Looks like Verisign has the wildcards out. The following is without any bind patches. [westnet]:~$ date Sat Oct 4 20:46:09 EDT 2003 [westnet]:~$ host www.opensrsS.net Host not found. Whoo Whoo Whoo Whooo ! ========================================================== Chris Candreva -- chris@westnet.com -- (914) 967-7816 WestNet Internet Services of Westchester http://www.westnet.com/