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

Wed Sep 30 19:44:31 UTC 1998

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.)

So? There are numerous porn sites in .com too. 

> 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.

Intended by whom? 

> 2. Clearly criminal and malicious activites are arising from sites to
> which Tonga has provided comfort and sanctuary.

Is the U.S. now responsible because people have perpetrated the same
abuses from domain names under .com?

No.

> 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.

Good luck.

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