| Status | Check | Details & Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| INFO | Parent NS Delegation |
These are the NS records published in the parent (TLD) zone — what the global internet sees when resolving your domain for the first time.
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| OK | Parent Glue Records |
Glue records are A records published alongside NS records in the parent zone. They are required when a nameserver hostname falls within the delegated domain itself (e.g. ns1.example.com for example.com).
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| Status | Check | Details & Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| OK | NS Records (Authoritative) |
These are the NS records as returned by the authoritative nameservers themselves.
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| OK | NS Parent/Auth Consistency |
Consistency is required for reliable DNS resolution worldwide.
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| OK | NS Redundancy |
Multiple nameservers ensure queries are answered even if one server is offline.
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| OK | NS A Records |
Each nameserver resolves to a valid IP address.
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| WARN | NS Network Diversity |
Nameservers on the same network segment can all go offline together in a network outage.
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| Status | Check | Details & Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| OK | SOA Record |
SOA record defines the zone's primary server, admin contact, and replication timers.
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| OK | SOA Serial |
Date-based serials make zone history easy to track.
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| OK | SOA Refresh |
Secondaries poll for updates at this interval.
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| OK | SOA Retry |
Retry interval after failed refresh.
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| OK | SOA Expire |
Secondaries discard stale data after this time.
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| OK | SOA Negative TTL |
Negative caching TTL (NXDOMAIN) per RFC 2308.
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| Status | Check | Details & Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| OK | A Records |
A records map your domain to your web server's IPv4 address(es).
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| OK | AAAA Records |
AAAA records provide IPv6 connectivity.
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| OK | WWW Record |
www subdomain resolves correctly.
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| Status | Check | Details & Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| OK | MX Records |
MX records list mail servers in priority order (lowest number = highest priority).
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| OK | MX A Record |
MX host resolves to a valid IP address.
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| OK | MX A Record |
MX host resolves to a valid IP address.
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| OK | MX A Record |
MX host resolves to a valid IP address.
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| OK | MX A Record |
MX host resolves to a valid IP address.
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| WARN | MX Reverse DNS (PTR) |
Missing PTR records on mail server IPs are a leading cause of email deliverability issues. Ask your IP provider to configure one.
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| WARN | MX Reverse DNS (PTR) |
Missing PTR records on mail server IPs are a leading cause of email deliverability issues. Ask your IP provider to configure one.
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| WARN | MX Reverse DNS (PTR) |
Missing PTR records on mail server IPs are a leading cause of email deliverability issues. Ask your IP provider to configure one.
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| WARN | MX Reverse DNS (PTR) |
Missing PTR records on mail server IPs are a leading cause of email deliverability issues. Ask your IP provider to configure one.
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| OK | MX Redundancy |
Multiple MX records ensure email is queued and delivered even if the primary server is down.
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| Status | Check | Details & Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| OK | SPF Record |
SPF record is present. Receiving servers will validate your outgoing email against this policy.
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| OK | SPF Policy |
-all provides the strongest SPF enforcement.
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| OK | DMARC Record |
DMARC policy is published.
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| OK | DMARC Policy |
Maximum protection. Recommended for mature mail setups.
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| OK | DKIM Record |
DKIM (RFC 6376) adds a cryptographic signature to outgoing mail, proving it was sent by an authorised server and was not altered in transit.
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| Status | Check | Details & Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| OK | CAA Records |
CAA records restrict SSL certificate issuance to the listed certificate authorities.
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| INFO | Other TXT Records |
Additional TXT records for domain ownership verification (Google Search Console, Microsoft 365, etc.) and other services.
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