he did.

first off the road to hell is paved with good intentions

secondly, family.cloudflare-dns did a way better job blocking adult sites than TM, so that argument is invalid. if their intentions was indeed true, to block porn, they would have left that family safe dns alone, but we all know what actually happened last Friday.

I'm more interested in the actual issues they are covering up using the DNS redirect issue.

Yes, I think the whole DNS thing is a distraction. Distract us from Madani's failure to reform the economy.

This post has been edited by delon85: Sep 12 2024, 11:41 AM

itu lah org tua kata, kalo ketua itu tak ada otak, tengelam satu malaysia

sry, not gonna waste time translating.

you can get banned for using tamil to post yeah. stick to english

Sorry i know this is /k but i just can't help it when someone try to beautify a BS statement/incident

Since telco are not able to protect us, then it is on our own to cover our butt