thehackernews.com

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

Registration

info

.com generic · Squarespace Domains LLC · expires 2034-10-27

Found

TLD
.com (generic)
ICANN policies apply
yes
Registrar
Squarespace Domains LLC
Registered
27 October 2010
Last changed
2 July 2025
Expires
27 October 2034
Status
client delete prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited
Registry nameservers
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com, maria.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 2034-10-27 #3
    The registration is valid until 2034-10-27 (2927 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

kurt.ns.cloudflare.com, maria.ns.cloudflare.com

Found

Parent zone
com
Delegation from
a.gtld-servers.net (192.5.6.30)
NS at the parent
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com, maria.ns.cloudflare.com
NS in the zone
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com, maria.ns.cloudflare.com
NameserverAddressesNetwork (AS)Glue
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com173.245.59.193 108.162.193.193 172.64.33.193 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c1c1 2606:4700:58::adf5:3bc1 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:21c1AS13335 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., US108.162.193.193 172.64.33.193 173.245.59.193 2606:4700:58::adf5:3bc1 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c1c1 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:21c1
maria.ns.cloudflare.com172.64.32.192 173.245.58.192 108.162.192.192 2606:4700:50::adf5:3ac0 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:20c0 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c0c0AS13335 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., US108.162.192.192 172.64.32.192 173.245.58.192 2606:4700:50::adf5:3ac0 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c0c0 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:20c0

Checks

  • i
    2 nameservers
    Two nameservers meet the minimum; RFC 2182 recommends three or more for important zones: kurt.ns.cloudflare.com, maria.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
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com 173.245.59.193NOERROR, 4 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com 108.162.193.193NOERROR, 4 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com 172.64.33.193NOERROR, 4 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c1c1NOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com 2606:4700:58::adf5:3bc1NOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:21c1NOERROR, 5 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
maria.ns.cloudflare.com 172.64.32.192NOERROR, 4 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
maria.ns.cloudflare.com 173.245.58.192NOERROR, 4 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
maria.ns.cloudflare.com 108.162.192.192NOERROR, 4 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
maria.ns.cloudflare.com 2606:4700:50::adf5:3ac0NOERROR, 4 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
maria.ns.cloudflare.com 2a06:98c1:50::ac40:20c0NOERROR, 6 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused2026.10.2
maria.ns.cloudflare.com 2803:f800:50::6ca2:c0c0NOERROR, 4 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: kurt.ns.cloudflare.com: "2026.10.2"; maria.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 2417639734 · primary kurt.ns.cloudflare.com

Found

Primary (MNAME)
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com
Contact (RNAME)
dns.cloudflare.com
Serial
2417639734
Refresh / retry
10000 s / 2400 s
Expire
604800 s
Negative TTL
1800 s

Serial per nameserver

NameserverSerial
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com (173.245.59.193)2417639734
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com (108.162.193.193)2417639734
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com (172.64.33.193)2417639734
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com (2803:f800:50::6ca2:c1c1)2417639734
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com (2606:4700:58::adf5:3bc1)2417639734
kurt.ns.cloudflare.com (2a06:98c1:50::ac40:21c1)2417639734
maria.ns.cloudflare.com (172.64.32.192)2417639734
maria.ns.cloudflare.com (173.245.58.192)2417639734
maria.ns.cloudflare.com (108.162.192.192)2417639734
maria.ns.cloudflare.com (2606:4700:50::adf5:3ac0)2417639734
maria.ns.cloudflare.com (2a06:98c1:50::ac40:20c0)2417639734
maria.ns.cloudflare.com (2803:f800:50::6ca2:c0c0)2417639734

Checks

  • ✓ Serial 2417639734 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 kurt.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 2417639734 is a Unix timestamp (2046-08-11 22:35 UTC).

DNSSEC

warn

Signed, but no DS at parent

Found

Validated by resolver
no
Denial of existence
NSEC
Signatures valid until
23 October 2026

DNSKEY in the zone

Key tagRoleAlgorithm
2371KSK (257)ECDSAP256SHA256 (13)
34505ZSK (256)ECDSAP256SHA256 (13)

Checks

  • !
    Signed but not delegated securely
    The zone is signed but the parent has no DS record, so the signatures are not used. Publish the DS record at your registrar.
    #27
  • ✓ Modern algorithms #29
    Key algorithms: ECDSAP256SHA256 (13).
  • ✓ Short-lived signatures (online signing) #30
    Signatures are valid for 50h0m0s and created on demand; the current one was made at 2026-10-21 10:02 UTC and expires at 2026-10-23 12:02 UTC.
  • i
    NSEC
    The zone uses NSEC, so its full contents can be listed by walking the NSEC chain. That is fine unless the names are sensitive.
    #31

Records

pass

34 records at the apex

Found

Read from
173.245.59.193:53
TypeValueTTL
SOAkurt.ns.cloudflare.com. dns.cloudflare.com. 2417639734 10000 2400 604800 18001800
NSkurt.ns.cloudflare.com.86400
NSmaria.ns.cloudflare.com.86400
A104.26.10.117300
A172.67.72.95300
A104.26.11.117300
AAAA2606:4700:20::681a:a75300
AAAA2606:4700:20::681a:b75300
AAAA2606:4700:20::ac43:485f300
MX1 aspmx.l.google.com.300
MX10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com.300
MX10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com.300
MX10 aspmx2.googlemail.com.300
MX10 aspmx3.googlemail.com.300
MX5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.300
MX5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.300
TXT"adn_verification=thehackernews"300
TXT"brave-ledger-verification=91a32da82e6239741462baab158f137acf55859c6ae7462d15b23c69fcd9d510"300
TXT"facebook-domain-verification=972qfhp57n05gm5hrmrlktt32tfnky"300
TXT"google-site-verification=-hB1PITwef4RT66fl92M91qu_xfcjvYowR5BFaz18T8"300
TXT"google-site-verification=_UE-qcKcWMn4M0BMz-gg0blGYb3BhAp18Wm1oqyjpUU"300
TXT"keybase-site-verification=WDSeY73bm4O6jih5FfvK31cGDwuTrdvVFuVADqxfVek"300
TXT"linkedin-site-verification=702eee18-8b78-4146-83c2-7e91ee5bd7fb"300
TXT"v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mxsspf.sendpulse.com include:servers.mcsv.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.