bounce.to....a web redirection service

[Chuck Bearden]

There is a start of authority record for the .to domain.  It lies with 
the machine tonic.to [206.184.59.10], which is not an alias for another 
canonical name.  I was able to find the start of authority from a couple 
of root servers.  

A traceroute to tonic.to passes through:

imatek.sfconsulate.gov.to

Is .to a toplevel domain for another country?  Perhaps they are 
capitalizing on a side benefit of their name!

Chuck

On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Thomas Dowling wrote:

>  Did a top-level "TO" domain come into existence while I was taking my nap?
> Or does this rely on DNS hackery a la Alternic?
> 
> Thomas Dowling
> OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
> tdowling at ohiolink.edu
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Scott <scottp at moondog.usask.ca>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at library.berkeley.edu>
> Date: Thursday, September 04, 1997 4:49 PM
> Subject: bounce.to....a web redirection service
> 
> 
> 
> >>From the press release:
> >
> >"It's official - the first service of its kind has opened on the Internet,
> >and is already creating massive interest.  Founder of the new 'web
> >redirection' service bounce.to (http://bounce.to/), Miles Burke, explains;
> >'Up until now, anyone who wanted a short, life-long web address for their
> >site had to pay for the privilege - and pay well!  With over 500,000 .com
> >and .net domain names in use, the best ones have all been taken...'"
> >
> >To see if it works (and it does) I have set up my home page to be
> >redirected from:
> >
> >http://www.bounce.to/peterscott/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
>