Re: Bare TLD resolutions

["John Levine" <johnl () iecc com>]

In article <alpine.LSU.2.00.1409190959570.3000 () hermes-1 csi cam ac uk> you write:
> 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.

> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> *.prod.                 3600    IN      A       127.0.53.53

Yes, but only for a few months before the TLD goes live to try and
flush out prior local use of new TLDs.  The rule about wildcards in
live TLDs hasn't changed.

There was a lot about this at Verisign's name collision workshop after
the London IETF.

http://namecollisions.net/program/index.html

R's,
John