[dns-operations] DEV TLD?

[Paul Vixie]

i saw the following in DNSDB while looking for something else:

;; record times: 2014-11-12 01:32:40 .. 2015-09-06 23:31:33
;; count: 105
dev.dottystylecreative.com.  NS  dev.

since the gTLD handbook is explicit about what record types cannot
reside at gTLD apexes, i checked to find out what's currently there. no
AAAA, which is good. however, this is less good:

;; ANSWER SECTION:
dev.                    3600    IN      A       127.0.53.53

see also this, which is also not good:

;; ANSWER SECTION:
dev.                    3600    IN      MX      10
your-dns-needs-immediate-attention.dev.

these values should not be present, however cutesy they might be. does
anybody know the DEV folk?

below, the full list of domains using "DEV" as their name server name,
which means, causing queries to be sent to 127.0.53.53 for those domains.

;; record times: 2015-03-21 04:55:17 .. 2015-03-25 02:24:58
;; count: 17
kwchae.co.kr.  NS  dev.

;; record times: 2011-02-25 20:26:37 .. 2011-07-19 05:40:18
;; count: 1
avillian.com.  NS  dev.

;; record times: 2011-01-04 21:19:37 .. 2011-07-02 13:25:51
;; count: 27
sciotorugby.com.  NS  dev.

;; record times: 2010-09-06 00:39:03 .. 2010-09-06 00:39:03
;; count: 1
stevefazekas.com.  NS  dev.

;; record times: 2010-12-10 23:50:22 .. 2011-07-12 17:57:37
;; count: 60
columbusrugby.com.  NS  dev.

;; record times: 2014-11-12 01:32:40 .. 2015-09-06 23:31:33
;; count: 105
dev.dottystylecreative.com.  NS  dev.

;; record times: 2012-12-09 15:49:50 .. 2012-12-09 15:49:50
;; count: 1
heritagehealthmagazine.com.  NS  dev.

;; record times: 2011-07-29 01:04:56 .. 2013-08-09 13:07:31
;; count: 141
webhive.org.  NS  dev.

;; record times: 2011-02-06 23:06:47 .. 2011-02-06 23:06:47
;; count: 1
transformativeworks.org.  NS  dev.

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Paul Vixie