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Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed?
From: "Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer () mhsc com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 23:51:57 -0700
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. ___________________________________________________ Roeland M.J. Meyer, ISOC (InterNIC RM993) e-mail: <mailto:rmeyer () mhsc com>rmeyer () mhsc com Internet phone: hawk.mhsc.com Personal web pages: <http://www.mhsc.com/~rmeyer>www.mhsc.com/~rmeyer Company web-site: <http://www.mhsc.com/>www.mhsc.com/ ___________________________________________ I bet the human brain is a kludge. -- Marvin Minsky
Current thread:
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Roeland M.J. Meyer (Sep 30)
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- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Roeland M.J. Meyer (Oct 01)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Roeland M.J. Meyer (Oct 01)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Barry Shein (Oct 01)
- Change begins with the self (was Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed?) J.D. Falk (Oct 01)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Aaron Goldblatt (Oct 01)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Barry Shein (Oct 01)
- Who makes policy?, was (Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely , rogue and should be removed?) Chris Kilbourn (Oct 01)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Peter Stemwedel (Oct 01)
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- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Jay R. Ashworth (Oct 01)
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- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Dean Anderson (Oct 01)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Dean Anderson (Oct 02)
- Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed? Tom Pinard (Oct 02)