gcn.com
Observed Aug 11, 2026, 06:35 UTC (16h ago). Every field below was attested with an Ed25519 signature at scan time. Catalog observation, re-checked on rotation - watch it for 5-minute checks.
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 3
104.26.3.246104.26.2.246172.67.75.17
AAAA 3
2606:4700:20::ac43:4b112606:4700:20::681a:3f62606:4700:20::681a:2f6
MX 3
13route1.mx.cloudflare.net17route3.mx.cloudflare.net78route2.mx.cloudflare.net
TXT 4
google-gws-recovery-domain-verification=60835557google-gws-recovery-domain-verification=60918107google-site-verification=bgtWjkuYjo362how9UqS-NnacEzOSYounGfoUQs8GfIv=spf1 include:_spf.mx.cloudflare.net ~all
NS 2
eva.ns.cloudflare.commaxim.ns.cloudflare.com
SOA 1
eva.ns.cloudflare.com dns.cloudflare.com
MCP_RECORDS 1
v=spf1 -all
DMARC_RECORDS 1
v=spf1 -all
BIMI_RECORDS 1
v=spf1 -all
MTA_STS_RECORDS 1
v=spf1 -all
TLS Certificates (3)
| Common Name | Issuer | Expires |
|---|---|---|
gcn.com |
C=US, O=Google Trust Services, CN=WE1 | Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:59:58 +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.
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_33171789eedabd47- Output Hash
d0c6b1334551c13462817b745a3d762aee29d7fcb029d68344c175c0dccee115- Signature
ed25519:bc6c4a33124a26f33b2c1c2b4119849911f44c57bff4d9fc119eb590fa13b121c38eaa587ece9c0774d9bca1b3ec07732ca5b5f9f32f3877c5abd2d45c559400- Public Key
ed25519:4859bb613d650e12dd7478cc307c73a8712fabc115a9dc59f65534ed3c09a8f9- Parent
(genesis)- Plane
- fast