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Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed?
From: Patrick Greenwell <patrick () namesecure com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:44:31 -0700 (PDT)
On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Barry Shein wrote:
We've been having increasing problems with one or more porn sites in the .to domain promoting itself by massive spamming of AOL customers using one of our domains in their From: header thus causing both complaints to us and thousands of bounces from AOL due to bad AOL addresses in their spam lists. Looking at the .to domain I can't help but notice it's heavily laden with what appear to be porn sites (sexonline.to, come.to, xxxhardcore.to, etc.)
So? There are numerous porn sites in .com too.
1. Performing traceroutes and other analyses seems to indicate that this domain is NOT being used for communication with entities legitimately located (legally, not only geographically) within the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Tonga, as intended.
Intended by whom?
2. Clearly criminal and malicious activites are arising from sites to which Tonga has provided comfort and sanctuary.
Is the U.S. now responsible because people have perpetrated the same abuses from domain names under .com? No.
3. Therefore, I call for a process whereby it can be determined as to whether or not it is appropriate to decommission the Tongan domain due to negligence, mismanagement, and having allowed it to become an attractive resource for criminal activities. I do not believe the Tongan domain serves any legitimate purpose as an internet resource.
Good luck. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Patrick Greenwell (800) 299-1288 v CTO (925) 377-1212 v NameSecure (925) 377-1414 f Coming to the ISPF? The Forum for ISPs by ISPs http://www.ispf.com \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed?, (continued)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Christopher Neill (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Joe Shaw (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Barry Shein (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Patrick Greenwell (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Alex "Mr. Worf" Yuriev (Sep 30)
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- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Jay R. Ashworth (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Aaron Goldblatt (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? D'Arcy J.M. Cain (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Nathan J. Mehl (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Karl Denninger (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Barry Shein (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Patrick Greenwell (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Karl Mueller (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Jim Klossner (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Barry Shein (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Karl Mueller (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Steven J. Sobol (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Aaron Goldblatt (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? John Harkin (Sep 30)
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- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Jay R. Ashworth (Sep 30)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Gary R Wright (Sep 30)