|> -----Original Message-----
|> From: James Fiander [mailto:jfiander§nimblehost.com] 
|> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 11:02 AM
|> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
|> Subject: Re: [DNS] Org.com
|> 
|> 
|> oh dear,
|> 
|> people have let their imaginations die haven't they... if 
|> you type ANYTHING
|> before org.com it will resolve the same way... 
|> http://blahblahblah.org.com
|> it is acheived by simply putting at * instead of an actual 
|> subdomain... so
|> it's basically *.org.com will resolve to the website.. its common
|> practise... i do it on my servers quite often...

Yes, it is a wildcard DNS entry.  However, isn't it written into an RFC
to not use a text string for a domain that is used for a gTLD?  Or am I
recalling a fallacy?

Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.