messagemates.com

Observed Aug 12, 2026, 05:22 UTC (3d ago). Every field below was attested with an Ed25519 signature at scan time.

This reading of messagemates.com was taken 3d ago

messagemates.com is on the survey sweep, which works its way across the whole catalog rather than returning to one name on a schedule. Putting messagemates.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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Up right now
Secured byLet's Encrypt
Registered withABOVE.COM PTY LTD.
majestic
Every line above is a signed observation. Check the math at the bottom of the page.
EVIDENCE OF WILDCARD DNSobserved 2026-08-06 02:26 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 messagemates.com actually stands on - every host below is a signed observation
messagemates.com
A / AAAA
103.224.182.247
unattributedserves the site
NS
ns3.abovedomains.comns4.abovedomains.com
abovedomains.comanswers its DNS
MX
park-mx.above.com
above.comreceives its email
TLS
messagemates.com
Let's Encryptissued its certificate

DNS Records

A 1

  • 103.224.182.247

MX 1

  • 10park-mx.above.com

TXT 1

  • v=spf1 ip6:fdcf:abda:4154::/48 -all

NS 2

  • ns3.abovedomains.com
  • ns4.abovedomains.com

SOA 1

  • ns1.abovedomains.com hostmaster.trellian.com

TLS Certificates (3)

Common NameIssuerExpires
messagemates.com C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=YR1 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:31:16 +0000
YR1 C=US, O=ISRG, CN=Root YR Sat, 02 Sep 2028 23:59:59 +0000
Root YR 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

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_01472125a8b39b25
Output Hash
28c6a984f1f8e9af8534dc359bf0a3e1d228dbe10ef6a571bdae817856708065
Signature
ed25519:205aa95c6e59faedd0958495814b440eefb4c582ec37eb27cd73363834950d59900252a5b4eea5656238a374dfaed6709ea0c478b89e9d1353af9df2e4c61307
Public Key
ed25519:4859bb613d650e12dd7478cc307c73a8712fabc115a9dc59f65534ed3c09a8f9
Parent
(genesis)
Plane
fast
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