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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 14:39:53 -0700 (PDT)

On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Barry Shein wrote:

No I think it indicates that a bunch of clowns have taken over what
advertises itself as the official US office of the Consulate of the
Kingdom of Tonga. As I said, also take a look at the web page on that
site and tell me what it has to do with the Consulate of the Kingdom
of Tonga.

Alone it would mean little.

But as part of the whole picture, that Tonga's domain seems to be used
as nothing but a "safe harbor" for porn sites engaged in criminal
activity and even their own supposed govt consulate comes up as an ad
for a software company etc, it would seem to indicate that this
domain, .to, is not being used as a legitimate country TLD

Please define "a legitimate country TLD." Please point me to any documents
from those assigning country code TLDs that supports your definition. 

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