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news12.com

Checked 2026-10-22 10:02 UTC · first added 2026-10-21
✗Problems found Score 53 of 100

Domain & DNS

fail

20 passed 6 warn 1 failed

Areas

iRegistration !Delegation ✗Nameservers !SOA !DNSSEC !Records

Problems

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    Zone transfer allowed
    Nameservers · These nameservers send the complete zone to anyone who asks (AXFR), exposing all host names: authns1.alticeusa.com (167.206.13.20): 418 records; authns1.alticeusa.net (167.206.12.12): 418 records. Restrict zone transfers to your secondary servers.
    #18
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    No IPv6
    Delegation · None of the nameservers has an IPv6 address, so IPv6-only resolvers can't reach them.
    #13
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    Software version disclosed
    Nameservers · These nameservers report their software version via version.bind/version.server, which helps attackers find known vulnerabilities: authns1.alticeusa.com: "Akamai ANSPremier 5.5.0.1"; authns1.alticeusa.net: "Akamai ANSPremier 5.5.0.1". Hide or replace the version string.
    #17
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    Serials differ
    SOA · The nameservers serve different versions of the zone: 1792663222 on authns1.alticeusa.com (167.206.13.20); 1792663319 on authns1.alticeusa.net (167.206.12.12). This is normal for a few minutes after a change; if it lasts, zone transfers to the secondaries are failing.
    #22
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    Unusual SOA timers
    SOA · refresh 5m is outside 20m–1d; retry 15m should be shorter than refresh 5m. Current values: refresh 5m, retry 15m, expire 7d, negative TTL 15m.
    #23
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    Not signed
    DNSSEC · 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
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    Very low TTLs
    Records · These records have a TTL below 5m, causing extra queries and slower lookups: A (1m). Low TTLs are useful just before a planned change. The NS TTL at the parent is 2d and in the zone 5m; resolvers may use either.
    #32

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Mail

fail

23 passed 3 warn 1 failed

Areas

✓SPF ✗DMARC ✓DKIM !DNSSEC !MX !TLS iBIMI

Problems

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    Policy: none (monitoring only)
    DMARC · DMARC policy is set to 'none', which only monitors but doesn't protect against spoofing. Consider upgrading to 'quarantine' or ideally 'reject'.
    #4
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    Not enabled
    DNSSEC · DNSSEC is not enabled for this domain. Consider enabling DNSSEC to protect against DNS spoofing attacks.
    #8
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    Single MX host, no backup
    MX · Only one MX record found. For better email reliability, consider adding at least one backup MX server.
    #12
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    Not configured
    TLS · MTA-STS is not configured, so other mail servers fall back to unencrypted delivery when TLS fails or is stripped by an attacker. Publish a _mta-sts TXT record and a policy at https://mta-sts.<domain>/.well-known/mta-sts.txt.
    #32

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