ata.ws

Observed Aug 12, 2026, 03:57 UTC (2d ago). Every field below was attested with an Ed25519 signature at scan time.

This reading of ata.ws was taken 2d ago

ata.ws is on the survey sweep, which works its way across the whole catalog rather than returning to one name on a schedule. Putting ata.ws under watch moves it to the fast lane, where DomainDrift re-checks it about every 5 minutes and signs each reading, so a change becomes a dated event within minutes instead of waiting for the sweep to come round.

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Secured byGoogle Trust Services
IPv6 · domcop
Every line above is a signed observation. Check the math at the bottom of the page.
EVIDENCE OF WILDCARD DNSobserved 2026-08-14 03:59 UTC

DomainDrift asked this domain for a TXT record at a name nobody registers, and got an answer back. A domain that answers a name that was never created is answering names in general, and that is wildcard DNS.

Wildcard DNS clusters around domain parking, dynamic DNS and catch-all hosting. It is also a real attack surface: if every invented hostname resolves, then a hostname an attacker invents resolves too, which is the ground state for subdomain takeover and for phishing hosted under a name that looks legitimate.

This is evidence of wildcard behaviour, not a proven fact. It rests on one control name: a domain could legitimately serve a TXT record at exactly that name for an unrelated reason, and a wildcard that answers address records but not TXT records would not be caught here at all. What this reading is and is not.

INFRASTRUCTURE MAPwhat ata.ws actually stands on - every host below is a signed observation
ata.ws
A / AAAA
172.67.179.67104.21.75.1702606:4700:3033::6815:4baa2606:4700:3031::ac43:b343
Cloudflareserves the site
NS
bjorn.ns.cloudflare.comdeb.ns.cloudflare.com
cloudflare.comanswers its DNS
MX
eforward1.registrar-servers.comeforward2.registrar-servers.comeforward3.registrar-servers.comeforward4.registrar-servers.com+1 more
registrar-servers.comreceives its email
TLS
ata.ws
Google Trust Servicesissued its certificate

DNS Records

A 2

  • 172.67.179.67
  • 104.21.75.170

AAAA 2

  • 2606:4700:3033::6815:4baa
  • 2606:4700:3031::ac43:b343

MX 5

  • 10eforward1.registrar-servers.com
  • 10eforward2.registrar-servers.com
  • 10eforward3.registrar-servers.com
  • 15eforward4.registrar-servers.com
  • 20eforward5.registrar-servers.com

TXT 1

  • v=spf1 include:spf.efwd.registrar-servers.com ~all

NS 2

  • bjorn.ns.cloudflare.com
  • deb.ns.cloudflare.com

SOA 1

  • bjorn.ns.cloudflare.com dns.cloudflare.com

MCP_RECORDS 1

  • heritage=external-dns,external-dns/owner=ata-talos,external-dns/resource=ingressroute/ingress/coder

DMARC_RECORDS 1

  • heritage=external-dns,external-dns/owner=ata-talos,external-dns/resource=ingressroute/ingress/coder

BIMI_RECORDS 1

  • heritage=external-dns,external-dns/owner=ata-talos,external-dns/resource=ingressroute/ingress/coder

MTA_STS_RECORDS 1

  • heritage=external-dns,external-dns/owner=ata-talos,external-dns/resource=ingressroute/ingress/coder

TLS Certificates (3)

Common NameIssuerExpires
ata.ws C=US, O=Google Trust Services, CN=WE1 Wed, 04 Nov 2026 13:36:47 +0000
WE1 C=US, O=Google Trust Services LLC, CN=GTS Root R4 Tue, 20 Feb 2029 14:00:00 +0000
GTS Root R4 C=BE, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, 2.5.4.11=Root CA, CN=GlobalSign Root CA Fri, 28 Jan 2028 00:00:42 +0000

Subdomains (0)

None observed.

The proof

Signed at scan time. Check the math yourself. Every line above is part of one signed observation. Re-hash it and check the Ed25519 signature in your own browser; the only network request the check makes is for the published public keys.

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Ed25519 Receipt

Receipt ID
rcpt_434f3d2843e09ca9
Output Hash
7351d8456b015918ff9ee65f3f3cb61f5cc0c1ce3bc5eb3e33f74507ad655d9f
Signature
ed25519:3f1fd26a32333a5dc9a289808623d090a92beafec06fd19ddb891698a1ea6329bdb4461a7adfaf55752aef2694c5ecd6ff81891dd22b70a0954a842dfe172703
Public Key
ed25519:4859bb613d650e12dd7478cc307c73a8712fabc115a9dc59f65534ed3c09a8f9
Parent
(genesis)
Plane
fast
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