e-shepherd.de
Observed Jul 27, 2026, 19:34 UTC (10d ago). Every field below was attested with an Ed25519 signature at scan time.
e-shepherd.de is on the survey sweep, which works its way across the whole catalog rather than returning to one name on a schedule. Putting e-shepherd.de 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.
Watch e-shepherd.de Watching a domain needs a DRM3 account. The reading above stays free and public either way.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.
DNS Records
A 1
92.205.197.162
AAAA 1
2a00:116a:100:23e0::
MX 1
100mxlb.ispgateway.de
TXT 5
v=spf1 mx a include:ispgateway.de include:_spf.google.com ~allv=spf1 mx a include:ispgateway.de include:_spf.google.com ~allv=spf1 mx a include:ispgateway.de include:_spf.google.com ~allv=spf1 mx a include:ispgateway.de include:_spf.google.com ~allv=spf1 mx a include:ispgateway.de include:_spf.google.com ~all
NS 2
ns81.domaincontrol.comns82.domaincontrol.com
SOA 1
ns81.domaincontrol.com dns.jomax.net
TLS Certificates (3)
| Common Name | Issuer | Expires |
|---|---|---|
www.e-shepherd.de |
C=US, ST=Arizona, L=Scottsdale, O=Starfield Technologies, Inc., 2.5.4.11=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2 | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:12:25 +0000 |
Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2 |
C=US, ST=Arizona, L=Scottsdale, O=Starfield Technologies, Inc., CN=Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G2 | Sat, 03 May 2031 07:00:00 +0000 |
Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G2 |
C=US, ST=Arizona, L=Scottsdale, O=Starfield Technologies, Inc., CN=Starfield Root Certificate Authority - G2 | Thu, 31 Dec 2037 23:59:59 +0000 |
Subdomains (1)
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.
Verify this receiptEd25519 Receipt
- Receipt ID
rcpt_644e3e9a940500fa- Output Hash
13d646635bc03af42f6d9d754c1cbd2c0b9dc43b700084b8c84a72c44d26f6e0- Signature
ed25519:deac26183954c745f55f943ff4134c6db510e06212898a8832c07b6e7afca74eca72e33ccd948935a959795f37df25fde86da029a5ee49292b9e03af95ed1008- Public Key
ed25519:4859bb613d650e12dd7478cc307c73a8712fabc115a9dc59f65534ed3c09a8f9- Parent
(genesis)- Plane
- fast