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'''Wildcarding''' is a type of non-existent domain substitution (NXDOMAIN substitution) or DNS redirection that can be utilized at the registry level to redirect users when a site does not exist instead of taking the user to an error page.<ref name="SSAC page">[http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-015-en.htm SAC 015 | Why Top Level Domains Should Not Use Wildcard Resource Records], Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</ref> Wildcard functions are often denoted by a special character such as an asterisk.<ref name="SSAC page"/> [[ICANN]] and the Security and Stability Advisory Committee ([[SSAC]]) view wildcarding as a "destabilizing practice."<ref>[http://windowsitpro.com/security/will-icann-ban-top-level-dns-wildcarding Will ICANN Ban Top Level DNS Wildcarding?] by M. Edwards, Windows IT Pro</ref><ref name="dsl">[http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ICANN-Slams-DNS-Redirection-105651 ICANN Slams DNS Redirection: Calls such efforts a 'destabilizing practice'] by Karl Bode (November 25, 2009), DSLreports.com</ref>

'''Wildcarding''' is a type of non-existent domain substitution (NXDOMAIN substitution) or [[DNS]] redirection that can be utilized at the registry level to redirect users when a site does not exist instead of taking the user to an error page.<ref name="SSAC page">[http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-015-en.htm SAC 015 | Why Top Level Domains Should Not Use Wildcard Resource Records], Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</ref> Wildcard functions are often denoted by a special character such as an asterisk.<ref name="SSAC page"/> [[ICANN]] and the Security and Stability Advisory Committee ([[SSAC]]) view wildcarding as a "destabilizing practice."<ref>[http://windowsitpro.com/security/will-icann-ban-top-level-dns-wildcarding Will ICANN Ban Top Level DNS Wildcarding?] by M. Edwards, Windows IT Pro</ref><ref name="dsl">[http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ICANN-Slams-DNS-Redirection-105651 ICANN Slams DNS Redirection: Calls such efforts a 'destabilizing practice'] by Karl Bode (November 25, 2009), DSLreports.com</ref>

==Public Perception==

==Public Perception==