sitepoint.com

Checked 22 October 2026, 10:43 UTC · via 8.8.8.8
!Passed with warnings
25 passed 2 warnings 0 failed 4 info

Registration

info

.com generic · eNom, LLC · expires 2027-10-04

Found

TLD
.com (generic)
ICANN policies apply
yes
Registrar
eNom, LLC
Registered
4 October 1999
Last changed
5 September 2026
Expires
4 October 2027
Status
client transfer prohibited
Registry nameservers
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com, khalid.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 2027-10-04 #3
    The registration is valid until 2027-10-04 (347 days).
  • ✓ Transfer locked #4
    Registry status: client transfer prohibited.
  • ✓ Registry and delegation match #5
    The nameservers registered at the registry are the ones published in DNS.

Delegation

info

alexia.ns.cloudflare.com, khalid.ns.cloudflare.com

Found

Parent zone
com
Delegation from
a.gtld-servers.net (192.5.6.30)
NS at the parent
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com, khalid.ns.cloudflare.com
NS in the zone
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com, khalid.ns.cloudflare.com
NameserverAddressesNetwork (AS)Glue
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com162.159.38.175 172.64.34.175 108.162.194.175 2606:4700:50::a29f:26af 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c2af 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:22afAS13335 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., US108.162.194.175 162.159.38.175 172.64.34.175 2606:4700:50::a29f:26af 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c2af 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:22af
khalid.ns.cloudflare.com172.64.35.53 162.159.44.53 108.162.195.53 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c335 2606:4700:58::a29f:2c35 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:2335AS13335 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., US108.162.195.53 162.159.44.53 172.64.35.53 2606:4700:58::a29f:2c35 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c335 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:2335

Checks

  • i
    2 nameservers
    Two nameservers meet the minimum; RFC 2182 recommends three or more for important zones: alexia.ns.cloudflare.com, khalid.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
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com 162.159.38.175NOERROR, 33 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com 172.64.34.175NOERROR, 7 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com 108.162.194.175NOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com 2606:4700:50::a29f:26afNOERROR, 6 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c2afNOERROR, 6 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:22afNOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
khalid.ns.cloudflare.com 172.64.35.53NOERROR, 6 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
khalid.ns.cloudflare.com 162.159.44.53NOERROR, 32 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
khalid.ns.cloudflare.com 108.162.195.53NOERROR, 6 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
khalid.ns.cloudflare.com 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c335NOERROR, 6 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
khalid.ns.cloudflare.com 2606:4700:58::a29f:2c35NOERROR, 6 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
khalid.ns.cloudflare.com 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:2335NOERROR, 5 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: alexia.ns.cloudflare.com: "2026.10.2"; khalid.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 2417964408 · primary alexia.ns.cloudflare.com

Found

Primary (MNAME)
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com
Contact (RNAME)
dns.cloudflare.com
Serial
2417964408
Refresh / retry
10000 s / 2400 s
Expire
604800 s
Negative TTL
1800 s

Serial per nameserver

NameserverSerial
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com (162.159.38.175)2417964408
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com (172.64.34.175)2417964408
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com (108.162.194.175)2417964408
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com (2606:4700:50::a29f:26af)2417964408
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com (2803:f800:50::6ca2:c2af)2417964408
alexia.ns.cloudflare.com (2a06:98c1:50::ac40:22af)2417964408
khalid.ns.cloudflare.com (172.64.35.53)2417964408
khalid.ns.cloudflare.com (162.159.44.53)2417964408
khalid.ns.cloudflare.com (108.162.195.53)2417964408
khalid.ns.cloudflare.com (2803:f800:50::6ca2:c335)2417964408
khalid.ns.cloudflare.com (2606:4700:58::a29f:2c35)2417964408
khalid.ns.cloudflare.com (2a06:98c1:50::ac40:2335)2417964408

Checks

  • ✓ Serial 2417964408 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 alexia.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 2417964408 is a Unix timestamp (2046-08-15 16:46 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

31 records at the apex

Found

Read from
162.159.38.175:53
TypeValueTTL
SOAalexia.ns.cloudflare.com. dns.cloudflare.com. 2417964408 10000 2400 604800 18001800
NSalexia.ns.cloudflare.com.86400
NSkhalid.ns.cloudflare.com.86400
A54.148.84.95300
MX10 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.300
MX10 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.300
MX20 aspmx2.googlemail.com.300
MX20 aspmx3.googlemail.com.300
MX5 aspmx.l.google.com.300
TXT"TP35gQqbXhGR2Hj6"300
TXT"brave-ledger-verification=22a5fe78175805d94e664ec0e5bebe6a1aee964e6f89d49eb80737e616b74c93"300
TXT"facebook-domain-verification=fne6da0p12c32q9l00tqc73y3xlsh3"300
TXT"google-site-verification=EJd07SyIwMr8CLJPGG8mcmhvu4xpr6ef8E6qIqLpMSs"300
TXT"google-site-verification=eAH_o5Adh4mFgEJA28kPot37_NZ2RECEEWVHnt-TeQc"300
TXT"google-site-verification=xTWbWQSbArTlYwD97g9IlULg7ukcr-yJiVkY6_2K1eU"300
TXT"proxy-ssl.webflow.com"300
TXT"v=spf1 include:spfa.mailendo.com include:_spf.mlsend.com include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.createsend.com include:sendgrid.net -all"300
TXT"yandex-verification: afa5fceebc44c49d"300
CAA0 iodef "mailto:certadmin@sitepoint.com"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 "sectigo.com"300
CAA0 issue "ssl.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, 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, sectigo.com, ssl.com.