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lightningbase.com

Observed Aug 2, 2026, 20:23 UTC (6d ago). Every field below was attested with an Ed25519 signature at scan time.

This reading of lightningbase.com was taken 6d ago

lightningbase.com is on the survey sweep, which works its way across the whole catalog rather than returning to one name on a schedule. Putting lightningbase.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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Runs onCloudflare
Email byGoogle Workspace
Secured byGoogle Trust Services
Also usesGoogle Search Console
IPv6 · tranco_100k
Every line above is a signed observation. Check the math at the bottom of the page.
EVIDENCE OF WILDCARD DNSobserved 2026-08-07 20:26 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 lightningbase.com actually stands on - every host below is a signed observation
lightningbase.com
A / AAAA
172.66.40.122172.66.43.1342606:4700:3108::ac42:2b862606:4700:3108::ac42:287a
Cloudflareserves the site
NS
josh.ns.cloudflare.compam.ns.cloudflare.com
cloudflare.comanswers its DNS
MX
aspmx.l.google.comaspmx2.googlemail.comaspmx3.googlemail.comalt1.aspmx.l.google.com+1 more
Google Workspacereceives its email
TLS
lightningbase.com
Google Trust Servicesissued its certificate

DNS Records

A 2

  • 172.66.40.122
  • 172.66.43.134

AAAA 2

  • 2606:4700:3108::ac42:2b86
  • 2606:4700:3108::ac42:287a

MX 5

  • 1aspmx.l.google.com
  • 10aspmx2.googlemail.com
  • 10aspmx3.googlemail.com
  • 5alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
  • 5alt2.aspmx.l.google.com

TXT 2

  • google-site-verification=593OcY-03AqPB96iuNTuXyPFcP7svcRiiXuui1JsHKw
  • v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:spf.mtasv.net include:relay.mailchannels.net -all

NS 2

  • josh.ns.cloudflare.com
  • pam.ns.cloudflare.com

SOA 1

  • josh.ns.cloudflare.com dns.cloudflare.com

MCP_RECORDS 1

  • v=spf1 ip4:208.94.37.4 include:relay.mailchannels.net ~all

DMARC_RECORDS 1

  • v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:762e05b9ca384eed83f2c05c0af5c1bd@dmarc-reports.cloudflare.net

BIMI_RECORDS 1

  • v=spf1 ip4:208.94.37.4 include:relay.mailchannels.net ~all

MTA_STS_RECORDS 1

  • v=spf1 ip4:208.94.37.4 include:relay.mailchannels.net ~all

TLS Certificates (3)

Common NameIssuerExpires
lightningbase.com C=US, O=Google Trust Services, CN=WE1 Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:22:54 +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_9f6a2c18d33a8b0d
Output Hash
2119136749700d5b9bf191bdc7e6d02ce3f3d3142412514f9a26471c4ab08a1e
Signature
ed25519:c45023a9b58ff84d5c7b46b346ecc25906c69385f0b13f3bc3c04ca51646a387069c05872a04405a1c09bb3d11b3d98a8e0c38bd199781766a028400a2d21c03
Public Key
ed25519:4859bb613d650e12dd7478cc307c73a8712fabc115a9dc59f65534ed3c09a8f9
Parent
(genesis)
Plane
fast
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