.CM (Cameron) activates WildCard DNS

5th Aug 2006 · Posted in Tidbits by admin · 1 Comment

The operator for the .CM TLD (Cameron) has apparently activated WildCard DNS for all of their non-registered names and is displaying PPC advertising. What makes this different from
other ccTLDs that have done this in the past? Well, .CM is a typo of .COM.

[Update]: Judging from the IP address that the domains resolve to, it appears that this service is supplied by Hitfarm/NameView/GDEi.com.

[via ThreadWatch.org]

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