thenorthface.com

.com generic · MarkMonitor Inc. · expires 2027-10-26

Found

TLD

.com (generic)

ICANN policies apply

yes

Registrar

MarkMonitor Inc.

Registered

27 October 1995

Last changed

24 September 2026

Expires

26 October 2027

Status

client delete prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited, server delete prohibited, server transfer prohibited

Registry nameservers

a1-250.akam.net, a12-64.akam.net, a13-67.akam.net, a2-65.akam.net, a24-64.akam.net, a5-66.akam.net

RDAP server

https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/

Checks

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  .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 2027-10-26 #3

  The registration is valid until 2027-10-26 (368 days).
• ✓ Transfer locked #4

  Registry status: client delete prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited, server delete prohibited, server transfer prohibited.
• ✓ Registry and delegation match #5

  The nameservers registered at the registry are the ones published in DNS.

a1-250.akam.net, a12-64.akam.net, a13-67.akam.net, a2-65.akam.net, a24-64.akam.net, a5-66.akam.net

Found

Parent zone

com

Delegation from

a.gtld-servers.net (192.5.6.30)

NS at the parent

a1-250.akam.net, a12-64.akam.net, a13-67.akam.net, a2-65.akam.net, a24-64.akam.net, a5-66.akam.net

NS in the zone

a1-250.akam.net, a12-64.akam.net, a13-67.akam.net, a2-65.akam.net, a24-64.akam.net, a5-66.akam.net

Checks

• ✓ 6 nameservers #6

  Delegated to a1-250.akam.net, a12-64.akam.net, a13-67.akam.net, a2-65.akam.net, a24-64.akam.net, a5-66.akam.net.
• ✓ 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 6 IPv6 /48s.
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  All nameservers in one AS

  All nameserver addresses are announced by one network operator (AS21342 (AKAMAI-ASN2 - Akamai International B.V., NL): 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
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  All nameserver names under .net

  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.

serial 2016012423 · primary ns1.vfc.com

Found

Primary (MNAME)

ns1.vfc.com

Contact (RNAME)

vfs_network_security.vfc.com

Serial

2016012423

Refresh / retry

10800 s / 3600 s

Expire

604800 s

Negative TTL

900 s

Serial per nameserver

Checks

• ✓ Serial 2016012423 everywhere #22

  All nameservers serve the same version of the zone.
• ✓ Timers within recommendations #23

  SOA refresh 3h, retry 1h, expire 7d, negative TTL 15m.
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  Hidden master

  The primary nameserver ns1.vfc.com is not listed as a nameserver: a hidden master that only feeds the public secondaries. That is a common setup; make sure it is not reachable for zone transfers from outside.

  #24
• ✓ Contact vfs_network_security@vfc.com #25

  The SOA RNAME vfs_network_security.vfc.com means vfs_network_security@vfc.com.
• ✓ Date-based serial #26

  The serial 2016012423 follows the YYYYMMDDnn convention (2016-01-24).

21 records at the apex

Found

Read from

193.108.91.250:53

Checks

• ✓ TTLs within range #32

  TTLs: A 30m, MX 5m, NS 5m. The NS TTL at the parent is 2d and in the zone 5m; 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.
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  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