Re: Using crypto to solve a part of the DNS/TM mess

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Jonathan Mark Brooks (jmbrooks@jmbrooks.net)
Wed, 3 Mar 1999 21:25:29 -0500 (EST)


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Well, actually, it depends on whether its operated out of the
Tongan embassy or a building on the grounds. Under the international
law of extraterritoriality of embassies, the embassy is a little
piece of Tonga in a foreign land.

On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Jim McCoy wrote:

> At 11:52 AM 3/3/99 -0800, bram wrote:
> >Tonga isn't a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization, so
> >none of those trademark rules apply. Tongan web sites are also a good
> >place to put a lot of controversial material, including crypto stuff.
>
> Just because the domain name is under Tongan authority does not mean the
> web site is magically in Tonga. In fact, I doubt there is a single colo
> facility in Tonga (e.g. cypherpunks.to is in Amsterdam.) A Tonga domain
> name is a vanity plate, nothing more.
>
> jim
>
>

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