thefederalist.com

Checked 22 October 2026, 11:02 UTC · via 8.8.8.8
!Passed with warnings
25 passed 2 warnings 0 failed 4 info

Registration

info

.com generic · GoDaddy.com, LLC · expires 2029-03-16

Found

TLD
.com (generic)
ICANN policies apply
yes
Registrar
GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registered
16 March 2012
Last changed
11 March 2024
Expires
16 March 2029
Status
client delete prohibited, client renew prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited
Registry nameservers
dom.ns.cloudflare.com, kim.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 2029-03-16 #3
    The registration is valid until 2029-03-16 (876 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

dom.ns.cloudflare.com, kim.ns.cloudflare.com

Found

Parent zone
com
Delegation from
a.gtld-servers.net (192.5.6.30)
NS at the parent
dom.ns.cloudflare.com, kim.ns.cloudflare.com
NS in the zone
dom.ns.cloudflare.com, kim.ns.cloudflare.com
NameserverAddressesNetwork (AS)Glue
dom.ns.cloudflare.com173.245.59.157 172.64.33.157 108.162.193.157 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:219d 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c19d 2606:4700:58::adf5:3b9dAS13335 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., US108.162.193.157 172.64.33.157 173.245.59.157 2606:4700:58::adf5:3b9d 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c19d 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:219d
kim.ns.cloudflare.com172.64.32.126 108.162.192.126 173.245.58.126 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c07e 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:207e 2606:4700:50::adf5:3a7eAS13335 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., US108.162.192.126 172.64.32.126 173.245.58.126 2606:4700:50::adf5:3a7e 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c07e 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:207e

Checks

  • i
    2 nameservers
    Two nameservers meet the minimum; RFC 2182 recommends three or more for important zones: dom.ns.cloudflare.com, kim.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
dom.ns.cloudflare.com 173.245.59.157NOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
dom.ns.cloudflare.com 172.64.33.157NOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
dom.ns.cloudflare.com 108.162.193.157NOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
dom.ns.cloudflare.com 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:219dNOERROR, 6 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
dom.ns.cloudflare.com 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c19dNOERROR, 8 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
dom.ns.cloudflare.com 2606:4700:58::adf5:3b9dNOERROR, 9 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
kim.ns.cloudflare.com 172.64.32.126NOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
kim.ns.cloudflare.com 108.162.192.126NOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
kim.ns.cloudflare.com 173.245.58.126NOERROR, 9 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
kim.ns.cloudflare.com 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c07eNOERROR, 6 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
kim.ns.cloudflare.com 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:207eNOERROR, 8 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
kim.ns.cloudflare.com 2606:4700:50::adf5:3a7eNOERROR, 10 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: dom.ns.cloudflare.com: "2026.10.2"; kim.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 2416835818 · primary dom.ns.cloudflare.com

Found

Primary (MNAME)
dom.ns.cloudflare.com
Contact (RNAME)
dns.cloudflare.com
Serial
2416835818
Refresh / retry
10000 s / 2400 s
Expire
604800 s
Negative TTL
1800 s

Serial per nameserver

NameserverSerial
dom.ns.cloudflare.com (173.245.59.157)2416835818
dom.ns.cloudflare.com (172.64.33.157)2416835818
dom.ns.cloudflare.com (108.162.193.157)2416835818
dom.ns.cloudflare.com (2a06:98c1:50::ac40:219d)2416835818
dom.ns.cloudflare.com (2803:f800:50::6ca2:c19d)2416835818
dom.ns.cloudflare.com (2606:4700:58::adf5:3b9d)2416835818
kim.ns.cloudflare.com (172.64.32.126)2416835818
kim.ns.cloudflare.com (108.162.192.126)2416835818
kim.ns.cloudflare.com (173.245.58.126)2416835818
kim.ns.cloudflare.com (2803:f800:50::6ca2:c07e)2416835818
kim.ns.cloudflare.com (2a06:98c1:50::ac40:207e)2416835818
kim.ns.cloudflare.com (2606:4700:50::adf5:3a7e)2416835818

Checks

  • ✓ Serial 2416835818 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 dom.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 2416835818 is a Unix timestamp (2046-08-02 15:16 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

27 records at the apex

Found

Read from
173.245.59.157:53
TypeValueTTL
SOAdom.ns.cloudflare.com. dns.cloudflare.com. 2416835818 10000 2400 604800 18001800
NSdom.ns.cloudflare.com.86400
NSkim.ns.cloudflare.com.86400
A104.26.12.128300
A104.26.13.128300
A172.67.69.2300
AAAA2606:4700:20::681a:d80300
AAAA2606:4700:20::681a:c80300
AAAA2606:4700:20::ac43:4502300
MX1 aspmx.l.google.com.300
MX10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com.300
MX10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com.300
MX5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.300
MX5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.300
TXT"google-site-verification=gPzrBIpn9VosLQrNskGZ8rLbla1ZS9glRz9J3ov37bE"300
TXT"google-site-verification=zjIpYyc7pdIRV1JAzcILAYTCkoj4AnOTaTB0Gw6QGtA"300
TXT"v=spf1 include:_spf.mlsend.com include:_spf.google.com include:sendgrid.net ~all"300
CAA0 issue "comodoca.com"3600
CAA0 issue "digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"3600
CAA0 issue "letsencrypt.org"3600
CAA0 issue "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"3600
CAA0 issue "ssl.com"3600
CAA0 issuewild "comodoca.com"3600
CAA0 issuewild "digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"3600
CAA0 issuewild "letsencrypt.org"3600
CAA0 issuewild "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"3600
CAA0 issuewild "ssl.com"3600

Checks

  • ✓ TTLs within range #32
    TTLs: A 5m, AAAA 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: comodoca.com, digicert.com, letsencrypt.org, pki.goog, ssl.com.