I want to test my network monitor on a rather busy server colocated at Atlantic Internet. [1] There's interesting traffic there and I want to make sure I'm properly decoding the traffic to monitor it.
So I try to transfer it from my home box via FTP. Only I get a connection refused. “What the?” I think. Then I look carefully at where I'm trying to transfer the file from: **linus.slab.connan.org**. Connan.
Hmmmmmm …
Check out the web page. Don't bother—it's a domain name auction site if you can believe it. Only it's not other people auctioning off domains they own—it's the auction company itself auctioning off the domains. And it looks like they've wildcarded the domain. Both “www” and “linus.slab” come up with the same web page.
I wonder if I bid for “www.connan.org” and have a friend bid for “linus.slab.connan.org” who would win? Or would we both win our respective “domains?”