johnstossel.com

Observed Aug 10, 2026, 06:09 UTC (5d ago). Every field below was attested with an Ed25519 signature at scan time.

This reading of johnstossel.com was taken 5d ago

johnstossel.com is on the survey sweep, which works its way across the whole catalog rather than returning to one name on a schedule. Putting johnstossel.com 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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EVIDENCE OF WILDCARD DNSobserved 2026-08-14 17:38 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 johnstossel.com actually stands on - every host below is a signed observation
johnstossel.com
A / AAAA
141.193.213.11141.193.213.10
Cloudflareserves the site
NS
ns81.worldnic.comns82.worldnic.com
worldnic.comanswers its DNS
MX
mx2.privateemail.commx1.privateemail.com
privateemail.comreceives its email
TLS
johnstossel.com
Let's Encryptissued its certificate

DNS Records

A 2

  • 141.193.213.11
  • 141.193.213.10

MX 2

  • 10mx2.privateemail.com
  • 10mx1.privateemail.com

TXT 2

  • google-site-verification=LAxmBnHOLb15GTIynG9FH8v7B7mkKPQtcMT7zj_RoX4
  • v=spf1 include:spf.privateemail.com ~all

NS 2

  • ns81.worldnic.com
  • ns82.worldnic.com

SOA 1

  • NS81.WORLDNIC.com namehost.WORLDNIC.com

SRV 1

  • privateemail.com:443 p0

MCP_RECORDS 1

  • v=spf1 include:spf.privateemail.com ~all

DMARC_RECORDS 1

  • v=DMARC1;p=none;

BIMI_RECORDS 1

  • v=spf1 include:spf.privateemail.com ~all

MTA_STS_RECORDS 1

  • v=spf1 include:spf.privateemail.com ~all

TLS Certificates (4)

Common NameIssuerExpires
johnstossel.com C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=YE2 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:15:37 +0000
YE2 C=US, O=ISRG, CN=Root YE Sat, 02 Sep 2028 23:59:59 +0000
Root YE C=US, O=Internet Security Research Group, CN=ISRG Root X2 Thu, 02 Sep 2032 23:59:59 +0000
ISRG Root X2 C=US, O=Internet Security Research Group, CN=ISRG Root X1 Thu, 02 Sep 2032 23:59:59 +0000

Subdomains (0)

None observed.

The proof

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Ed25519 Receipt

Receipt ID
rcpt_9894a700cc8a10e0
Output Hash
1be090900bf60a6511f4df9cb7a2b61bb2a14810c49f06484f540c4b61c903ae
Signature
ed25519:c1afcaba8b8768aaf443f4891476b91d316a49c869c3077caa4ed22134187e5c4b601bb6c317adb1754fb1e09c22bfbdcb3eebc7dc2f4e0dcfeed76b6336e60a
Public Key
ed25519:4859bb613d650e12dd7478cc307c73a8712fabc115a9dc59f65534ed3c09a8f9
Parent
(genesis)
Plane
fast
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