North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed?
I have a legit .to domain. I paid $100 for it like any .com domain, which of course has no porn sites. or something... Sincerely, Andy Walden System Administrator MTCO Communications 1-800-859-6826 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.) > > 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. > > 2. Clearly criminal and malicious activites are arising from sites to > which Tonga has provided comfort and sanctuary. > > 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. > > In support of this assertion I want to show you an SMTP conversation > with what claims to be the Consulate of the Government of Tonga in San > Francisco (This San Francisco office is listed as an official Tongan > contact point for visas etc by the US State Dept): > > world% telnet sfconsulate.gov.to 25 > Trying 209.24.51.169... > Connected to sfconsulate.gov.to. > Escape character is '^]'. > 220 colo.to SMTP ready, Who are you gonna pretend to be today? > VRFY postmaster > 500 Bloody Amateur! Proper forging of mail requires recognizable SMTP commands! > > -------------------- > > Viewing the web page for the Tongan Consulate in the US > (http://sfconsulate.gov.to) reveals nothing but an ad for a software > company, this page ends with: > > Need a domain name? Contact the Kingdom of Tonga Internet domain name > registry. > > -------------------- > > Consequently, I assert there is no reason for this domain to exist and > it should be removed from the root name servers. > > > -- > -Barry Shein > > Software Tool & Die | [email protected] | http://www.world.com > Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 617-739-0202 | Login: 617-739-WRLD > The World | Public Access Internet | Since 1989 *oo* >
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