iqsdirectory.com

ns1.dreamhost.com, ns2.dreamhost.com, ns3.dreamhost.com

Found

Parent zone

com

Delegation from

a.gtld-servers.net (192.5.6.30)

NS at the parent

ns1.dreamhost.com, ns2.dreamhost.com, ns3.dreamhost.com

NS in the zone

ns1.dreamhost.com, ns2.dreamhost.com, ns3.dreamhost.com

Checks

• ✓ 3 nameservers #6

  Delegated to ns1.dreamhost.com, ns2.dreamhost.com, ns3.dreamhost.com.
• ✓ 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 2 IPv4 /24s and 0 IPv6 /48s.
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  All nameservers in one AS

  All nameserver addresses are announced by one network operator (AS13335 (CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US): 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
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  All nameserver names under .com

  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
• !

  No IPv6

  None of the nameservers has an IPv6 address, so IPv6-only resolvers can't reach them.

  #13

3 of 3 addresses answer authoritatively

Found

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.
• !

  Software version disclosed

  These nameservers report their software version via version.bind/version.server, which helps attackers find known vulnerabilities: ns1.dreamhost.com: "2026.10.8"; ns2.dreamhost.com: "2026.10.8"; ns3.dreamhost.com: "2026.10.8". Hide or replace the version string.

  #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.

serial 2026091400 · primary ns1.dreamhost.com

Found

Primary (MNAME)

ns1.dreamhost.com

Contact (RNAME)

hostmaster.dreamhost.com

Serial

2026091400

Refresh / retry

20670 s / 600 s

Expire

1814400 s

Negative TTL

60 s

Serial per nameserver

Checks

• ✓ Serial 2026091400 everywhere #22

  All nameservers serve the same version of the zone.
• !

  Unusual SOA timers

  negative caching TTL (minimum) 1m is outside 5m–1d (RFC 2308 recommends 1–3 hours). Current values: refresh 5h44m30s, retry 10m, expire 21d, negative TTL 1m.

  #23
• ✓ Primary is a public nameserver #24

  The primary nameserver ns1.dreamhost.com is one of the listed nameservers.
• ✓ Contact hostmaster@dreamhost.com #25

  The SOA RNAME hostmaster.dreamhost.com means hostmaster@dreamhost.com.
• ✓ Date-based serial #26

  The serial 2026091400 follows the YYYYMMDDnn convention (2026-09-14).

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

11 records at the apex

Found

Read from

162.159.26.14:53

Checks

• !

  Very low TTLs

  These records have a TTL below 5m, causing extra queries and slower lookups: A (1m), MX (1m). Low TTLs are useful just before a planned change. The NS TTL at the parent is 2d and in the zone 4h; resolvers may use either.

  #32
• ✓ No CNAME at the apex #33

  The zone apex has no CNAME record.
• ✓ No wildcard #34

  Names that don't exist return NXDOMAIN.
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  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