neilpatel.com

Checked 22 October 2026, 10:01 UTC · via 8.8.8.8
!Passed with warnings
25 passed 2 warnings 0 failed 4 info

Registration

info

.com generic · GoDaddy.com, LLC · expires 2030-10-10

Found

TLD
.com (generic)
ICANN policies apply
yes
Registrar
GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registered
11 October 1997
Last changed
18 September 2024
Expires
10 October 2030
Status
client delete prohibited, client renew prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited
Registry nameservers
guss.ns.cloudflare.com, jamie.ns.cloudflare.com
RDAP server
https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/

Checks

  • i
    .com is a generic TLD (gTLD)
    Generic TLD under an ICANN registry agreement: ICANN-accredited registrars, UDRP and RDAP apply.
    #1
  • ✓ TLD delegated and signed #2
    .com is delegated in the root zone and DNSSEC-signed.
  • ✓ Expires on 2030-10-10 #3
    The registration is valid until 2030-10-10 (1448 days).
  • ✓ Transfer locked #4
    Registry status: client delete prohibited, client renew prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited.
  • ✓ Registry and delegation match #5
    The nameservers registered at the registry are the ones published in DNS.

Delegation

info

guss.ns.cloudflare.com, jamie.ns.cloudflare.com

Found

Parent zone
com
Delegation from
a.gtld-servers.net (192.5.6.30)
NS at the parent
guss.ns.cloudflare.com, jamie.ns.cloudflare.com
NS in the zone
guss.ns.cloudflare.com, jamie.ns.cloudflare.com
NameserverAddressesNetwork (AS)Glue
guss.ns.cloudflare.com108.162.193.172 172.64.33.172 173.245.59.172 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:21ac 2606:4700:58::adf5:3bac 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c1acAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US AS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US AS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US AS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US AS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US AS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US108.162.193.172 172.64.33.172 173.245.59.172 2606:4700:58::adf5:3bac 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c1ac 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:21ac
jamie.ns.cloudflare.com173.245.58.168 108.162.192.168 172.64.32.168 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:20a8 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c0a8 2606:4700:50::adf5:3aa8AS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US AS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US AS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US AS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US AS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US AS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US108.162.192.168 172.64.32.168 173.245.58.168 2606:4700:50::adf5:3aa8 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c0a8 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:20a8

Checks

  • i
    2 nameservers
    Two nameservers meet the minimum; RFC 2182 recommends three or more for important zones: guss.ns.cloudflare.com, jamie.ns.cloudflare.com.
    #6
  • ✓ 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 6 IPv4 /24s and 4 IPv6 /48s.
  • i
    All nameservers in one AS
    All nameserver addresses are announced by one network operator (AS13335 (CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US): 12 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 .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
  • ✓ All reachable over IPv6 #13
    Every nameserver has an IPv6 address.

Nameservers

warn

12 of 12 addresses answer authoritatively

Found

NameserverAnswerRecursionTCP / EDNSAXFRVersion
guss.ns.cloudflare.com 108.162.193.172NOERROR, 14 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
guss.ns.cloudflare.com 172.64.33.172NOERROR, 14 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
guss.ns.cloudflare.com 173.245.59.172NOERROR, 14 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
guss.ns.cloudflare.com 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:21acNOERROR, 15 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
guss.ns.cloudflare.com 2606:4700:58::adf5:3bacNOERROR, 14 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
guss.ns.cloudflare.com 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c1acNOERROR, 15 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
jamie.ns.cloudflare.com 173.245.58.168NOERROR, 15 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
jamie.ns.cloudflare.com 108.162.192.168NOERROR, 15 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
jamie.ns.cloudflare.com 172.64.32.168NOERROR, 15 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
jamie.ns.cloudflare.com 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:20a8NOERROR, 20 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
jamie.ns.cloudflare.com 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c0a8NOERROR, 20 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
jamie.ns.cloudflare.com 2606:4700:50::adf5:3aa8NOERROR, 20 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2

Checks

  • ✓ All respond #14
    All 12 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: guss.ns.cloudflare.com: "2026.10.2"; jamie.ns.cloudflare.com: "2026.10.2". 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.

SOA

pass

serial 2418093042 · primary guss.ns.cloudflare.com

Found

Primary (MNAME)
guss.ns.cloudflare.com
Contact (RNAME)
dns.cloudflare.com
Serial
2418093042
Refresh / retry
10000 s / 2400 s
Expire
604800 s
Negative TTL
1800 s

Serial per nameserver

NameserverSerial
guss.ns.cloudflare.com (108.162.193.172)2418093042
guss.ns.cloudflare.com (172.64.33.172)2418093042
guss.ns.cloudflare.com (173.245.59.172)2418093042
guss.ns.cloudflare.com (2a06:98c1:50::ac40:21ac)2418093042
guss.ns.cloudflare.com (2606:4700:58::adf5:3bac)2418093042
guss.ns.cloudflare.com (2803:f800:50::6ca2:c1ac)2418093042
jamie.ns.cloudflare.com (173.245.58.168)2418093042
jamie.ns.cloudflare.com (108.162.192.168)2418093042
jamie.ns.cloudflare.com (172.64.32.168)2418093042
jamie.ns.cloudflare.com (2a06:98c1:50::ac40:20a8)2418093042
jamie.ns.cloudflare.com (2803:f800:50::6ca2:c0a8)2418093042
jamie.ns.cloudflare.com (2606:4700:50::adf5:3aa8)2418093042

Checks

  • ✓ Serial 2418093042 everywhere #22
    All nameservers serve the same version of the zone.
  • ✓ Timers within recommendations #23
    SOA refresh 2h46m40s, retry 40m, expire 7d, negative TTL 30m.
  • ✓ Primary is a public nameserver #24
    The primary nameserver guss.ns.cloudflare.com is one of the listed nameservers.
  • ✓ Contact dns@cloudflare.com #25
    The SOA RNAME dns.cloudflare.com means dns@cloudflare.com.
  • ✓ Timestamp serial #26
    The serial 2418093042 is a Unix timestamp (2046-08-17 04:30 UTC).

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

pass

36 records at the apex

Found

Read from
108.162.193.172:53
TypeValueTTL
SOAguss.ns.cloudflare.com. dns.cloudflare.com. 2418093042 10000 2400 604800 18001800
NSguss.ns.cloudflare.com.86400
NSjamie.ns.cloudflare.com.86400
A104.20.39.45300
A172.66.158.241300
AAAA2606:4700:10::6814:272d300
AAAA2606:4700:10::ac42:9ef1300
MX1 aspmx.l.google.com.300
MX10 aspmx2.googlemail.com.300
MX10 aspmx3.googlemail.com.300
MX5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.300
MX5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.300
TXT"MS=ms35402416"300
TXT"google-site-verification=69oeSF2ynTPY0E5pqUZs-yxPJ-MGACV-Stxi6MJfrC0"300
TXT"google-site-verification=BGqGskkKsGMr0MD39uTedHJVLjanxfypOYRrc-0IJkk"300
TXT"google-site-verification=DFmjfROYsh4y06UZEacP-UrNM2zGUw6eNDumC2f4WPs"300
TXT"google-site-verification=WQg-6qBd_DxoZRDt7E-PjZCAxpObkGECPOQVcV6Vai0"300
TXT"google-site-verification=pkvlExz1OTIjM2MCDq_1_ojXUvAmQQ5x1c_lSuYE_Ws"300
TXT"google-site-verification=ysxmqVCxrn2N29tyJtIhAq_3NNSZuZOdy_Ue2Od471g"300
TXT"pardot932143=ab2991169fadcd8b17f47c2cf2be367899e347f60309b20698a506e65539d5df"300
TXT"v=spf1 include:_u.neilpatel.com._spf.dmarcla.com include:mail.zendesk.com -all"300
CAA0 issue "amazon.com"300
CAA0 issue "comodoca.com"300
CAA0 issue "digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"300
CAA0 issue "letsencrypt.org"300
CAA0 issue "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"300
CAA0 issue "ssl.com"300
CAA0 issuewild "amazon.com"300
CAA0 issuewild "amazonaws.com"300
CAA0 issuewild "amazontrust.com"300
CAA0 issuewild "awstrust.com"300
CAA0 issuewild "comodoca.com"300
CAA0 issuewild "digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"300
CAA0 issuewild "letsencrypt.org"300
CAA0 issuewild "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"300
CAA0 issuewild "ssl.com"300

Checks

  • ✓ TTLs within range #32
    TTLs: A 5m, AAAA 5m, MX 5m, NS 1d. The NS TTL at the parent is 2d and in the zone 1d; 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.
  • ✓ CAA restricts issuance #35
    Certificates may be issued by: amazon.com, comodoca.com, digicert.com, letsencrypt.org, pki.goog, ssl.com, amazonaws.com, amazontrust.com, awstrust.com.