the-independent.com

Checked 22 October 2026, 11:01 UTC · via 8.8.8.8
!Passed with warnings
22 passed 3 warnings 0 failed 6 info

Registration

info

.com generic · Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE · expires 2027-06-01

Found

TLD
.com (generic)
ICANN policies apply
yes
Registrar
Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE
Registered
1 June 2005
Last changed
27 May 2026
Expires
1 June 2027
Status
client delete prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited
Registry nameservers
lars.ns.cloudflare.com, rihana.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 2027-06-01 #3
    The registration is valid until 2027-06-01 (222 days).
  • ✓ Transfer locked #4
    Registry status: client delete 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

lars.ns.cloudflare.com, rihana.ns.cloudflare.com

Found

Parent zone
com
Delegation from
a.gtld-servers.net (192.5.6.30)
NS at the parent
lars.ns.cloudflare.com, rihana.ns.cloudflare.com
NS in the zone
lars.ns.cloudflare.com, rihana.ns.cloudflare.com
NameserverAddressesNetwork (AS)Glue
lars.ns.cloudflare.com173.245.59.195 172.64.33.195 108.162.193.195 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c1c3 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:21c3 2606:4700:58::adf5:3bc3AS13335 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., US108.162.193.195 172.64.33.195 173.245.59.195 2606:4700:58::adf5:3bc3 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c1c3 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:21c3
rihana.ns.cloudflare.com108.162.192.244 173.245.58.244 172.64.32.244 2606:4700:50::adf5:3af4 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:20f4 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c0f4AS13335 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., US108.162.192.244 172.64.32.244 173.245.58.244 2606:4700:50::adf5:3af4 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c0f4 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:20f4

Checks

  • i
    2 nameservers
    Two nameservers meet the minimum; RFC 2182 recommends three or more for important zones: lars.ns.cloudflare.com, rihana.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
lars.ns.cloudflare.com 173.245.59.195NOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
lars.ns.cloudflare.com 172.64.33.195NOERROR, 6 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
lars.ns.cloudflare.com 108.162.193.195NOERROR, 7 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
lars.ns.cloudflare.com 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c1c3NOERROR, 6 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
lars.ns.cloudflare.com 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:21c3NOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
lars.ns.cloudflare.com 2606:4700:58::adf5:3bc3NOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-
rihana.ns.cloudflare.com 108.162.192.244NOERROR, 6 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
rihana.ns.cloudflare.com 173.245.58.244NOERROR, 6 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
rihana.ns.cloudflare.com 172.64.32.244NOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
rihana.ns.cloudflare.com 2606:4700:50::adf5:3af4NOERROR, 11 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
rihana.ns.cloudflare.com 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:20f4NOERROR, 10 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
rihana.ns.cloudflare.com 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c0f4NOERROR, 9 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: lars.ns.cloudflare.com: "2026.10.2"; rihana.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 2417098489 · primary lars.ns.cloudflare.com

Found

Primary (MNAME)
lars.ns.cloudflare.com
Contact (RNAME)
dns.cloudflare.com
Serial
2417098489
Refresh / retry
10000 s / 2400 s
Expire
604800 s
Negative TTL
1800 s

Serial per nameserver

NameserverSerial
lars.ns.cloudflare.com (173.245.59.195)2417098489
lars.ns.cloudflare.com (172.64.33.195)2417098489
lars.ns.cloudflare.com (108.162.193.195)2417098489
lars.ns.cloudflare.com (2803:f800:50::6ca2:c1c3)2417098489
lars.ns.cloudflare.com (2a06:98c1:50::ac40:21c3)2417098489
lars.ns.cloudflare.com (2606:4700:58::adf5:3bc3)2417098489
rihana.ns.cloudflare.com (108.162.192.244)2417098489
rihana.ns.cloudflare.com (173.245.58.244)2417098489
rihana.ns.cloudflare.com (172.64.32.244)2417098489
rihana.ns.cloudflare.com (2606:4700:50::adf5:3af4)2417098489
rihana.ns.cloudflare.com (2a06:98c1:50::ac40:20f4)2417098489
rihana.ns.cloudflare.com (2803:f800:50::6ca2:c0f4)2417098489

Checks

  • ✓ Serial 2417098489 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 lars.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 2417098489 is a Unix timestamp (2046-08-05 16:14 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

warn

18 records at the apex

Found

Read from
173.245.59.195:53
TypeValueTTL
SOAlars.ns.cloudflare.com. dns.cloudflare.com. 2417098489 10000 2400 604800 18001800
NSlars.ns.cloudflare.com.86400
NSrihana.ns.cloudflare.com.86400
A151.101.129.5549
A151.101.193.5549
A151.101.1.5549
A151.101.65.5549
MX1 aspmx.l.google.com.3600
MX10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com.3600
MX10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com.3600
MX5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.3600
MX5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.3600
TXT"MS=ms68656814"300
TXT"MS=ms81880886"300
TXT"apple-domain-verification=nezmWmtlGZ7eeG6X"300
TXT"google-site-verification=10R2h73QH142UmFQF9cty9FRWtipSKaelqD812410xY"300
TXT"google-site-verification=AKvqUgINhxp4v7fB9WMriTjEEJbytIPmujbVtGOD538"300
TXT"v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:amazonses.com ip4:62.189.214.128/25 ip4:217.10.137.0/26 ip4:154.47.66.0/24 ip4:54.77.160.217 ip4:195.234.243.112 ip4:206.155.87.84 ip4:103.13.71.86 include:_spf.google.com ~all"300

Checks

  • !
    Very low TTLs
    These records have a TTL below 5m, causing extra queries and slower lookups: A (49s). Low TTLs are useful just before a planned change. The NS TTL at the parent is 2d and in the zone 1d; resolvers may use either.
    #32
  • ✓ No CNAME at the apex #33
    The zone apex has no CNAME record.
  • i
    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.
    #34
  • i
    No CAA records
    Without CAA records any certificate authority may issue certificates for this domain. A CAA record limits issuance to the CAs you use.
    #35