dife.de

Checked 21 October 2026, 22:14 UTC · via 8.8.8.8
!Passed with warnings
20 passed 1 warning 0 failed 8 info

Registration

info

.de country-code

Found

TLD
.de (country-code)
ICANN policies apply
no

Checks

  • i
    .de 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
    .de is delegated in the root zone and DNSSEC-signed.
  • i
    Registration data not available
    No registration data via RDAP: the registry of .de offers no RDAP service. Many ccTLD registries don't offer RDAP; check the registry's WHOIS instead.
    #3

Delegation

info

deneb.dfn.de, dns.dife.de

Found

Parent zone
de
Delegation from
a.nic.de (194.0.0.53)
NS at the parent
deneb.dfn.de, dns.dife.de
NS in the zone
deneb.dfn.de, dns.dife.de
NameserverAddressesNetwork (AS)Glue
deneb.dfn.de192.76.176.9 2001:638:800:1::9AS680 DFN - Verein zur Foerderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes e.V., DE AS680 DFN - Verein zur Foerderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes e.V., DE-
dns.dife.de193.175.234.8AS680 DFN - Verein zur Foerderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes e.V., DE193.175.234.8

Checks

  • i
    2 nameservers
    Two nameservers meet the minimum; RFC 2182 recommends three or more for important zones: deneb.dfn.de, dns.dife.de.
    #6
  • ✓ Parent and zone agree #7
    The parent delegation and the zone's NS records list the same nameservers.
  • ✓ Glue present and correct #8
    Glue is published for the nameservers inside the zone: dns.dife.de.
  • ✓ 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 2 IPv4 /24s and 1 IPv6 /48.
  • i
    All nameservers in one AS
    All nameserver addresses are announced by one network operator (AS680 (DFN - Verein zur Foerderung eines Deutschen Forschungsnetzes e.V., DE): 3 addresses). An outage or attack on that network affects all nameservers; large anycast providers mitigate this, but a secondary DNS provider adds independence.
    #11
  • i
    All nameserver names under .de
    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
  • i
    Partly IPv6
    These nameservers have no IPv6 address: dns.dife.de.
    #13

Nameservers

info

3 of 3 addresses answer authoritatively

Found

NameserverAnswerRecursionTCP / EDNSAXFRVersion
deneb.dfn.de 192.76.176.9NOERROR, 14 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused0
deneb.dfn.de 2001:638:800:1::9NOERROR, 14 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused0
dns.dife.de 193.175.234.8NOERROR, 15 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-

Checks

  • ✓ All respond #14
    All 3 nameserver addresses answered.
  • ✓ All authoritative #15
    Every responding nameserver answers authoritatively for the zone.
  • ✓ No recursion #16
    The nameservers do not answer recursive queries for other domains.
  • i
    Identifying string disclosed
    These nameservers answer version queries with a string that is not a version number: deneb.dfn.de: "0".
    #17
  • ✓ Zone transfers refused #18
    No nameserver allows a zone transfer to the public.
  • ✓ TCP supported #19
    All nameservers answer over TCP.
  • ✓ EDNS supported #20
    All nameservers support EDNS(0).
  • ✓ Public addresses #21
    All nameserver addresses are publicly routable.

SOA

pass

serial 2026102002 · primary dns.dife.de

Found

Primary (MNAME)
dns.dife.de
Contact (RNAME)
hostmaster.dife.de
Serial
2026102002
Refresh / retry
28800 s / 7200 s
Expire
1209600 s
Negative TTL
28800 s

Serial per nameserver

NameserverSerial
deneb.dfn.de (192.76.176.9)2026102002
deneb.dfn.de (2001:638:800:1::9)2026102002
dns.dife.de (193.175.234.8)2026102002

Checks

  • ✓ Serial 2026102002 everywhere #22
    All nameservers serve the same version of the zone.
  • ✓ Timers within recommendations #23
    SOA refresh 8h, retry 2h, expire 14d, negative TTL 8h.
  • ✓ Primary is a public nameserver #24
    The primary nameserver dns.dife.de is one of the listed nameservers.
  • ✓ Contact hostmaster@dife.de #25
    The SOA RNAME hostmaster.dife.de means hostmaster@dife.de.
  • ✓ Date-based serial #26
    The serial 2026102002 follows the YYYYMMDDnn convention (2026-10-20).

DNSSEC

warn

Not signed

Found

Validated by resolver
no

Checks

  • !
    Not signed
    The zone is not signed with DNSSEC, so answers can be spoofed. Enable DNSSEC at your DNS provider and publish the DS record at your registrar.
    #27

Records

info

10 records at the apex

Found

Read from
192.76.176.9:53
TypeValueTTL
SOAdns.dife.de. hostmaster.dife.de. 2026102002 28800 7200 1209600 288007200
NSdns.dife.de.7200
NSdeneb.dfn.de.7200
A162.55.97.1127200
MX10 mx10.dife.de.7200
TXT"google-site-verification=FrJM-an37bcGh6iGc211qn7-hSy47Jg9naFOdJz0zv4"3600
TXT"v=spf1 a mx -all"3600
TXT"MS=F48C461B7CB16562A39EF0ACA5325966E7E8A441"3600
TXT"apple-domain-verification=CPtPakUNNG7qx6d0"3600
TXT"adobe-idp-site-verification=dfd251becdffc99082ca9133c3432244ae339abb5c1d214c98221427bdcf7649"3600

Checks

  • ✓ TTLs within range #32
    TTLs: A 2h, MX 2h, NS 2h. The NS TTL at the parent is 1d and in the zone 2h; resolvers may use either.
  • ✓ No CNAME at the apex #33
    The zone apex has no CNAME record.
  • ✓ No wildcard #34
    Names that don't exist return NXDOMAIN.
  • i
    No CAA records
    Without CAA records any certificate authority may issue certificates for this domain. A CAA record limits issuance to the CAs you use.
    #35