David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org> wrote:
To be clear, generic TLDs (gTLDs) can’t have bare (dotless) TLDs (or wildcards).
Wildcards are being used for the name collision gubbins. ; <<>> DiG 9.11.0pre-alpha <<>> *.prod ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 51904 ;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;*.prod. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: *.prod. 3600 IN A 127.0.53.53 ;; Query time: 66 msec ;; SERVER: ::1#53(::1) ;; WHEN: Fri Sep 19 10:00:30 BST 2014 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 51 Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ Trafalgar: Cyclonic in northwest, otherwise mainly northerly or northwesterly 5 or 6. Slight or moderate. Showers in northwest. Good.