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Checked 2026-10-22 11:00 UTC · first added 2026-10-21
✗Problems found Score 78 of 100

Domain & DNS

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27 passed 1 warn 0 failed

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iRegistration iDelegation !Nameservers ✓SOA ✓DNSSEC iRecords

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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: jim.ns.cloudflare.com: "2026.10.2"; kate.ns.cloudflare.com: "2026.10.2". Hide or replace the version string.
    #17

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Mail

fail

23 passed 3 warn 1 failed

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

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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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    No aggregate reports (rua)
    DMARC · DMARC record has no rua tag, so you receive no aggregate reports about who sends mail as your domain. Add rua=mailto:...
    #19
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    Addresses without reverse DNS
    MX · These MX addresses have no PTR record, which many receivers treat as a spam signal: 2a05:d012:412:e201:88aa:e7b9:7a43:12d7 (mx1.improvmx.com), 2a05:d012:412:e203:373a:f51a:4a85:1d25 (mx1.improvmx.com), 2a05:d012:412:e202:f36:2c1f:1a49:d38a (mx1.improvmx.com), 2a05:d012:412:e203:7e33:3d9c:28d7:ee20 (mx2.improvmx.com), 2a05:d012:412:e201:1f6e:f6e4:8fd7:4678 (mx2.improvmx.com), 2a05:d012:412:e202:e81e:cc44:3b53:8a3d (mx2.improvmx.com). Ask your hosting provider to set one.
    #30
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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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