Executive's DNS Intelligence Brief
Golden-fixture baseline domain.
This domain is part of the golden-fixture corpus: its recorded scan snapshot is the tool's regression baseline. A scan of it reproducing the snapshot is the baseline returning its own value — expected agreement, not independent validation.
DNS Security & Trust Posture
Risk Level:
Low Risk
5 protocols configured, 4 not configured
1 recommendation
Email Spoofing
Protected
Brand Impersonation
Not Set Up
DNS Tampering
Protected
Certificate Control
Configured
What Requires Attention
Recommended
Upgrade DMARC policy from quarantine to reject (p=reject) for maximum spoofing protection
The BIG Questions
Can this domain be impersonated by email?
Unlikely
SPF and DMARC quarantine policy enforced
Can DNS itself be tampered with?
No
DNSSEC signed and validated, cryptographic chain of trust verified
Can this brand be convincingly faked?
Partially
DMARC quarantine policy provides moderate protection but does not fully reject spoofed mail
Is mail transport encryption enforced?
No
No MTA-STS or DANE — mail transport encryption is opportunistic only
Is certificate issuance controlled?
Yes
CAA records restrict which certificate authorities may issue certificates
Does this domain publish AI agent instructions?
No
No llms.txt file detected — AI models have no structured instructions for this domain
Is AI crawling of our content controlled?
No
robots.txt present but does not block AI crawlers — content may be freely scraped
Has someone manipulated AI recommendations about us?
No
No indicators of AI recommendation manipulation found
Are there hidden AI prompts on our site?
No
No hidden prompt artifacts found in page source
Domain Overview
Registrar
get.gov (Registrant: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY)
Email Provider
Unknown
Web Hosting
Unknown
DNS Hosting
Unknown
Technical Findings
Email Authentication
Can this domain be impersonated by email?
Unlikely
— SPF and DMARC quarantine policy enforced
SPF (Sender Policy)
Configured
DMARC (Policy)
Configured
Policy: quarantine
DKIM (Signatures)
Configured
Mail Posture
Moderately Protected
Mail Transport Security
Is mail transport encryption enforced?
No
— No MTA-STS or DANE — mail transport encryption is opportunistic only
MTA-STS
Partial
DANE / TLSA
Hosted Provider
No DANE/TLSA records found (checked 2 MX hosts)
TLS-RPT (Reporting)
Not Configured
Mail Transport
Not Enforced
Policy-assessed
DNS Security
Can DNS itself be tampered with?
No
— DNSSEC signed and validated, cryptographic chain of trust verified
DNSSEC
Signed & Validated
DNSSEC fully configured and validated — AD (Authenticated Data) flag set by resolver 8.8.8.8 confirming cryptographic chain of trust from root to zone (RFC 4035 §3.2.3)
NS Delegation
Healthy
Brand & Certificate Controls
Can this brand be convincingly faked?
Partially
— DMARC quarantine policy provides moderate protection but does not fully reject spoofed mail
Is certificate issuance controlled?
Yes
— CAA records restrict which certificate authorities may issue certificates
BIMI (Brand Logo)
Not Configured
CAA (Certificate)
Configured
AI Surface Scanner Scanned
Does this domain publish AI agent instructions?
No
— No llms.txt file detected — AI models have no structured instructions for this domain
Is AI crawling of our content controlled?
No
— robots.txt present but does not block AI crawlers — content may be freely scraped
Has someone manipulated AI recommendations about us?
No
— No indicators of AI recommendation manipulation found
Are there hidden AI prompts on our site?
No
— No hidden prompt artifacts found in page source
LLM Context File
Not Found
No llms.txt file detected
AI Crawler Governance
Not Blocking
No AI crawler restrictions found in robots.txt
Poisoning Indicators
None Found
No AI recommendation poisoning indicators detected
Hidden Prompt Artifacts
None Found
No hidden prompt artifacts detected
Public Exposure
Clear
No secrets detected in publicly accessible source
Priority Actions 3 total Achievable: Hardened
Medium
Upgrade DMARC to Reject
Your DMARC policy is set to quarantine. Upgrade to p=reject for maximum protection — reject instructs receivers to discard spoofed mail entirely rather than quarantining it.
Low
Add TLS-RPT Reporting
TLS-RPT (TLS Reporting) sends you reports about TLS connection failures when other servers try to deliver mail to your domain.
Low
Deploy MTA-STS
MTA-STS enforces TLS encryption for inbound mail delivery, preventing downgrade attacks on your mail transport.
Appendix — Additional Resources
Full technical details including raw DNS records, DKIM public keys, IP/ASN mappings, resolver consensus evidence, and verification commands are available in the Engineer's DNS Intelligence Report.
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