mchale.net
Observed Aug 10, 2026, 09:36 UTC (5d ago). Every field below was attested with an Ed25519 signature at scan time.
mchale.net is on the survey sweep, which works its way across the whole catalog rather than returning to one name on a schedule. Putting mchale.net 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 mchale.net Watching a domain needs a DRM3 account. The reading above stays free and public either way.
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AtlassianDomainDrift 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 2
104.20.36.48172.66.150.225
AAAA 2
2606:4700:10::6814:24302606:4700:10::ac42:96e1
MX 2
30antispam.mchale.net30antispam2.mchale.net
TXT 10
MS=ms63432281c99bb45j2ib4lkbagoggddt76ccb79jdh3ju519p0omekh9558mkf6gvn67sjm4uf7qpoi4j66v54folstf9s0egtq6m3d5dbp25c6klopenai-domain-verification=dv-1LaUqUOv3uH4tuJxsADGB9X2v=spf1 include:_u.mchale.net._spf.smart.ondmarc.com ~allgoogle-site-verification=s4jrL0WyLMsUOWhpTTZMBoXE9tVLBBOYuJhLSgO3AsIcisco-ci-domain-verification=6b5e31c78c92fe8c0dab72fb3ae1c96a0ca59d4620a0f9fc940096a0645c3200atlassian-domain-verification=Fe9Q1YrvXQaHS4Ltz/NNKsWO0yZBk14WpXQRs/hWOyYyf/N3Aj/3ZITeux5XcNjN
NS 2
may.ns.cloudflare.comalgin.ns.cloudflare.com
SOA 1
algin.ns.cloudflare.com dns.cloudflare.com
CAA 13
issue "amazon.com"issue "comodoca.com"issue "digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"issue "godaddy.com"issue "letsencrypt.org"issue "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"issue "ssl.com"issuewild "comodoca.com"issuewild "digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"issuewild "godaddy.com"
MCP_RECORDS 1
c33ifb1kre3ik6bk8j3oq4d8up
DMARC_RECORDS 1
v=DMARC1; p=reject; pct=100; sp=reject; rua=mailto:f9f2bb7b@inbox.ondmarc.com; ruf=mailto:f9f2bb7b@inbox.ondmarc.com; adkim=s; aspf=r; fo=1; rf=afrf; ri=3600
BIMI_RECORDS 1
v=BIMI1; l=https://vmc.digicert.com/79567724-dcc5-4d02-8680-c453d1831358.svg; a=https://vmc.digicert.com/79567724-dcc5-4d02-8680-c453d1831358.pem
MTA_STS_RECORDS 1
v=STSv1; id=1716290040278
TLS Certificates (3)
| Common Name | Issuer | Expires |
|---|---|---|
mchale.net |
C=US, O=Google Trust Services, CN=WE1 | Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:42:40 +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_d442215617bb0848- Output Hash
75cb1a7a0a3d07d9c68e8f06779a741977c0282aa4222e6d1efd7771922cb2dd- Signature
ed25519:1b286514d81eba13dfb0b836c3825bdf8bc5d366216d723555933d0f3576bdb321132fa5bb3ee6d009ed7139b61d6438dbe829ac624c986724ea48472c949a01- Public Key
ed25519:4859bb613d650e12dd7478cc307c73a8712fabc115a9dc59f65534ed3c09a8f9- Parent
(genesis)- Plane
- fast