[19945] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roeland M.J. Meyer)
Thu Oct 1 03:04:46 1998
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 23:51:57 -0700
To: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@nacs.net>
From: "Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
Cc: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>, Karl Mueller <karl@best.net>,
nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <19980930184104.58219@shell.nacs.net>
At 06:41 PM 9/30/98 -0400, Steven J. Sobol wrote:
>On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 05:22:57PM -0400, Barry Shein wrote:
>
>> If .com were used, for example, only for Slobbovian Universities, were
>> being managed by one to the exclusion of other uses, etc, then perhaps
>> it would be a good reason to consider decommissioning .com.
>>
>> And if the .to domain is not in any way being used as a TLD for the
>> Kingdom of Tonga, but instead is being used only as a safe harbor for
>> what appear to be malicious activities, then perhaps it should be
>> decommissioned.
>>
>> Is that simple enough?
>
>I've already given you one example of a domain not used for porn.
>
>Here's another one: bounce.to, another redirection service.
>
>I'm sure I can find others.
>
>Of course, according to you, the TLD is rogue unless there are absolutely
>no bad apples.
>
>By this logic, I can argue for UUNet to turn off their circuit to you
>if I have solid proof of *ONE* of your customers spamming.
>
>Yes, I know, your argument is that a majority of the domains are porn
>domains (not that that, in itself, is hard evidence of criminal activity)
>and are used to spam. Prove "a majority."
Actually, by his argument, the entire country of the Netherlands should be
arrested becasue the allow legal prostitution, a criminal activity in
"white bread" New Hampshire.
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