Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed?

Thu Oct 1 19:46:31 UTC 1998

Please provide copies of any email or transcripts of phone conversations
between you and TONIC about these spammers.

I'm sure that TONIC would have cut them off if you had legitimate
complaints.

Even if they didn't, they have no more *obligation* to do so than NSI
has to remove a spammer from COM or ISI has to remove a spammer from US.

The Kingdom of Tonga has made a policy decision regarding a national
asset.  That is their right to do, just as it's the US's right to ruin
the scenery at Niagara Falls and other national parks by allowing
commercialization.

This is an issue between you, TONIC, and IANA.  Leave NANOG out of it.

Stephen (not Cisco)

Barry Shein wrote:
> 
> Unfortunately, as of right this minute, 10/1 at 2:20PM EDT, these porn
> domain forgers are back on the Tonga site and spamming away again
> forging our domain name into their spams.
> 
> Something is very, very wrong with the Tongan domain and its
> management. They're not removing criminal domain-hijacking spammers,
> they're just letting them change their name as far as I can tell.
> 

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