Domain report: kub.nl

Registration

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.nl country-code · Katholieke Universiteit Brabant

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TLD: .nl (country-code)
ICANN policies apply: no
Registrar: Katholieke Universiteit Brabant
Registered: 26 June 1986
Last changed: 28 April 2026
Status: active
Registry nameservers: ns1.uvt.nl, ns2.uvt.nl
RDAP server: https://rdap.sidn.nl/

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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.

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✓ 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.

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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.

Delegation

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ns1.uvt.nl, ns2.uvt.nl

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Parent zone: nl
Delegation from: ns1.dns.nl (194.0.28.53)
NS at the parent: ns1.uvt.nl, ns2.uvt.nl
NS in the zone: ns1.uvt.nl, ns2.uvt.nl

Nameserver	Addresses	Network (AS)	Glue
ns1.uvt.nl	137.56.247.39 2001:610:1410:0:9b5d:fd1c:8983:3687	AS1103 SURFNET-NL - SURF B.V., NL AS1103 SURFNET-NL - SURF B.V., NL	137.56.247.39 2001:610:1410:0:9b5d:fd1c:8983:3687
ns2.uvt.nl	137.56.247.40 2001:610:1410:0:28b:f453:70ab:663b	AS1103 SURFNET-NL - SURF B.V., NL AS1103 SURFNET-NL - SURF B.V., NL	137.56.247.40 2001:610:1410:0:28b:f453:70ab:663b

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2 nameservers

Two nameservers meet the minimum; RFC 2182 recommends three or more for important zones: ns1.uvt.nl, ns2.uvt.nl.

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✓ 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.
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Nameservers in one network

all IPv4 addresses are in 137.56.247.0/24; all IPv6 addresses are in 2001:610:1410::/48. A single network failure takes all nameservers down; RFC 2182 recommends topologically separate networks (anycast setups are an exception).

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All nameservers in one AS

All nameserver addresses are announced by one network operator (AS1103 (SURFNET-NL - SURF B.V., NL): 4 addresses). An outage or attack on that network affects all nameservers; large anycast providers mitigate this, but a secondary DNS provider adds independence.

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All nameserver names under .nl

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
✓ All reachable over IPv6 #13

Every nameserver has an IPv6 address.

Nameservers

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4 of 4 addresses answer authoritatively

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Nameserver	Answer	Recursion	TCP / EDNS	AXFR	Version
ns1.uvt.nl 137.56.247.39	NOERROR, 14 ms, authoritative	no	yes / yes	refused	NSD 4.3.5
ns1.uvt.nl 2001:610:1410:0:9b5d:fd1c:8983:3687	NOERROR, 13 ms, authoritative	no	yes / yes	refused	NSD 4.3.5
ns2.uvt.nl 137.56.247.40	NOERROR, 13 ms, authoritative	no	yes / yes	refused	NSD 4.3.5
ns2.uvt.nl 2001:610:1410:0:28b:f453:70ab:663b	NOERROR, 13 ms, authoritative	no	yes / yes	refused	NSD 4.3.5

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✓ All respond #14

All 4 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.
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Software version disclosed

These nameservers report their software version via version.bind/version.server, which helps attackers find known vulnerabilities: ns1.uvt.nl: "NSD 4.3.5"; ns2.uvt.nl: "NSD 4.3.5". Hide or replace the version string.

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✓ 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

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serial 2026102103 · primary ns1.uvt.nl

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Primary (MNAME): ns1.uvt.nl
Contact (RNAME): hostmaster.uvt.nl
Serial: 2026102103
Refresh / retry: 28800 s / 14400 s
Expire: 604800 s
Negative TTL: 300 s

Serial per nameserver

Nameserver	Serial
ns1.uvt.nl (137.56.247.39)	2026102103
ns1.uvt.nl (2001:610:1410:0:9b5d:fd1c:8983:3687)	2026102103
ns2.uvt.nl (137.56.247.40)	2026102103
ns2.uvt.nl (2001:610:1410:0:28b:f453:70ab:663b)	2026102103

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✓ Serial 2026102103 everywhere #22

All nameservers serve the same version of the zone.
✓ Timers within recommendations #23

SOA refresh 8h, retry 4h, expire 7d, negative TTL 5m.
✓ Primary is a public nameserver #24

The primary nameserver ns1.uvt.nl is one of the listed nameservers.
✓ Contact hostmaster@uvt.nl #25

The SOA RNAME hostmaster.uvt.nl means hostmaster@uvt.nl.
✓ Date-based serial #26

The serial 2026102103 follows the YYYYMMDDnn convention (2026-10-21).

DNSSEC

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Signed, DS published at parent

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Validated by resolver: yes
Denial of existence: NSEC3
NSEC3: 5 iterations, 8-byte salt
Signatures valid until: 4 November 2026

DS at the parent

Key tag	Algorithm	Digest	Matches a key
161	RSASHA256 (8)	SHA256 17578BF37C62C95F…	yes

DNSKEY in the zone

Key tag	Role	Algorithm
161	KSK (257)	RSASHA256 (8)
36439	ZSK (256)	RSASHA256 (8)
44944	ZSK (256)	RSASHA256 (8)

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✓ Signed and validated #27

The zone is signed, the parent publishes a DS record, and the resolver validates the answers.
✓ DS matches a key #28

The DS record at the parent matches a key in the zone: key tag 161 (SHA256).
✓ Modern algorithms #29

Key algorithms: RSASHA256 (8).
✓ Signatures valid until 2026-11-04 #30

The earliest DNSKEY/SOA signature expires at 2026-11-04 17:49 UTC.
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NSEC3 with extra iterations or salt

NSEC3 uses 5 iterations and a 8-byte salt. RFC 9276 recommends 0 iterations and no salt: extra iterations cost resolvers CPU and add no real protection, and some validators treat high counts as insecure.

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Records

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20 records at the apex

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Read from: 137.56.247.39:53

Type	Value	TTL
SOA	ns1.uvt.nl. hostmaster.uvt.nl. 2026102103 28800 14400 604800 300	3600
NS	ns1.uvt.nl.	3600
NS	ns2.uvt.nl.	3600
A	137.56.209.21	300
A	137.56.209.22	300
AAAA	2001:610:1410:280:24ee:f0cd:6282:7639	300
AAAA	2001:610:1410:280:24ee:f0cd:bb36:7745	300
MX	0 kub-nl.mail.protection.outlook.com.	60
TXT	"Universiteit van Tilburg"	3600
TXT	"Tilburg University"	3600
TXT	"Warandelaan 2, Tilburg, The Netherlands"	3600
TXT	"P.O.box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands"	3600
TXT	"phone: +31-13-4669111"	3600
TXT	"v=spf1 include:_spfcampus.uvt.nl -all"	3600
TXT	"MS=ms77591013"	3600
CAA	0 issue "digicert.com"	3600
CAA	0 issue "sectigo.com"	3600
CAA	0 iodef "mailto:ssl@uvt.nl"	3600
CAA	0 issue "harica.gr"	3600
CAA	0 issue "amazon.com"	3600

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Very low TTLs

These records have a TTL below 5m, causing extra queries and slower lookups: MX (1m). Low TTLs are useful just before a planned change.

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✓ No CNAME at the apex #33

The zone apex has no CNAME record.
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Wildcard record

A random name under the zone resolves, so there is a wildcard (*) record. Typos and non-existent hosts resolve too, which can confuse mail and certificate checks.

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✓ CAA restricts issuance #35

Certificates may be issued by: digicert.com, sectigo.com, harica.gr, amazon.com.