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?
Yeah well, you probably have to *pay* for relaying. This is actualy of some value to spammers since its relatively easy to shut down a relay; I have actually seen spam advertising 'spam friendly' ISPs that offer relaying services. Gut 'em all, I say. On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 03:40:15PM -0400, Alex Kamantauskas wrote: > On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Barry Shein wrote: > > > > > 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! > > > > -------------------- > > Well, beyond the cutesy error messages, at least relaying is turned off. > > fz(alexk):[~] 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? > helo tugger.net > 250 colo.to Is thrilled beyond bladder control to meet tugger.net > mail from: [email protected] > 250 sender is [email protected], (yeah sure, it's probably forged) > rcpt to: [email protected] > 550 NOPE UNKNOWN(204.168.18.98), I don't allow unauthorized relaying. > > > > > > 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* > > - > > Send 'unsubscribe' in the body to '[email protected]' to leave. > > Eat sushi frequently. [email protected] is the human contact address. > > > > -- > Alex Kamantauskas > Tugger Networks
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