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Checked 22 October 2026, 11:31 UTC · via 8.8.8.8
✗Problems found
19 passed 3 warnings 1 failed 8 info

Registration

info

.com generic · Alibaba Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd. · expires 2026-11-29

Found

TLD
.com (generic)
ICANN policies apply
yes
Registrar
Alibaba Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
Registered
29 November 2017
Last changed
1 December 2025
Expires
29 November 2026
Status
active
Registry nameservers
dns3.hichina.com, dns4.hichina.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 2026-11-29 #3
    The registration is valid until 2026-11-29 (37 days).
  • i
    No transfer lock
    The domain has no transfer lock (status: active). A registrar lock protects against unauthorized transfers.
    #4
  • ✓ Registry and delegation match #5
    The nameservers registered at the registry are the ones published in DNS.

Delegation

info

dns3.hichina.com, dns4.hichina.com

Found

Parent zone
com
Delegation from
a.gtld-servers.net (192.5.6.30)
NS at the parent
dns3.hichina.com, dns4.hichina.com
NS in the zone
dns3.hichina.com, dns4.hichina.com
NameserverAddressesNetwork (AS)Glue
dns3.hichina.com120.76.107.63 39.96.153.63 47.118.199.213 139.224.142.123 120.76.107.43 139.224.142.113 47.118.199.203 39.96.153.43 2408:4009:501::11AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN120.76.107.43 120.76.107.63 139.224.142.113 139.224.142.123 2408:4009:501::11 39.96.153.43 39.96.153.63 47.118.199.203 47.118.199.213
dns4.hichina.com139.224.142.124 47.118.199.214 39.96.153.44 120.76.107.44 47.118.199.204 39.96.153.54 120.76.107.54 139.224.142.114 2408:4009:501::12AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN AS37963 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN120.76.107.44 120.76.107.54 139.224.142.114 139.224.142.124 2408:4009:501::12 39.96.153.44 39.96.153.54 47.118.199.204 47.118.199.214

Checks

  • i
    2 nameservers
    Two nameservers meet the minimum; RFC 2182 recommends three or more for important zones: dns3.hichina.com, dns4.hichina.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.
  • i
    One address family in one network
    all IPv6 addresses are in 2408:4009:501::/48, while the other address family is spread over several networks.
    #10
  • i
    All nameservers in one AS
    All nameserver addresses are announced by one network operator (AS37963 (ALIBABA-CN-NET - Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., CN): 18 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

fail

16 of 18 addresses answer authoritatively

Found

NameserverAnswerRecursionTCP / EDNSAXFRVersion
dns3.hichina.com 120.76.107.63NOERROR, 199 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-
dns3.hichina.com 39.96.153.63NOERROR, 140 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-
dns3.hichina.com 47.118.199.213NOERROR, 201 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-
dns3.hichina.com 139.224.142.123NOERROR, 231 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-
dns3.hichina.com 120.76.107.43NOERROR, 196 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-
dns3.hichina.com 139.224.142.113NOERROR, 181 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-
dns3.hichina.com 47.118.199.203no responsenono / no--
dns3.hichina.com 39.96.153.43NOERROR, 164 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-
dns3.hichina.com 2408:4009:501::11NOERROR, 200 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-
dns4.hichina.com 139.224.142.124NOERROR, 209 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-
dns4.hichina.com 47.118.199.214no responsenono / no--
dns4.hichina.com 39.96.153.44NOERROR, 163 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-
dns4.hichina.com 120.76.107.44NOERROR, 216 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-
dns4.hichina.com 47.118.199.204NOERROR, 204 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-
dns4.hichina.com 39.96.153.54NOERROR, 174 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-
dns4.hichina.com 120.76.107.54NOERROR, 197 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-
dns4.hichina.com 139.224.142.114NOERROR, 181 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-
dns4.hichina.com 2408:4009:501::12NOERROR, 199 ms, authoritativenoyes / yesrefused-

Checks

  • ✗
    Nameservers not responding
    These addresses did not answer, so resolvers waste time on timeouts: dns3.hichina.com (47.118.199.203): read udp 46.225.38.91:56479->47.118.199.203:53: i/o timeout; dns4.hichina.com (47.118.199.214): read udp 46.225.38.91:60213->47.118.199.214:53: i/o timeout.
    #14
  • ✓ All authoritative #15
    Every responding nameserver answers authoritatively for the zone.
  • ✓ No recursion #16
    The nameservers do not answer recursive queries for other domains.
  • ✓ No version disclosed #17
    The nameservers don't reveal their software version.
  • ✓ 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

warn

serial 2026081813 · primary dns3.hichina.com

Found

Primary (MNAME)
dns3.hichina.com
Contact (RNAME)
hostmaster.hichina.com
Serial
2026081813
Refresh / retry
3600 s / 1200 s
Expire
86400 s
Negative TTL
600 s

Serial per nameserver

NameserverSerial
dns3.hichina.com (120.76.107.63)2026081813
dns3.hichina.com (39.96.153.63)2026082617
dns3.hichina.com (47.118.199.213)2026082616
dns3.hichina.com (139.224.142.123)2026082709
dns3.hichina.com (120.76.107.43)2026082509
dns3.hichina.com (139.224.142.113)2017112917
dns3.hichina.com (39.96.153.43)2026082616
dns3.hichina.com (2408:4009:501::11)2026082509
dns4.hichina.com (139.224.142.124)2017112917
dns4.hichina.com (39.96.153.44)2026082616
dns4.hichina.com (120.76.107.44)2026081813
dns4.hichina.com (47.118.199.204)2026082815
dns4.hichina.com (39.96.153.54)2026082617
dns4.hichina.com (120.76.107.54)2026082509
dns4.hichina.com (139.224.142.114)2017112917
dns4.hichina.com (2408:4009:501::12)2026081813

Checks

  • !
    Serials differ
    The nameservers serve different versions of the zone: 2017112917 on dns3.hichina.com (139.224.142.113), dns4.hichina.com (139.224.142.124), dns4.hichina.com (139.224.142.114); 2026081813 on dns3.hichina.com (120.76.107.63), dns4.hichina.com (120.76.107.44), dns4.hichina.com (2408:4009:501::12); 2026082509 on dns3.hichina.com (120.76.107.43), dns3.hichina.com (2408:4009:501::11), dns4.hichina.com (120.76.107.54); 2026082616 on dns3.hichina.com (47.118.199.213), dns3.hichina.com (39.96.153.43), dns4.hichina.com (39.96.153.44); 2026082617 on dns3.hichina.com (39.96.153.63), dns4.hichina.com (39.96.153.54); 2026082709 on dns3.hichina.com (139.224.142.123); 2026082815 on dns4.hichina.com (47.118.199.204). This is normal for a few minutes after a change; if it lasts, zone transfers to the secondaries are failing.
    #22
  • !
    Unusual SOA timers
    expire 1d is shorter than 7d; secondaries stop answering too soon when the primary is down. Current values: refresh 1h, retry 20m, expire 1d, negative TTL 10m.
    #23
  • ✓ Primary is a public nameserver #24
    The primary nameserver dns3.hichina.com is one of the listed nameservers.
  • ✓ Contact hostmaster@hichina.com #25
    The SOA RNAME hostmaster.hichina.com means hostmaster@hichina.com.
  • ✓ Date-based serial #26
    The serial 2026081813 follows the YYYYMMDDnn convention (2026-08-18).

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

4 records at the apex

Found

Read from
120.76.107.63:53
TypeValueTTL
SOAdns3.hichina.com. hostmaster.hichina.com. 2026082509 3600 1200 86400 600600
NSdns3.hichina.com.86400
NSdns4.hichina.com.86400
A120.79.226.161600

Checks

  • ✓ TTLs within range #32
    TTLs: A 10m, 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.
  • 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