theepochtimes.com

Checked 22 October 2026, 11:02 UTC · via 8.8.8.8
!Passed with warnings
24 passed 2 warnings 0 failed 5 info

Registration

info

.com generic · GoDaddy.com, LLC · expires 2030-12-17

Found

TLD
.com (generic)
ICANN policies apply
yes
Registrar
GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registered
17 December 2003
Last changed
17 December 2025
Expires
17 December 2030
Status
client delete prohibited, client renew prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited
Registry nameservers
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com, justin.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 2030-12-17 #3
    The registration is valid until 2030-12-17 (1516 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

gracie.ns.cloudflare.com, justin.ns.cloudflare.com

Found

Parent zone
com
Delegation from
a.gtld-servers.net (192.5.6.30)
NS at the parent
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com, justin.ns.cloudflare.com
NS in the zone
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com, justin.ns.cloudflare.com
NameserverAddressesNetwork (AS)Glue
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com162.159.38.144 172.64.34.144 108.162.194.144 2606:4700:50::a29f:2690 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c290 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:2290AS13335 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., US108.162.194.144 162.159.38.144 172.64.34.144 2606:4700:50::a29f:2690 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c290 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:2290
justin.ns.cloudflare.com172.64.33.187 173.245.59.187 108.162.193.187 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:21bb 2606:4700:58::adf5:3bbb 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c1bbAS13335 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., US108.162.193.187 172.64.33.187 173.245.59.187 2606:4700:58::adf5:3bbb 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c1bb 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:21bb

Checks

  • i
    2 nameservers
    Two nameservers meet the minimum; RFC 2182 recommends three or more for important zones: gracie.ns.cloudflare.com, justin.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
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com 162.159.38.144NOERROR, 32 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com 172.64.34.144NOERROR, 4 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com 108.162.194.144NOERROR, 4 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com 2606:4700:50::a29f:2690NOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c290NOERROR, 8 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:2290NOERROR, 6 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
justin.ns.cloudflare.com 172.64.33.187NOERROR, 6 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
justin.ns.cloudflare.com 173.245.59.187NOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
justin.ns.cloudflare.com 108.162.193.187NOERROR, 9 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
justin.ns.cloudflare.com 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:21bbNOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
justin.ns.cloudflare.com 2606:4700:58::adf5:3bbbNOERROR, 9 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
justin.ns.cloudflare.com 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c1bbNOERROR, 8 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: gracie.ns.cloudflare.com: "2026.10.2"; justin.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 2417757119 · primary gracie.ns.cloudflare.com

Found

Primary (MNAME)
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com
Contact (RNAME)
dns.cloudflare.com
Serial
2417757119
Refresh / retry
10000 s / 2400 s
Expire
604800 s
Negative TTL
1800 s

Serial per nameserver

NameserverSerial
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com (162.159.38.144)2417757119
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com (172.64.34.144)2417757119
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com (108.162.194.144)2417757119
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com (2606:4700:50::a29f:2690)2417757119
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com (2803:f800:50::6ca2:c290)2417757119
gracie.ns.cloudflare.com (2a06:98c1:50::ac40:2290)2417757119
justin.ns.cloudflare.com (172.64.33.187)2417757119
justin.ns.cloudflare.com (173.245.59.187)2417757119
justin.ns.cloudflare.com (108.162.193.187)2417757119
justin.ns.cloudflare.com (2a06:98c1:50::ac40:21bb)2417757119
justin.ns.cloudflare.com (2606:4700:58::adf5:3bbb)2417757119
justin.ns.cloudflare.com (2803:f800:50::6ca2:c1bb)2417757119

Checks

  • ✓ Serial 2417757119 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 gracie.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 2417757119 is a Unix timestamp (2046-08-13 07:11 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

info

20 records at the apex

Found

Read from
162.159.38.144:53
TypeValueTTL
SOAgracie.ns.cloudflare.com. dns.cloudflare.com. 2417757119 10000 2400 604800 18001800
NSgracie.ns.cloudflare.com.86400
NSjustin.ns.cloudflare.com.86400
A104.17.158.22300
A104.17.157.22300
AAAA2606:4700::6811:9e16300
AAAA2606:4700::6811:9d16300
MX1 aspmx.l.google.com.86400
MX10 aspmx2.googlemail.com.86400
MX10 aspmx3.googlemail.com.86400
MX5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.86400
MX5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.86400
TXT"facebook-domain-verification=cy0qpin6ax3j3x53pjiwyy8wfq5c3w"300
TXT"facebook-domain-verification=h8lrrmx4t44h282ti74txsyk0r980n"300
TXT"google-site-verification=6Gu0yKq9aOJ1sBUzGkIKuL4ho0WF7piAyO-YmEMeHe0"300
TXT"google-site-verification=vvnZaqSO-4SUP2aK9gcD8rLME0UJmwN-CPgf8C1cZHY"300
TXT"google-site-verification=wY_wcoSOZfSX6a0A905mu9VG8RgaN5T8i4Sy7y44r_Q"300
TXT"v=spf1 include:_spf.theepochtimes.com include:spf.youmaker.com include:9200794a.ppspf.net ~all"300
TXT"yahoo-verification-key=U9mkwoISa0UiohRc+nM1sc9AMATYREoUgCtp/c+nAeA="300
TXT"yandex-verification: bc9b7ecadcdaf23c"300

Checks

  • ✓ TTLs within range #32
    TTLs: A 5m, AAAA 5m, MX 1d, 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.
  • 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