Can DNS Resolve a Domain Name that Has Not Been Licensed?

After you register a domain name and complete the real-name authentication for the domain name, you can configure record sets for the domain name. Whether DNS can resolve the domain name depends on the location where the website that uses the domain name operates.

• The website operates within the Chinese mainland.

  According to the Measures for the Administration of Internet Information Services issued by MIIT, all websites with their own domain name that operate inside Chinese mainland are required to obtain a license, and Internet service providers are required to block the site if a license is not acquired within a grace period.

  Before you configure record sets for the domain name, obtain a license for your website. Otherwise, access to the website using the domain name will be blocked.

  

  If you have configured record sets for the domain name before the website is licensed, suspend the domain name resolution by disabling the record sets. Otherwise, the license cannot be obtained.

• The website operates outside the Chinese mainland.

  Websites outside the Chinese mainland do not need to be licensed. You can directly configure record sets for the domain name.