On September 30, 1998 at 18:18 alex@netaxs.com (Alex Yuriev) wrote:
But as part of the whole picture, that Tonga's domain seems to be used as nothing but a "safe harbor" for porn sites engaged in criminal activity and even their own supposed govt consulate comes up as an ad for a software company etc, it would seem to indicate that this domain, .to, is not being used as a legitimate country TLD, is not being managed by the people it was assigned to for the purpose it was assigned, etc.
The simple question here is: who are you to tell a sovereign country what it can and what it cannot do?
The question was what we should do, not what they should do. For example, should we remove their domain from the top level servers if it has ceased to serve any legitimate purpose? Your answer might be "no", but I think that answers your "simple question". They can do what they like, I suppose. But we can cut off our half of the connection if we feel it is primarily malicious and abusive. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@world.std.com | http://www.world.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 617-739-0202 | Login: 617-739-WRLD The World | Public Access Internet | Since 1989 *oo*