Wildcard subdomains?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <37C05B91.6A164BA0 at Lahoti.com>,
Dave Lahoti  <Dave at Lahoti.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>  What kind of DNS entry do I need to support wildcard dns entries?
>
>  Try going to any made up garbage web address like:
>    http://kjdfkdjfkdjf.cc
>
>  It resolves!
>
>  How can I have this feature?

* in a 1.2.3.4

will cause all the unlisted hosts in your domain to have the address
1.2.3.4.

Is it so hard to look up "wildcard" in the index to the DNS&BIND book
before posting?

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