autoweek.nl

.nl country-code · Registrar.eu

Found

TLD

.nl (country-code)

ICANN policies apply

no

Registrar

Registrar.eu

Registered

25 April 1997

Last changed

30 July 2026

Status

active

Registry nameservers

eur2.akam.net, eur5.akam.net, eur6.akam.net, ns1-125.akam.net, ns1-25.akam.net, usc2.akam.net, use2.akam.net, use5.akam.net

RDAP server

https://rdap.sidn.nl/

Checks

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  .nl is a country-code TLD (ccTLD)

  Country-code TLD: governed by its local registry under national policy, not by an ICANN contract. Registrar accreditation, dispute resolution and RDAP/WHOIS rules are set by the registry.

  #1
• ✓ TLD delegated and signed #2

  .nl is delegated in the root zone and DNSSEC-signed.
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  Expiry date not published

  The registry does not publish the expiry date in RDAP. Check it with your registrar.

  #3
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  No transfer lock

  The domain has no transfer lock (status: active). A registrar lock protects against unauthorized transfers.

  #4
• ✓ Registry and delegation match #5

  The nameservers registered at the registry are the ones published in DNS.

eur2.akam.net, eur5.akam.net, eur6.akam.net, ns1-125.akam.net, ns1-25.akam.net, usc2.akam.net, use2.akam.net, use5.akam.net

Found

Parent zone

nl

Delegation from

ns1.dns.nl (194.0.28.53)

NS at the parent

eur2.akam.net, eur5.akam.net, eur6.akam.net, ns1-125.akam.net, ns1-25.akam.net, usc2.akam.net, use2.akam.net, use5.akam.net

NS in the zone

eur2.akam.net, eur5.akam.net, eur6.akam.net, ns1-125.akam.net, ns1-25.akam.net, usc2.akam.net, use2.akam.net, use5.akam.net

Checks

• ✓ 8 nameservers #6

  Delegated to eur2.akam.net, eur5.akam.net, eur6.akam.net, ns1-125.akam.net, ns1-25.akam.net, usc2.akam.net, use2.akam.net, use5.akam.net.
• ✓ Parent and zone agree #7

  The parent delegation and the zone's NS records list the same nameservers.
• ✓ No glue needed #8

  All nameservers are outside the zone, so no glue records are needed.
• ✓ All names resolve #9

  Every nameserver name has an address and is not an alias.
• ✓ Nameservers in different networks #10

  The nameservers are spread over 7 IPv4 /24s and 2 IPv6 /48s.
• ✓ 2 autonomous systems #11

  The nameservers are spread over: AS20940 (AKAMAI-ASN1 - Akamai International B.V., NL): 2 addresses; AS21342 (AKAMAI-ASN2 - Akamai International B.V., NL): 9 addresses.
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  All nameserver names under .net

  All nameserver names are under one TLD, so a problem with that TLD also makes the nameservers unreachable. Some operators use names under two TLDs for extra resilience.

  #12
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  Partly IPv6

  These nameservers have no IPv6 address: eur2.akam.net, eur5.akam.net, eur6.akam.net, usc2.akam.net, use2.akam.net.

  #13

Signed, DS published at parent

Found

Validated by resolver

yes

Denial of existence

NSEC3

NSEC3

0 iterations, 0-byte salt

Signatures valid until

24 October 2026

DS at the parent

DNSKEY in the zone

Checks

• ✓ Signed and validated #27

  The zone is signed, the parent publishes a DS record, and the resolver validates the answers.
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  Unused DS records

  These DS records match no key in the zone: key tag 22618 (SHA256). That is normal during a key rollover; otherwise remove them.

  #28
• ✓ Modern algorithms #29

  Key algorithms: ECDSAP256SHA256 (13).
• ✓ Short-lived signatures (online signing) #30

  Signatures are valid for 73h0m0s and created on demand; the current one was made at 2026-10-21 01:06 UTC and expires at 2026-10-24 02:06 UTC.
• ✓ NSEC3 as recommended #31

  The zone uses NSEC3 with 0 iterations and no salt (RFC 9276).