x-bar.com.au
Observed Aug 3, 2026, 01:10 UTC (4d ago). Every field below was attested with an Ed25519 signature at scan time.
x-bar.com.au is on the survey sweep, which works its way across the whole catalog rather than returning to one name on a schedule. Putting x-bar.com.au 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 x-bar.com.au Watching a domain needs a DRM3 account. The reading above stays free and public either way.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 2
192.0.78.220192.0.78.146
TXT 2
google-site-verification=CDobtsLIoVvzifHKxcS-JJOiFLhMQAD7vUcWUgjGM3kv=spf1 include:_spf.wpcloud.com ~all
NS 3
ns1.wordpress.comns3.wordpress.comns2.wordpress.com
SOA 1
ns1.wordpress.com hostmaster.wordpress.com
MCP_RECORDS 2
google-site-verification=CDobtsLIoVvzifHKxcS-JJOiFLhMQAD7vUcWUgjGM3kv=spf1 include:_spf.wpcloud.com ~all
DMARC_RECORDS 1
v=DMARC1;p=none;
BIMI_RECORDS 2
google-site-verification=CDobtsLIoVvzifHKxcS-JJOiFLhMQAD7vUcWUgjGM3kv=spf1 include:_spf.wpcloud.com ~all
MTA_STS_RECORDS 2
google-site-verification=CDobtsLIoVvzifHKxcS-JJOiFLhMQAD7vUcWUgjGM3kv=spf1 include:_spf.wpcloud.com ~all
TLS Certificates (3)
| Common Name | Issuer | Expires |
|---|---|---|
tls.automattic.com |
C=US, O=Google Trust Services, CN=WR1 | Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:01:28 +0000 |
WR1 |
C=US, O=Google Trust Services LLC, CN=GTS Root R1 | Tue, 20 Feb 2029 14:00:00 +0000 |
GTS Root R1 |
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 (1)
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_5ca268a005ff4288- Output Hash
6d3ee68b8d9e360c630ac31eaaba12664b85dec580d56ea10e295d1c2099e126- Signature
ed25519:85411e3a94d0ddfd65bcb85a2be9a390e6aa360b4e73362889f1c0d3f73fdaeacb48bf16d1cd20357b17a1fed1bf34a92fa67ce46e1b73bcc9143c012b137603- Public Key
ed25519:4859bb613d650e12dd7478cc307c73a8712fabc115a9dc59f65534ed3c09a8f9- Parent
(genesis)- Plane
- fast