<p dir="auto">Paul,
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<p dir="auto">Those are the “controlled interruption” records,
</p>
<p dir="auto">It’s a 90-day period designed to break the DNS for people actively using “DEV” as a TLD, it is configured via a wildcard on the TLD zone
</p>
<p dir="auto"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/name-collision-2013-12-06-en">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/name-collision-2013-12-06-en</a>
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<p dir="auto">On 9 Sep 2015, at 13:57, Paul Vixie wrote:
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<blockquote>
<p dir="auto">i saw the following in DNSDB while looking for something else:
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<p dir="auto">;; record times: 2014-11-12 01:32:40 .. 2015-09-06 23:31:33
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<p dir="auto">;; count: 105
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<p dir="auto">dev.dottystylecreative.com. NS dev.
</p>
<p dir="auto">since the gTLD handbook is explicit about what record types cannot
</p>
<p dir="auto">reside at gTLD apexes, i checked to find out what's currently there. no
</p>
<p dir="auto">AAAA, which is good. however, this is less good:
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; ANSWER SECTION:
</p>
<p dir="auto">dev. 3600 IN A 127.0.53.53
</p>
<p dir="auto">see also this, which is also not good:
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; ANSWER SECTION:
</p>
<p dir="auto">dev. 3600 IN MX 10
</p>
<p dir="auto">your-dns-needs-immediate-attention.dev.
</p>
<p dir="auto">these values should not be present, however cutesy they might be. does
</p>
<p dir="auto">anybody know the DEV folk?
</p>
<p dir="auto">below, the full list of domains using "DEV" as their name server name,
</p>
<p dir="auto">which means, causing queries to be sent to 127.0.53.53 for those domains.
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; record times: 2015-03-21 04:55:17 .. 2015-03-25 02:24:58
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; count: 17
</p>
<p dir="auto">kwchae.co.kr. NS dev.
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; record times: 2011-02-25 20:26:37 .. 2011-07-19 05:40:18
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; count: 1
</p>
<p dir="auto">avillian.com. NS dev.
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; record times: 2011-01-04 21:19:37 .. 2011-07-02 13:25:51
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; count: 27
</p>
<p dir="auto">sciotorugby.com. NS dev.
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; record times: 2010-09-06 00:39:03 .. 2010-09-06 00:39:03
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; count: 1
</p>
<p dir="auto">stevefazekas.com. NS dev.
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; record times: 2010-12-10 23:50:22 .. 2011-07-12 17:57:37
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; count: 60
</p>
<p dir="auto">columbusrugby.com. NS dev.
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; record times: 2014-11-12 01:32:40 .. 2015-09-06 23:31:33
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; count: 105
</p>
<p dir="auto">dev.dottystylecreative.com. NS dev.
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; record times: 2012-12-09 15:49:50 .. 2012-12-09 15:49:50
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; count: 1
</p>
<p dir="auto">heritagehealthmagazine.com. NS dev.
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; record times: 2011-07-29 01:04:56 .. 2013-08-09 13:07:31
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; count: 141
</p>
<p dir="auto">webhive.org. NS dev.
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; record times: 2011-02-06 23:06:47 .. 2011-02-06 23:06:47
</p>
<p dir="auto">;; count: 1
</p>
<p dir="auto">transformativeworks.org. NS dev.
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<p dir="auto">Paul Vixie
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