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Engineer's DNS Intelligence Report

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9 Feb 2026, 18:28 UTC · 28.8s ·v26.10.87 · SHA-3-512: f4a5✱✱✱✱ Verify
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DNS Security & Trust Posture
Risk Level: Secure
4 protocols configured, 2 not configured Why we go beyond letter grades
Suggested Scanner Configuration High Confidence
Based on 20 historical scans of this domain
Parameter Current Suggested Severity Rationale
timeout_seconds 5s 8s low Average scan duration is 30.3s, suggesting DNS responses are slow for this domain. Increasing timeout from 5s to 8s prevents premature resolution failures.
RFC 8767
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Email Spoofing
Protected
Brand Impersonation
Not Setup
DNS Tampering
Enterprise
Certificate Control
Configured
Configured
DMARC (email spoofing protection), CAA (certificate issuance restricted), MTA-STS (policy present), TLS-RPT (reporting configured)
Not Configured
DNSSEC (DNS response signing), BIMI (brand logo in inboxes)
Priority Actions Achievable posture: SECURE
Low Configure BIMI brand logo

Publish a BIMI DNS record pointing to your brand logo (SVG Tiny PS format). For full support in Gmail, you will also need a Verified Mark Certificate (VMC).

default._bimi.yourdomain.com TXT "v=BIMI1; l=https://yourdomain.com/logo.svg"
Low Enable DNSSEC

Enable DNSSEC at your DNS provider and add the DS record at your registrar. Many DNS providers (Cloudflare, Route 53, etc.) offer one-click DNSSEC activation.

Registrar (RDAP) LIVE
Markmonitor Inc. (Registrant: REDACTED REGISTRANT)
Where domain was purchased
Email Service Provider
Google Workspace
Email: Enabled
Web Hosting
Google Cloud DNS
Where website is hosted
DNS Hosting
Google Cloud DNS Enterprise
Where DNS records are edited
Email Security Methodology Can this domain be impersonated by email? No
Verdict: DMARC policy is reject - spoofed messages will be blocked by receiving servers.

SPF Record RFC 7208 §4 Verified

Does this domain declare who may send email on its behalf? Yes
Success ~all 1/10 lookups

SPF valid with industry-standard soft fail (~all), 1/10 lookups

v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all
RFC 7208 Conformant — This SPF record conforms to the syntax and semantics defined in RFC 7208 §4.
RFC Failure Mode: Unlike DMARC (where unknown tags are silently ignored per RFC 7489 §6.3), SPF with unrecognized mechanisms produces a PermError per RFC 7208 §4.6 — the record fails loudly rather than silently.
Related CVEs: CVE-2024-7208 (multi-tenant domain spoofing), CVE-2024-7209 (shared SPF exploitation), CVE-2023-51764 (SMTP smuggling bypasses SPF)
~all is the industry standard. Google, Apple, and most providers default to soft fail. CISA (BOD 18-01) and RFC 7489 confirm that DMARC policy — not SPF alone — is the primary enforcement control. Using ~all allows DKIM to be evaluated before a DMARC decision is made. This domain uses ~all + DMARC reject: the strongest compatible security stance, aligned with CISA and RFC guidance.

DMARC Policy RFC 7489 §6.3 Verified

Are spoofed emails rejected or quarantined? Yes — reject policy
Success p=reject

DMARC policy reject (100%) - excellent protection

v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:mailauth-reports@google.com
Alignment: SPF relaxed DKIM relaxed
No np= tag (DMARCbis) — non-existent subdomains inherit p= policy but adding np=reject provides explicit protection against subdomain spoofing
RFC 7489 Conformant — DMARC record conforms to RFC 7489 §6.3 with full enforcement.
DMARCbis (Pending): draft-ietf-dmarc-dmarcbis will elevate DMARC to Standards Track, obsolete RFC 7489, replace pct= with t= (testing flag), add np= (non-existent subdomain policy), and mandate DNS tree walk for policy discovery instead of the Public Suffix List.
Related CVEs: CVE-2024-49040 (Exchange sender spoofing), CVE-2024-7208 (multi-tenant DMARC bypass)

DKIM Records RFC 6376 §3.6 Verified

Are outbound emails cryptographically signed? Provider-managed
Provider Verified

DKIM not discoverable via common selectors (large providers use rotating selectors)

Google Workspace detected as primary mail platform — DKIM signing is managed by the provider. The primary provider may use custom selectors not discoverable through standard checks.
Know your DKIM selector? Re-scan with a custom selector to verify.
RFC 6376 (Provider-Managed) — DKIM signing managed by the detected mail provider per RFC 6376.
Known Vulnerabilities: DKIM l= tag body length vulnerability (attacker appends unsigned content to signed mail), weak key exploitation (keys below 1024-bit are cryptographically breakable per RFC 6376 §3.3.3), DKIM replay attacks (re-sending legitimately signed messages at scale)

MTA-STS RFC 8461 §3 Verified

Can attackers downgrade SMTP to intercept mail? No — TLS enforced
Success ENFORCE Policy Verified

MTA-STS enforced - TLS required for 3 mail server(s)

v=STSv1; id=20210803T010101;
Policy Details:
  • Mode: enforce
  • Max Age: 1 days (86400 seconds)
  • MX Patterns: smtp.google.com, aspmx.l.google.com, *.aspmx.l.google.com

MTA-STS policy enforcement is evaluated in Mail Transport Security below.

TLS-RPT RFC 8460 §3 Verified

Will failures in TLS delivery be reported? Yes — reports configured
Success

TLS-RPT configured - receiving TLS delivery reports

v=TLSRPTv1;rua=mailto:sts-reports@google.com

DANE / TLSA Verified Recon Methodology Can mail servers establish identity without a public CA? via MTA-STS (CA)
RFC 7672 §3 RFC 6698 §2 Not Available

DANE not available — Google Workspace does not support inbound DANE/TLSA on its MX infrastructure

DANE not deployable on Google Workspace

Google uses shared, multi-tenant MX infrastructure (aspmx.l.google.com) with certificate rotation. Google does not publish TLSA records for its MX hosts and does not allow customers to do so. Google also does not validate DANE/TLSA when sending outbound mail.

Recommended alternative: MTA-STS (already configured)


Email Transport Security

Two mechanisms protect email in transit. DANE is the primary standard; MTA-STS is the alternative for domains that cannot deploy DNSSEC:

  • DNSSEC + DANE (RFC 7672) — Cryptographic chain of trust from DNS root to mail server certificate. Eliminates reliance on certificate authorities. No trust-on-first-use weakness. Requires DNSSEC.
  • MTA-STS (RFC 8461) — HTTPS-based policy requiring TLS for mail delivery. Works without DNSSEC but relies on CA trust and is vulnerable on first use (§10). Created for domains where “deploying DNSSEC is undesirable or impractical” (§2).
This domain uses MTA-STS — the best available option for Google Workspace. Since Google Workspace does not support inbound DANE, MTA-STS is the strongest transport security this domain can deploy. MTA-STS enforces TLS via HTTPS-based policy, protecting against downgrade attacks (RFC 8461).

Industry trend: Microsoft Exchange Online enforces inbound DANE with DNSSEC (GA October 2024), and providers like Proton Mail and Fastmail also support DANE. Google Workspace does not support DANE and relies on MTA-STS. Both mechanisms coexist because DANE is backward-compatible — senders skip the check if the domain isn't DNSSEC-signed (RFC 7672 §1.3).


Brand Security Can this brand be convincingly faked?
Verdict: Certificate issuance is controlled but brand logo (BIMI) is not configured.

BIMI BIMI Spec Verified Warning

Is the brand identity verified and displayed in inboxes? No

No BIMI record found

CAA RFC 8659 §4 Verified Success

Does this domain restrict who can issue TLS certificates? Yes

CAA configured - only pki.goog can issue certificates

Authorized CAs: pki.goog
0 issue "pki.goog"
Since September 2025, all public CAs must verify domain control from multiple geographic locations (Multi-Perspective Issuance Corroboration, CA/B Forum Ballot SC-067). CAA records are now checked from multiple network perspectives before certificate issuance.


Domain Security Methodology Can DNS responses be tampered with in transit?
Verdict: Delegation is verified but DNS responses are unsigned and could be spoofed.

DNSSEC RFC 4033 §2 Verified Unsigned

DNSSEC not configured - DNS responses are unsigned

Alternative Security: Google Cloud DNS provides enterprise-grade DNS with DDoS protection and monitoring.
Google Cloud DNS (enterprise DNS with DDoS protection), CAA records (certificate issuance control)

NS Delegation Verified

4 nameserver(s) configured

Nameservers: ns1.google.com ns2.google.com ns3.google.com ns4.google.com
Multi-Resolver Verification Recon: Consensus reached - 4 resolvers (Cloudflare, Google, Quad9, OpenDNS, DNS4EU) agree on DNS records
Traffic & Routing Where does this domain's traffic actually terminate?

AIPv4 Address

74.125.202.102
74.125.202.101
74.125.202.138
74.125.202.113
74.125.202.100
74.125.202.139
Where the domain points for web traffic

AAAAIPv6 Address

2607:f8b0:4001:c0f::66
2607:f8b0:4001:c0f::64
2607:f8b0:4001:c0f::8a
2607:f8b0:4001:c0f::8b
IPv6 ready

MXMail Servers

10 smtp.google.com.
Priority + mail server for email delivery
Google Workspace

SRVServices

_caldavs._tcp: 5 0 443 calendar.google.com.
_carddavs._tcp: 5 0 443 google.com.
SIP, XMPP, or other service endpoints
Web: Reachable (6 IPv4, 4 IPv6) Mail: 1 server Services: 2 endpoints
Subdomain Discovery RFC 6962 Recon LIVE What subdomains and infrastructure are exposed in certificate logs? Unavailable
How did we find these?
Certificate Transparency Logs Unavailable The results below are from DNS probing only and may be significantly incomplete. CT logs typically reveal hundreds or thousands of additional subdomains via certificate issuance history (RFC 6962).

Passive discovery using Certificate Transparency Logs — publicly auditable records of every TLS certificate ever issued. CT log service was slow or unavailable — showing DNS-probed subdomains only

Δ No Propagation Issues: All DNS records are synchronized between resolver and authoritative nameserver.
DNS Intelligence What does DNS look like right now — and what changed over time?
DNS Evidence Diff Side-by-side comparison
Resolver Records (Public DNS cache)
Authoritative Records (Source of truth)
A 6 / 0 records
74.125.202.102
74.125.202.101
74.125.202.138
74.125.202.113
74.125.202.100
74.125.202.139
AAAA 4 / 0 records
2607:f8b0:4001:c0f::66
2607:f8b0:4001:c0f::64
2607:f8b0:4001:c0f::8a
2607:f8b0:4001:c0f::8b
CAA RFC 8659 §4 1 / 0 records
0 issue "pki.goog"
DMARC _dmarc.google.com RFC 7489 §6.3 1 / 0 records
v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:mailauth-reports@google.com
MTA-STS _mta-sts.google.com RFC 8461 §3 1 / 0 records
v=STSv1; id=20210803T010101;
MX RFC 5321 1 / 0 records
10 smtp.google.com.
NS RFC 1035 4 / 0 records
ns2.google.com.
ns4.google.com.
ns1.google.com.
ns3.google.com.
SOA RFC 1035 1 / 0 records
ns1.google.com. dns-admin.google.com. 867152559 900 900 1800 60
TLS-RPT _smtp._tls.google.com RFC 8460 §3 1 / 0 records
v=TLSRPTv1;rua=mailto:sts-reports@google.com
TXT RFC 7208 §4 12 / 0 records
v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all
apple-domain-verification=30afIBcvSuDV2PLX
google-site-verification=TV9-DBe4R80X4v0M4U_bd_J9cpOJM0nikft0jAgjmsQ
docusign=1b0a6754-49b1-4db5-8540-d2c12664b289
docusign=05958488-4752-4ef2-95eb-aa7ba8a3bd0e
onetrust-domain-verification=6d685f1d41a94696ad7ef771f68993e0
cisco-ci-domain-verification=47c38bc8c4b74b7233e9053220c1bbe76bcc1cd33c7acf7acd36cd6a5332004b
globalsign-smime-dv=CDYX+XFHUw2wml6/Gb8+59BsH31KzUr6c1l2BPvqKX8=
google-site-verification=wD8N7i1JTNTkezJ49swvWW48f8_9xveREV4oB-0Hf5o
google-site-verification=4ibFUgB-wXLQ_S7vsXVomSTVamuOXBiVAzpR5IZ87D0
MS=E4A68B9AB2BB9670BCE15412F62916164C0B20BB
facebook-domain-verification=22rm551cu4k0ab0bxsw536tlds4h95
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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.

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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.

f4a5fba28f4fc2d1f6f64837e5005bd3feee821221813a685723bbab40b0f9bb4deaf6a34b052be63644c5b30fe6e0ee7c9a504e8bde461f164d3701a31d1706
Evaluations reference 12 RFCs. Methods are reproducible using the verification commands provided. Results reflect DNS state at 9 Feb 2026, 18:28 UTC.

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).

OpenSSL + Sidecar (macOS, Linux, WSL)
cat dns-intelligence-google.com.json.sha3 && echo '---' && openssl dgst -sha3-512 dns-intelligence-google.com.json
Python 3 (cross-platform)
python3 -c "import hashlib; print(hashlib.sha3_512(open('dns-intelligence-google.com.json','rb').read()).hexdigest())"
sha3sum (coreutils 9+)
sha3sum -a 512 dns-intelligence-google.com.json
Compare the output against the .sha3 file or the checksum API at /api/analysis/471/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 google.com. 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

Query A records (IPv4) RFC 1035
dig +noall +answer google.com A
Query AAAA records (IPv6) RFC 1035
dig +noall +answer google.com AAAA
Query MX records (mail servers) RFC 1035
dig +noall +answer google.com MX
Query NS records (nameservers) RFC 1035
dig +noall +answer google.com NS
Query TXT records RFC 1035
dig +noall +answer google.com TXT

Email Authentication

Check SPF record RFC 7208
dig +short google.com TXT | grep -i spf
Check DMARC policy RFC 7489
dig +short _dmarc.google.com TXT
Check DKIM key for selector 'default' RFC 6376
dig +short default._domainkey.google.com TXT
Check DKIM key for selector 'google' RFC 6376
dig +short google._domainkey.google.com TXT
Check DKIM key for selector 'selector1' RFC 6376
dig +short selector1._domainkey.google.com TXT
Check DKIM key for selector 'selector2' RFC 6376
dig +short selector2._domainkey.google.com TXT

Domain Security

Check DNSSEC DNSKEY records RFC 4035
dig +dnssec +noall +answer google.com DNSKEY
Check DNSSEC DS records RFC 4035
dig +noall +answer google.com DS
Validate DNSSEC chain (requires DNSSEC-validating resolver) RFC 4035
dig +dnssec +cd google.com A @1.1.1.1

Transport Security

Check TLSA record for smtp.google.com RFC 7672
dig +noall +answer _25._tcp.smtp.google.com TLSA
Verify TLS certificate on primary MX (smtp.google.com) RFC 6698
openssl s_client -starttls smtp -connect smtp.google.com:25 -servername smtp.google.com 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -subject -dates
Check MTA-STS DNS record RFC 8461
dig +short _mta-sts.google.com TXT
Fetch MTA-STS policy file RFC 8461
curl -sL https://mta-sts.google.com/.well-known/mta-sts.txt
Check TLS-RPT record RFC 8460
dig +short _smtp._tls.google.com TXT

Brand & Trust

Check BIMI record BIMI Draft
dig +short default._bimi.google.com TXT
Check CAA records (certificate authority authorization) RFC 8659
dig +noall +answer google.com CAA

DNS Records

Check HTTPS/SVCB records RFC 9460
dig +noall +answer google.com HTTPS

Domain Security

Check CDS/CDNSKEY automation records RFC 7344
dig +noall +answer google.com CDS

Infrastructure Intelligence

RDAP domain registration lookup RFC 9083
curl -sL 'https://rdap.org/domain/google.com' | python3 -m json.tool | head -50

Transport Security

Test STARTTLS on primary MX (smtp.google.com) RFC 3207
openssl s_client -starttls smtp -connect smtp.google.com:25 -servername smtp.google.com </dev/null 2>/dev/null | head -5

Infrastructure Intelligence

Search Certificate Transparency logs RFC 6962
curl -s 'https://crt.sh/?q=%25.google.com&output=json' | python3 -c "import json,sys; [print(e['name_value']) for e in json.load(sys.stdin)]" | sort -u | head -20
Check security.txt RFC 9116
curl -sL https://google.com/.well-known/security.txt | head -20

AI Surface

Check for llms.txt
curl -sI https://google.com/llms.txt | head -5
Check robots.txt for AI crawler rules
curl -s https://google.com/robots.txt | grep -i -E 'GPTBot|ChatGPT|Claude|Anthropic|Google-Extended|CCBot|PerplexityBot'

Infrastructure Intelligence

ASN lookup for 74.125.202.102 (Team Cymru)
dig +short 102.202.125.74.origin.asn.cymru.com TXT
ASN lookup for 74.125.202.101 (Team Cymru)
dig +short 101.202.125.74.origin.asn.cymru.com TXT
Commands use dig, openssl, and curl — standard tools available on macOS, Linux, and WSL. Results may vary slightly due to DNS propagation timing and resolver caching.
Intelligence Confidence Audit Engine Verified · 9/9 Evaluated
How confident are these results? Each protocol is independently verified against RFC standards. No self-awarded badges.
SPF
Verified 4841 runs
DKIM
Verified 4660 runs
DMARC
Verified 4825 runs
DANE/TLSA
Verified 4644 runs
DNSSEC
Verified 4822 runs
BIMI
Verified 4659 runs
MTA-STS
Verified 4662 runs
TLS-RPT
Verified 4664 runs
CAA
Verified 4656 runs
Maturity: Development Verified Consistent Gold Gold Master
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DNS records — Cloudflare, Google, Quad9, OpenDNS, DNS4EU
Email auth — SPF, DMARC, DKIM selectors
DNSSEC chain of trust & DANE/TLSA
Certificate Transparency & subdomain discovery
SMTP transport & STARTTLS verification
MTA-STS, TLS-RPT, BIMI, CAA
Registrar & infrastructure analysis
Intelligence Classification & Interpretation

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