[dns-operations] Strange wildcard in ".tm"

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

Many TLDs have wildcards, despite warnings like
http://www.iab.org/documents/docs/2003-09-20-dns-wildcards.html. But
they typically return the IP address of a Web server with ads, search
engine, etc.

For two days, ".tm" has a wildcard which returns an IP address which
seems dead. It does not reply to any protocol. Very painful when you
make a typo. (Reported to the hostmaster.]

[Note also the strange TTL.]

% dig A wwwwww.gfgfgghggfgfrrt5456.tm

; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> A wwwwww.gfgfgghggfgfrrt5456.tm
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 63986
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;wwwwww.gfgfgghggfgfrrt5456.tm. IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
wwwwww.gfgfgghggfgfrrt5456.tm. 1 IN     A       216.117.170.115

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
wwwwww.gfgfgghggfgfrrt5456.tm. 86400 IN NS      ns2c.nic.ac.
wwwwww.gfgfgghggfgfrrt5456.tm. 86400 IN NS      ns1c.nic.ac.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1c.nic.ac.            80801   IN      A       216.117.170.115
ns2c.nic.ac.            80801   IN      A       64.251.31.233

;; Query time: 137 msec
;; SERVER: 192.134.4.162#53(192.134.4.162)
;; WHEN: Thu Jul 19 10:29:48 2007
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 139