
Registry Zone Health Report
Read the verdict first. Descend only as far as the incident requires.
This report keeps the complete technical record while separating decision, interpretation, evidence, and raw reproduction into a stable disclosure gradient.
Posture Drift Detected
Compared against your previous observation on 23 Feb 2026 19:59 UTC.
| Field | Previous | Current | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPF Status | missing | n/a | |
| DMARC Status | missing | n/a | |
| DMARC Policy | <nil> | (none) | |
| DKIM Status | info | n/a | |
| MTA-STS Status | warning | n/a | |
| MTA-STS Mode | <nil> | (none) | |
| TLS-RPT Status | warning | n/a | |
| BIMI Status | warning | n/a |
This domain has no MX records and appears to be a website-only domain. A DMARC reject policy tells receiving mail servers to reject any email claiming to be from your domain.
This domain has no MX records and appears to be a website-only domain. Publishing a strict SPF record explicitly declares that no servers are authorized to send email, preventing attackers from spoofing your domain.
CAA records specify which Certificate Authorities may issue certificates for your domain, reducing the risk of unauthorized certificate issuance.
01!1 Identity & policy · L1 Email Security Can this domain be impersonated by email? SPF DMARC DKIM MTA-STS TLS-RPT MX & Routing N/A — Registry
02@2 Chain of authority · L1 Domain Security Can DNS answers and certificate issuance be trusted? DANE / TLSA CAA Delegation DNSSEC & NS N/A — Registry
CAA RFC 8659 §4 N/A
CAA records on a TLD zone do not constrain certificate issuance for domains registered under this suffix. Per RFC 8659 §3, CAs process CAA by climbing the DNS tree from the requested FQDN — a CAA record on the TLD itself would only affect certificates for the bare TLD, not for child domains like example.me. No major TLD publishes CAA records.
Zone Signing & DNSSEC Methodology Is this zone cryptographically signed? YES DNSSEC signed and validated, cryptographic chain of trust verified
DNSSEC RFC 4033 §2 Gold Signed RSA/SHA-256 Adequate
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 Verified
5 nameserver(s) configured
03#3 Delivery path · L1 Transport Security Will mail transport resist downgrade and interception? STARTTLS MTA-STS policy TLS-RPT
04$4 Human-visible identity · L1 Brand & Trust Can this brand be convincingly faked? BIMI & VMC CAA · see Domain Security N/A — Registry
05%5 Ownership & attack surface · L1 Infrastructure Intelligence Who operates this domain, and what is exposed? Registrar / RDAP security.txt AI Surface Subdomains
DNS Server Security Hardened
No DNS server misconfigurations found on b2.nic.me — Nmap NSE probes for zone transfer (AXFR), open recursion (RFC 5358), nameserver identity disclosure, and DNS cache snooping.
| Check | Result | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Zone Transfer (AXFR) | Denied | Zone transfer denied (correct configuration) |
| Open Recursion | Disabled | Recursion disabled (correct configuration) |
| Nameserver Identity | Hidden | No nameserver identity information disclosed |
| Cache Snooping | Protected | Cache snooping not possible (correct configuration) |
Tested nameservers: b2.nic.me, a0.nic.me, b0.nic.me, a2.nic.me, c0.nic.me
Subdomain Discovery Not Applicable
example.me.
06^6 Raw records & reproducibility · L2–L3 Evidence & Verification Can another engineer reproduce every material claim? Analysis Confidence Intelligence Currency What changed Raw record diff Integrity seal Reproduce
The following DNS record TTLs deviate from recommended values. Incorrect TTLs can cause caching issues, slow propagation, or unnecessary DNS traffic.
| Record Type | Observed TTL | Typical TTL | Severity | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS | 1 hour (3600s) |
1 day (86400s) |
high | NS TTL is below — observed 1 hour (3600s), typical value is 1 day (86400s). Consider setting to 86400 seconds per NIST SP 800-53 SI-18 relevance guidance. |
Big Picture Questions
- How often do you actually change this record? If it hasn’t changed in months, a short TTL is generating unnecessary DNS queries without any benefit.
- Are you preparing for a migration or IP change? Short TTLs make sense temporarily — but should be raised back to 1 hour (3600s) once the change is complete.
- Every DNS lookup adds 20–150ms of latency. With a 60s TTL, returning visitors trigger a fresh lookup every minute. With 3600s, they get cached responses for an hour — faster page loads, no extra infrastructure needed.
- Google runs A records at ~30s because they operate a global anycast network and need to steer traffic dynamically. For a typical website without that infrastructure, copying those TTLs increases query volume with zero upside.
DNS Evidence Diff Side-by-side comparison
a2.nic.me.
b2.nic.me.
b2.nic.me.
a0.nic.me.
b0.nic.me.
c0.nic.me.
a0.nic.me.
b0.nic.me.
c0.nic.me.
a2.nic.me.
a0.nic.me. hostmaster.donuts.email. 1771942723 7200 900 1209600 3600
a0.nic.me. hostmaster.donuts.email. 1771942723 7200 900 1209600 3600
DNS History Timeline BETA
When was a record added, removed, or changed — and could that change be the problem?
DATA FRESHNESS & METHODOLOGY
All security-critical records (SPF, DMARC, DKIM, DANE/TLSA, DNSSEC, MTA-STS, TLS-RPT, BIMI, CAA) are queried live from authoritative nameservers and cross-referenced against 5 independent public DNS resolvers (Cloudflare, Google, Quad9, OpenDNS, DNS4EU) at the time of each analysis. No security verdict uses cached data.
Registrar data (RDAP) is cached for up to 24 hours because domain ownership and registration details change infrequently. Certificate Transparency logs (subdomain discovery via RFC 6962) are cached for 1 hour because CT entries are append-only historical records. Sections using cached data are marked with a CACHED badge; live queries show LIVE.
Intelligence Sources
This analysis used 4 DNS resolvers (consensus), reverse DNS (PTR), Team Cymru (ASN attribution), IANA RDAP (registrar), crt.sh (CT logs), and SMTP probing (transport). All using open-standard protocols.
Verify Report Integrity SHA-3-512 Has this report been altered since generation? Verify below
This cryptographic hash seals the analysis data, domain, timestamp, and tool version into a tamper-evident fingerprint. Any modification to the report data will produce a different hash. This is distinct from the posture hash (used for drift detection) — the integrity hash uniquely identifies this specific report instance.
56360571ea43ae70be2c1d5ba7c9aa4d16a65b76e3afdca07870185184165381c41713f5d5fe500306938a6e93783bc648403771703a45d2ad45d51d266b9914
Download the intelligence dump and verify its integrity, like you would a Kali ISO or any critical artifact. The SHA-3-512 checksum covers every byte of the download — deterministic serialization ensures identical hashes across downloads.
After downloading, verify with any of these commands:
Tip: cd ~/Downloads first (or wherever you saved the files).
cat dns-intelligence-me.json.sha3 && echo '---' && openssl dgst -sha3-512 dns-intelligence-me.json
python3 -c "import hashlib; print(hashlib.sha3_512(open('dns-intelligence-me.json','rb').read()).hexdigest())"
sha3sum -a 512 dns-intelligence-me.json
.sha3 file or the checksum API at /api/analysis/4099/checksum. Hash algorithm: SHA-3-512 (Keccak, NIST FIPS 202).
Every finding in this report is backed by DNS queries you can run yourself. These vetted one-liners reproduce the exact checks used to build this report for me. Our analysis adds multi-resolver consensus, RFC-based evaluation, and cross-referencing — but the underlying data is always independently verifiable. We are intelligence analysts, not gatekeepers.
DNS Records
dig +noall +answer me A
dig +noall +answer me AAAA
dig +noall +answer me MX
dig +noall +answer me NS
dig +noall +answer me TXT
Domain Security
dig +dnssec +noall +answer me DNSKEY
dig +noall +answer me DS
dig +dnssec +cd me A @1.1.1.1
Brand & Trust
dig +noall +answer me CAA
DNS Records
dig +noall +answer me HTTPS
Domain Security
dig +noall +answer me CDS
Infrastructure Intelligence
curl -sL 'https://rdap.org/domain/me' | python3 -m json.tool | head -50
dig, openssl, and curl — standard tools available on macOS, Linux, and WSL. Results may vary slightly due to DNS propagation timing and resolver caching.
Appendix: Verification Commands
DNS Records
dig +noall +answer me A
dig +noall +answer me AAAA
dig +noall +answer me MX
dig +noall +answer me NS
dig +noall +answer me TXT
Domain Security
dig +dnssec +noall +answer me DNSKEY
dig +noall +answer me DS
dig +dnssec +cd me A @1.1.1.1
Brand & Trust
dig +noall +answer me CAA
DNS Records
dig +noall +answer me HTTPS
Domain Security
dig +noall +answer me CDS
Infrastructure Intelligence
curl -sL 'https://rdap.org/domain/me' | python3 -m json.tool | head -50
