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10 Mar 2026, 14:07 UTC · 16.7s ·v26.35.35 · SHA-3-512: fe30✱✱✱✱ Verify
Recon ModeRecon Mode Snapshot Re-analyze New Domain
Footprint
DNS Security & Trust Posture
Risk Level: Medium Risk
6 protocols configured, 3 not configured Domain appears to be in deliberate DMARC monitoring phase with aggregate reporting enabled Why we go beyond letter grades
Analysis Confidence (ICD 203)
MODERATE 67/100
Resolver agreement is inconsistent for some protocols, limiting confidence. Data currency and system maturity are adequate.
Accuracy 61% Currency 73/100 Maturity verified
Limiting factor: Resolver agreement is low for this scan — some protocols returned inconsistent results across resolvers
Intelligence Currency
Data Currency: Adequate 73/100
ICuAE Details
Currentness Excellent TTL Compliance Excellent Completeness Degraded Source Credibility Excellent TTL Relevance Degraded
DNS data shows some aging or gaps — consider re-scanning for critical decisions

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
AAAA 239s 1 hour (3600s) high AAAA TTL is below typical — observed 239s, typical value is 1 hour (3600s). Short TTLs increase DNS query volume but enable faster propagation. If you are preparing for a migration or need rapid failover, this may be intentional (RFC 1035 §3.2.1). For steady-state production, consider 3600 seconds per NIST SP 800-53 SI-7 relevance guidance. Use the TTL Tuner for profile-specific recommendations.
TXT 239s 1 hour (3600s) high TXT TTL is below typical — observed 239s, typical value is 1 hour (3600s). Short TTLs increase DNS query volume but enable faster propagation. If you are preparing for a migration or need rapid failover, this may be intentional (RFC 1035 §3.2.1). For steady-state production, consider 3600 seconds per NIST SP 800-53 SI-7 relevance guidance. Use the TTL Tuner for profile-specific recommendations.
NS 21539s 1 day (86400s) medium NS TTL is below typical — observed 21539s, typical value is 1 day (86400s). Short TTLs increase DNS query volume but enable faster propagation. If you are preparing for a migration or need rapid failover, this may be intentional (RFC 1035 §3.2.1). For steady-state production, consider 86400 seconds per NIST SP 800-53 SI-7 relevance guidance. Use the TTL Tuner for profile-specific recommendations.
A 5 minutes (300s) 1 hour (3600s) high A TTL is below typical — observed 5 minutes (300s), typical value is 1 hour (3600s). Short TTLs increase DNS query volume but enable faster propagation. If you are preparing for a migration or need rapid failover, this may be intentional (RFC 1035 §3.2.1). For steady-state production, consider 3600 seconds per NIST SP 800-53 SI-7 relevance guidance. Use the TTL Tuner for profile-specific recommendations.
Provider Note: This TTL (5 minutes (300s)) matches Cloudflare's fixed proxied-record TTL. If this record is proxied (orange cloud), the TTL is enforced by Cloudflare and cannot be changed. Disable proxying (gray cloud) to regain TTL control, at the cost of losing Cloudflare's DDoS protection and CDN.
MX 29s 1 hour (3600s) high MX TTL is below typical — observed 29s, typical value is 1 hour (3600s). Short TTLs increase DNS query volume but enable faster propagation. If you are preparing for a migration or need rapid failover, this may be intentional (RFC 1035 §3.2.1). For steady-state production, consider 3600 seconds per NIST SP 800-53 SI-7 relevance guidance. Use the TTL Tuner for profile-specific recommendations.

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.
Tune TTL for ietf.org
Reference: NIST SP 800-53 SI-7 (Information Integrity) · RFC 8767 (Serve Stale) · RFC 1035 §3.2.1 (TTL semantics) DNS provider detected: Cloudflare — provider-specific RFC compliance notes are shown inline above where applicable.
Primary NS jill.ns.cloudflare.com
Serial 2398064274
Admin dns.cloudflare.com
Provider Cloudflare
Timer Value RFC 1912 Range
Refresh10000s1,200–43,200s (20 min – 12 hrs)
Retry2400sFraction of Refresh
Expire604800s1,209,600–2,419,200s (14–28 days)
Minimum (Neg. Cache)1800s300–86,400s (5 min – 1 day)
Expire: SOA Expire is 7 days (604800s). RFC 1912 §2.2 recommends 1,209,600–2,419,200 seconds (14–28 days). If the primary nameserver becomes unreachable, secondary nameservers will stop serving this zone after only 7 days (604800s). Cloudflare's anycast architecture reduces the practical risk, but this value departs from the RFC recommendation.

Independent RFC compliance assessment for Cloudflare. Each finding cites the specific RFC section and reports what the engineering community consensus is. We report honestly — if a provider deviates from standards, we explain what they did differently and what the RFCs actually say.

SOA Expire below RFC 1912 recommendation RFC 1912 §2.2

Cloudflare sets SOA Expire to 604,800 seconds (7 days). RFC 1912 §2.2 recommends 1,209,600–2,419,200 seconds (14–28 days). This means secondary nameservers stop serving the zone sooner if the primary becomes unreachable. Cloudflare's position is that their anycast architecture makes traditional zone transfer semantics less relevant. SOA timers are not editable on Free, Pro, or Business plans.

Below RFC recommendation
Proxied record TTLs fixed at 300s RFC 2181 §5.2

Cloudflare overrides the zone administrator's TTL to 300 seconds for all proxied (orange-cloud) records. RFC 2181 §5.2 requires TTL uniformity within an RRset but does not mandate a specific value. As the authoritative server, Cloudflare is technically within its rights, but the administrator loses TTL control. This can affect ACME DNS-01 challenges and automation workflows that depend on rapid propagation.

Technically compliant, but overrides administrator intent
Non-standard SOA serial format RFC 1912 §2.2

RFC 1912 recommends YYYYMMDDNN format for SOA serial numbers (e.g., 2026022501). Cloudflare uses a proprietary serial number format that does not encode the date. RFC 1035 only requires the serial to increment on changes, so this is compliant with the mandatory standard but breaks the convention relied on by monitoring tools.

Compliant with RFC 1035, deviates from RFC 1912 convention
Negative cache TTL delays new records RFC 2308 §5

Cloudflare's SOA MINIMUM (negative cache TTL) is 1,800–3,600 seconds (30–60 minutes). This controls how long resolvers cache NXDOMAIN responses. Newly created DNS records — including ACME DNS-01 challenge TXT records for Let's Encrypt — may be invisible for up to 1 hour even after creation. This causes certificate issuance failures for automation tools like cert-manager and Traefik. Workaround: pre-create placeholder records before they're needed. This is RFC-compliant but aggressive compared to the 300–900 seconds common at other providers.

RFC-compliant, but causes real-world automation failures
Historical RFC 2181 §5.2 violation: TTL mismatch in CNAME RRsets RFC 2181 §5.2

In February 2022, Cloudflare's resolver (1.1.1.1) returned CNAME responses with mismatched TTLs within the same RRset — including cases where one TTL was zero and another was non-zero. RFC 2181 §5.2 explicitly states: 'the TTLs of all RRs in an RRSet must be the same.' systemd-resolved (used by Arch Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora, and most modern Linux distributions) correctly rejected these responses per the RFC, causing widespread DNS resolution failures. Cloudflare acknowledged the issue and it appears to have been fixed, but it demonstrated that Cloudflare's DNS infrastructure can deviate from RFC requirements in ways that break compliant resolver implementations.

Was a documented RFC violation — appears resolved
This assessment is based on RFC specifications, provider documentation, and documented incidents from DNS engineering communities. DNS Tool does not have a commercial relationship with any provider listed.
Email Spoofing
Partial
Brand Impersonation
Basic
DNS Tampering
Protected
Certificate Control
Open
Recommended
Move DMARC policy from 'none' to 'quarantine' or 'reject'
Monitoring
DMARC record has configuration warnings — review recommended, DKIM signing inferred from provider — could not directly verify selector
Configured
SPF, DMARC (with warnings), DKIM (inferred via Unknown), BIMI, DANE, DNSSEC
Not Configured
MTA-STS, TLS-RPT, CAA
Priority Actions 4 total Achievable posture: Low Risk
High Upgrade DMARC from p=none

Your DMARC policy is monitor-only (p=none). Upgrade to p=quarantine or p=reject after reviewing reports to actively prevent spoofing.

A quarantine or reject policy instructs receivers to take action on failing mail.
FieldValue
TypeTXT
Host_dmarc.ietf.org (DMARC policy record)
Valuev=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:dmarc-reports@ietf.org
Low Add CAA Records

CAA records specify which Certificate Authorities may issue certificates for your domain, reducing the risk of unauthorized certificate issuance.

CAA constrains which CAs can issue certificates for this domain.
FieldValue
TypeCAA
Hostietf.org (root of domain — adjust CA to match your provider)
Value0 issue "letsencrypt.org"
Low Add TLS-RPT Reporting

Your domain has DNSSEC + DANE — the strongest email transport security available. TLS-RPT (TLS Reporting) sends you reports about TLS connection failures when other servers try to deliver mail to your domain.

TLS-RPT sends you reports about TLS connection failures to your mail servers.
FieldValue
TypeTXT
Host_smtp._tls.ietf.org (SMTP TLS reporting record)
Valuev=TLSRPTv1; rua=mailto:tls-reports@ietf.org
Low Deploy MTA-STS

MTA-STS enforces TLS encryption for inbound mail delivery, preventing downgrade attacks on your mail transport.

MTA-STS tells sending servers to require TLS when delivering mail to your domain.
FieldValue
TypeTXT
Host_mta-sts.ietf.org (MTA-STS policy record)
Valuev=STSv1; id=ietf.org
Registrar (RDAP) OBSERVED LIVE
Cloudflare, Inc.
Where domain was purchased
Email Service Provider
Unknown
Moderately Protected
Web Hosting
Unknown
Where website is hosted
DNS Hosting OBSERVED
Cloudflare
Where DNS records are edited
Email Security Methodology Can this domain be impersonated by email? Yes DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)

SPF Record RFC 7208 §4 Verified

Does this domain declare who may send email on its behalf? Yes
Success ~all 2/10 lookups

SPF valid with industry-standard soft fail (~all), 2/10 lookups

v=spf1 ip4:166.84.6.31 ip4:166.84.7.238 ip6:2602:f977:800:f7f6::/64 include:_spf.google.com include:spf.hostedrt.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 has DMARC p=none (monitoring only). Enforcing quarantine or reject is recommended to gain real protection.

DMARC Policy RFC 7489 §6.3 Verified

Are spoofed emails rejected or quarantined? Monitoring only
Warning p=none

DMARC in monitoring mode (p=none) - spoofed mail still delivered, no enforcement

v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc_agg@vali.email,mailto:dmarc-report@ietf.org
Policy p=none provides no protection - spoofed emails reach inboxes
No forensic reporting (ruf) tag — this is correct. The absence of ruf= is not a gap. RFC 7489 §7.3 warns that forensic reports can expose PII (full message headers or bodies). Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo do not honour ruf= requests regardless. The DMARCbis draft (draft-ietf-dmarc-dmarcbis) has formally removed ruf= from the specification, confirming its deprecation. Omitting ruf= is the recommended modern practice. RFC 7489 §7.3 — Forensic Reports
Advanced cryptographic posture detected. Domain appears to be in deliberate DMARC monitoring phase with aggregate reporting enabled
RFC 7489 Present — DMARC record published per RFC 7489 §6.3.
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? Not discoverable
Not Discoverable

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

SPF authorizes Google Workspace servers, but MX records point to self-hosted infrastructure. The Google Workspace SPF include likely supports ancillary services (e.g., calendar invitations, shared documents) rather than primary mailbox hosting.
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? Not prevented
Warning

No MTA-STS record found

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

TLS-RPT RFC 8460 §3 Verified

Will failures in TLS delivery be reported? No reporting
Warning

No TLS-RPT record found

DMARC External Reporting Authorization RFC 7489 §7.1

Are external report receivers authorized? Yes — all authorized
Success

All 1 external reporting domains properly authorized

External Domain Authorization Auth Record
vali.email Authorized v=DMARC1;

DANE / TLSA Verified Recon Methodology Can mail servers establish identity without a public CA? Yes

DANE configured — TLSA records found for all 1 MX host

MX Host Usage Selector Match Certificate Data
mail2.ietf.org 3 DANE-EE (Domain-issued certificate) Public key only (SubjectPublicKeyInfo) SHA-256 fe9ac5cf25473ced8ce069b5c5794fcfe23cbecc1c51ba477cac72ffa2c1e045

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 DNSSEC + DANE — the strongest cryptographic transport security. DANE binds TLS certificates to DNSSEC-signed DNS records, creating a verifiable chain of trust from root to mail server (RFC 7672 §1.3). MTA-STS could complement this for senders that don't validate DNSSEC, but DANE alone provides the highest level of protection available.

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? Likely DMARC is monitor-only p=none (RFC 7489 §6.3) — spoofed mail is not blocked, brand faking is trivial

BIMI BIMI Spec Verified Success No VMC SVG

Is the brand identity verified and displayed in inboxes? Yes

BIMI configured - logo validated (VMC recommended for Gmail)

BIMI works without VMC! VMC (Verified Mark Certificate) requires a registered trademark. Small businesses can use BIMI with just a logo - it shows in Apple Mail and some providers. Gmail requires VMC.
v=BIMI1;l=https://static.ietf.org/logos/ietf-bimi.svg
BIMI Logo
Logo validated (SVG) View full logo

CAA RFC 8659 §4 Verified Warning

Does this domain restrict who can issue TLS certificates? No

No CAA records found - any CA can issue certificates

Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (security.txt) Is there a verified way to report security issues? No RFC 9116

No security.txt found

A security.txt file at /.well-known/security.txt provides security researchers with a standardized way to report vulnerabilities. See securitytxt.org for a generator.

AI Surface Scanner Beta Is this domain discoverable by AI — and protected from abuse? No

No AI governance measures detected

llms.txt llmstxt.org
Is this domain publishing AI-readable brand context? No
No llms.txt found
No llms-full.txt found
AI Crawler Governance (robots.txt) RFC 9309 IETF Draft
Are AI crawlers explicitly allowed or blocked? Not blocked
No AI crawler blocking observed — no blocking directives found in robots.txt
Content-Usage Directive IETF Draft
Does the site express AI content-usage preferences? Not Configured
No Content-Usage directive detected. The IETF AI Preferences working group is developing a Content-Usage: directive for robots.txt that lets site owners declare whether their content may be used for AI training and inference. This is an active draft, not yet a ratified standard.
Example: Add Content-Usage: ai=no to robots.txt to deny AI training, or Content-Usage: ai=allow to explicitly permit it. Without this directive, AI crawler behavior depends on individual crawler policies and User-agent rules.
AI Recommendation Poisoning
Is this site trying to manipulate AI recommendations? No
No AI recommendation poisoning indicators found
Hidden Prompt Artifacts
Is hidden prompt-injection text present in the source? No
No hidden prompt-like artifacts detected
Evidence Log (1 item)
TypeDetailSeverityConfidence
robots_txt_no_ai_blocks robots.txt found but no AI-specific blocking directives low Observed
Public Exposure Checks Are sensitive files or secrets exposed? No

No exposed secrets detected in public page source — same-origin, non-intrusive scan of publicly visible page source and scripts.

No exposed secrets, API keys, or credentials were detected in publicly accessible page source or scripts.
What type of scan is this?

This is OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) collection — we check the same publicly accessible URLs that any web browser could visit. No authentication is bypassed, no ports are probed, no vulnerabilities are exploited.

Is this a PCI compliance scan? No. PCI DSS requires scans performed by an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV) certified by the PCI Security Standards Council. DNS Tool is not an ASV. If you need PCI compliance scanning, engage a certified ASV such as Qualys, Tenable, or Trustwave.

Is this a penetration test? No. Penetration testing involves active exploitation attempts against systems with authorization. Our checks are passive observation of publicly accessible resources — the same methodology used by Shodan, Mozilla Observatory, and other OSINT platforms.

DNS Server Security Hardened

No DNS server misconfigurations found on jill.ns.cloudflare.com — 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: jill.ns.cloudflare.com, ken.ns.cloudflare.com

Delegation Consistency 1 Issue

Delegation consistency: 1 issue(s) found — Parent/child NS delegation alignment: DS↔DNSKEY, glue records, TTL drift, SOA serial sync.

Findings:
  • Could not retrieve NS TTL from parent zone

DS ↔ DNSKEY Alignment Aligned

DS Key TagDS AlgorithmDNSKEY Key TagDNSKEY Algorithm
2371 13 2371 13

Glue Record Completeness Complete

NameserverIn-BailiwickIPv4 GlueIPv6 GlueStatus
jill.ns.cloudflare.com No N/A N/A OK
ken.ns.cloudflare.com No N/A N/A OK

NS TTL Comparison Drift

Child TTL: 86400s Drift: 0s

SOA Serial Consistency Consistent

jill.ns.cloudflare.com: 2.398064274e+09
ken.ns.cloudflare.com: 2.398064274e+09
Nameserver Fleet Matrix Healthy

Analyzed 2 nameserver(s) for ietf.org — Per-nameserver reachability, ASN diversity, SOA serial sync, and lame delegation checks.

Nameserver IPv4 IPv6 ASN / Operator UDP TCP AA SOA Serial
jill.ns.cloudflare.com 108.162.192.122
172.64.32.122
173.245.58.122
2a06:98c1:50::ac40:207a
2606:4700:50::adf5:3a7a
2803:f800:50::6ca2:c07a
AS13335
Cloudflare, Inc.
2398064274
ken.ns.cloudflare.com 172.64.33.127
173.245.59.127
108.162.193.127
2803:f800:50::6ca2:c17f
2606:4700:58::adf5:3b7f
2a06:98c1:50::ac40:217f
AS13335
Cloudflare, Inc.
2398064274
Unique ASNs
1
Unique Operators
1
Unique /24 Prefixes
6
Diversity Score
Fair

1 ASN(s), 6 /24 prefix(es) — consider adding diversity

DNSSEC Operations Deep Dive 1 Issue

DNSSEC operational notes: 1 item(s) to review — KSK/ZSK differentiation, RRSIG expiry windows, NSEC/NSEC3 analysis, and rollover readiness.

Findings:
  • CDS/CDNSKEY automation present but only single KSK — pre-publish second KSK before rollover

DNSKEY Inventory 2 Keys

RoleKey TagAlgorithmKey Size
ZSK 34505 ECDSA P-256/SHA-256 256 bits
KSK 2371 ECDSA P-256/SHA-256 256 bits

RRSIG Signatures 0 Signatures

No RRSIG records found.

Denial of Existence NSEC

NSEC records expose zone contents via ordered names (zone walking). Consider NSEC3 for zone enumeration protection.

Rollover Readiness Partial

Multiple KSKs:
CDS Published:
CDNSKEY Published:
Automation: full
Mail Transport Security Beta Is mail transport encrypted and verified? Yes DANE/TLSA provides cryptographic transport verification

Transport encryption enforced via DNS policy (1 signal(s))

Policy Assessment Primary
  • DANE/TLSA records published — mail servers pin TLS certificates via DNSSEC (RFC 7672)
Telemetry
TLS-RPT not configured — domain has no visibility into TLS delivery failures from real senders
Live Probe Supplementary
Skipped — Remote probe failed (connection failed — probe may be offline) and local port 25 is blocked. Transport security is assessed via DNS policy records per NIST SP 800-177 Rev. 1.
Infrastructure Intelligence Who hosts this domain and what services power it? Direct

ASN / Network Success

Resolved 1 unique ASN(s) across 4 IP address(es)

ASNNameCountry
AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. US
IPv4 Mappings:
104.16.45.99AS13335 (104.16.32.0/20)
104.16.44.99AS13335 (104.16.32.0/20)
IPv6 Mappings:
2606:4700::6810:2d63AS13335 (2606:4700::/44)
2606:4700::6810:2c63AS13335 (2606:4700::/44)

Edge / CDN Success

Domain appears to use direct origin hosting

SaaS TXT Footprint Success

No SaaS services detected

Detects SaaS services that leave DNS TXT verification records (e.g., domain ownership proofs). Does not detect all SaaS platforms — only those indicated by DNS.


Domain Security Methodology Can DNS responses be tampered with in transit? No DNSSEC signed and validated, cryptographic chain of trust verified

DNSSEC RFC 4033 §2 Verified Signed ECDSA P-256/SHA-256 Modern

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)

Algorithm Observation: ECDSA P-256/SHA-256 — MUST implement, recommended default (RFC 8624 §3.1)
All current DNSSEC algorithms use classical cryptography. Post-quantum DNSSEC standards are in active IETF development (draft-sheth-pqc-dnssec-strategy) but no PQC algorithms have been standardized for DNSSEC yet.
Chain of trust: Root → TLD → Domain. DNS responses are authenticated and tamper-proof.
AD Flag: Validated - Resolver (8.8.8.8) confirmed cryptographic signatures
DS Record (at registrar):
2371 13 2 B1AE88AFF068DDEC3F7FF662F47D6599C74134425C67106E6C203942D6227EA4

NS Delegation Verified

2 nameserver(s) configured

Nameservers: jill.ns.cloudflare.com ken.ns.cloudflare.com
Managed DNS
All 2 nameservers hosted by Cloudflare. Managed DNS provides reliable resolution with provider-maintained infrastructure.
DNS provider(s): Cloudflare
Multi-Resolver Verification Recon: Consensus reached - 5 resolvers (Cloudflare, Google, Quad9, OpenDNS, DNS4EU) agree on DNS records

HTTPS / SVCB Records RFC 9460 Success HTTPS HTTP/3

HTTPS records found, HTTP/3 supported

PriorityTargetALPNECHRaw
1 . h3, h2 No ietf.org. 300 IN HTTPS 1 . alpn="h3,h2" ipv4hint="104.16.44.99,104.16.45.99" ipv6hint="2606:4700::6810:2c63,2606:4700::6810:2d63"

CDS / CDNSKEY (DNSSEC Automation) RFC 7344 Success CDS CDNSKEY

Full RFC 8078 automated DNSSEC key rollover signaling detected (CDS + CDNSKEY)

Key TagAlgorithmDigest TypeDigest
2371 ECDSAP256SHA256 2
CDNSKEY Records:
FlagsProtocolAlgorithmPublic Key
257 3 ECDSAP256SHA256
Traffic & Routing Where does this domain's traffic actually terminate?

AIPv4 Address

104.16.45.99
104.16.44.99
Where the domain points for web traffic

AAAAIPv6 Address

2606:4700::6810:2d63
2606:4700::6810:2c63
IPv6 ready

MXMail Servers

0 mail2.ietf.org.
Priority + mail server for email delivery

SRVServices

No SRV records
No service-specific routing configured
Web: Reachable (2 IPv4, 2 IPv6) Mail: 1 server Services: None
Subdomain Discovery RFC 6962 Recon LIVE What subdomains and infrastructure are exposed in certificate logs? 93 subdomains discovered
How did we find these?
CT logs unavailable 93 current 0 expired 13 CNAMEs Source: Certificate Transparency + DNS Intelligence
Subdomains discovered via CT logs (RFC 6962), DNS probing of common service names, and CNAME chain traversal.
Subdomain Source Status Provider / CNAME Certificates First Seen Issuer(s)
account.ietf.org DNS Current 10 2025-12-18 Let's Encrypt, Google Trust Services
alertmanager.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 4 2026-02-17T10:43:55 Let's Encrypt
analytics.ietf.org DNS Current 10 2025-12-18 Let's Encrypt, Google Trust Services
auth-01-cn.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 2 2026-03-06T19:50:28 Let's Encrypt
auth-02-cn.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 2 2026-03-06T19:50:28 Let's Encrypt
auth-cn.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 2 2026-03-06T19:50:28 Let's Encrypt
auth.ietf.org DNS Current 10 2025-12-18 Let's Encrypt, Google Trust Services
bibxml.ietf.org CT Log Current 6 2026-02-11T01:41:21 Google Trust Services
dashboard.ietf.org DNS Current 10 2025-12-18 Let's Encrypt, Google Trust Services
dashboard.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current dashboard-new.noc.ietf.org 4 2026-02-10T20:18:52 Let's Encrypt
dev-legacy.ietf.org CT Log Current 16 2026-02-09T18:29:42 Let's Encrypt
dev.ietf.org CT Log Current 8 2026-01-26T22:12:40 Let's Encrypt
dev.ssh.ietf.org CT Log Current 8 2026-02-07T14:16:41 Let's Encrypt
dev2.ietf.org CT Log Current 8 2026-02-01T00:58:02 Let's Encrypt
docker.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 4 2026-02-17T10:43:55 Let's Encrypt
docker.noc.ietf.org CT Log Current 8 2026-02-17T10:44:07 Let's Encrypt
draftforge.ietf.org CT Log Current 6 2026-02-26T08:02:00 Google Trust Services
drone.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 4 2026-02-17T10:43:55 Let's Encrypt
dt.ietf.org CT Log Current 6 2026-02-14T10:14:06 Google Trust Services
files.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current docker.meeting.ietf.org 4 2026-02-17T10:43:55 Let's Encrypt
forgejo.noc.ietf.org CT Log Current 8 2026-02-17T10:44:07 Let's Encrypt
ftp.ietf.org CT Log Current 4 2026-02-08T15:50:34 Let's Encrypt
get.ietf.org CT Log Current 5 2026-02-10T17:57:25 Google Trust Services
get.staging.ietf.org CT Log Current 6 2026-02-19T18:39:42 Google Trust Services
git.noc.ietf.org CT Log Current 6 2026-02-17T10:44:07 Let's Encrypt
gogs.noc.ietf.org CT Log Current 4 2026-01-01T01:43:34 Let's Encrypt
grafana.noc.ietf.org CT Log Current docker.noc.ietf.org 8 2026-02-17T10:44:07 Let's Encrypt
hacknet.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 2 2026-01-21T00:11:15 Let's Encrypt
hedgedoc.noc.ietf.org CT Log Current 8 2026-02-17T10:44:07 Let's Encrypt
iabdev.ietf.org CT Log Current 1 2025-09-13T00:00:00 Amazon
iaoc.ietf.org CT Log Current 3 2026-01-12T10:50:25 Google Trust Services
idnits.ietf.org CT Log Current 3 2026-01-24T20:39:48 Google Trust Services
ietf-125-radius.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 2 2026-03-06T19:50:28 Let's Encrypt
imap.ietf.org DNS Current 10 2025-12-18 Let's Encrypt, Google Trust Services
influxdb.noc.ietf.org CT Log Current 8 2026-02-17T10:44:07 Let's Encrypt
jabber.ietf.org CT Log Current 5 2026-02-11T04:56:37 Google Trust Services
k8s.ietf.org CT Log Current 8 2026-01-11T18:14:02 Let's Encrypt
keycloak.noc.ietf.org CT Log Current docker.noc.ietf.org 8 2026-02-17T10:44:07 Let's Encrypt
keyclone.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 4 2026-02-17T10:43:55 Let's Encrypt
mail2.ietf.org DNS Current 10 2025-12-18 Let's Encrypt, Google Trust Services
meetecho-interims.ietf.org CT Log Current ws.conf.meetecho.com 1 2025-09-06T00:00:00 Amazon
meetecho-meetings.ietf.org CT Log Current 2 2026-02-05T10:09:15 Let's Encrypt
meetecho-or.ietf.org CT Log Current or.conf.meetecho.com 2 2025-05-27T00:00:00 Amazon
meetecho-player.ietf.org CT Log Current 5 2026-02-10T15:48:01 Google Trust Services
meetecho-sin.ietf.org CT Log Current 2 2025-12-26T00:00:00 Amazon
meetecho.ietf.org CT Log Current wws.conf.meetecho.com 2 2025-09-06T00:00:00 Amazon
meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 6 2026-03-01T02:57:35 Let's Encrypt
mon.noc.ietf.org CT Log Current 6 2026-03-01T02:57:35 Let's Encrypt
monitoring.noc.ietf.org CT Log Current noc.ietf.org 6 2026-03-01T02:57:35 Let's Encrypt
netbox.noc.ietf.org CT Log Current docker.noc.ietf.org 8 2026-02-17T10:44:07 Let's Encrypt
nms.noc.ietf.org CT Log Current 4 2026-02-28T23:37:38 Let's Encrypt
noc.ietf.org CT Log Current 6 2026-03-01T02:57:35 Let's Encrypt
notes-media.ietf.org CT Log Current 3 2026-01-12T13:22:10 Google Trust Services
ops.ietf.org CT Log Current 8 2026-01-12T16:29:50 Let's Encrypt
pbs.noc.ietf.org CT Log Current 4 2026-03-02T14:11:16 Let's Encrypt
private.ietf.org CT Log Current 10 2026-02-18T11:00:12 Let's Encrypt
privatewikis.ietf.org CT Log Current 6 2026-01-12T19:40:28 Google Trust Services
prod.ietf.org CT Log Current 16 2026-02-16T19:11:36 Let's Encrypt
prod.ssh.ietf.org CT Log Current 8 2026-02-07T14:16:41 Let's Encrypt
proto.ietf.org CT Log Current 8 2026-02-23T16:46:00 Let's Encrypt
proxy-cn.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 2 2026-02-11T19:51:39 Let's Encrypt
proxy.ietf.org CT Log Current 9 2026-02-11T15:00:27 Google Trust Services
pulse.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 4 2026-02-14T17:36:02 Let's Encrypt
pushgateway.noc.ietf.org CT Log Current docker.noc.ietf.org 8 2026-02-17T10:44:07 Let's Encrypt
pvm0.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 4 2026-02-17T16:43:38 Let's Encrypt
pvm1.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 4 2026-02-17T16:33:38 Let's Encrypt
pvm2.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 4 2026-02-17T16:23:36 Let's Encrypt
relay01.ietf.org CT Log Current 2 2026-02-19T21:03:58 Let's Encrypt
rt5.ietf.org CT Log Current rt5-ietf-org.hostedrt.com 2 2026-02-02T12:38:31 Let's Encrypt
rundeck.noc.ietf.org CT Log Current 2 2025-12-11T03:16:03 Let's Encrypt
sandbox.ietf.org CT Log Current 13 2026-02-12T17:39:15 Google Trust Services, Let's Encrypt
services-1.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 4 2026-02-17T16:43:36 Let's Encrypt
services-2.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 4 2026-02-17T16:22:35 Let's Encrypt
snmp-exporter.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current docker.meeting.ietf.org 4 2026-02-17T10:43:55 Let's Encrypt
ssh.ietf.org CT Log Current 8 2026-02-07T14:16:41 Let's Encrypt
staff.ietf.org CT Log Current 9 2026-02-13T13:30:46 Google Trust Services
staging.ietf.org CT Log Current 8 2026-01-22T11:57:01 Let's Encrypt
staging.ssh.ietf.org CT Log Current 8 2026-02-07T14:16:41 Let's Encrypt
static.ietf.org CT Log Current 6 2026-02-13T02:46:57 Google Trust Services
status.ietf.org CT Log Current cname.instatus.com 4 2026-02-13T03:13:38 Let's Encrypt
store.ietf.org CT Log Current 2 2026-01-12T19:54:47 Let's Encrypt
tools-common.ietf.org CT Log Current 3 2026-01-12T11:28:31 Google Trust Services
tools.ietf.org CT Log Current 13 2026-02-11T19:56:30 Google Trust Services, Let's Encrypt
trac.ietf.org CT Log Current 6 2026-02-15T01:30:18 Google Trust Services
trac.tools.ietf.org CT Log Current 6 2026-02-12T20:28:55 Google Trust Services
vault.ietf.org DNS Current 10 2025-12-18 Let's Encrypt, Google Trust Services
wiki.ietf.org DNS Current 10 2025-12-18 Let's Encrypt, Google Trust Services
www.ietf.org DNS Current 10 2025-12-18 Let's Encrypt, Google Trust Services
www1.ietf.org DNS Current 10 2025-12-18 Let's Encrypt, Google Trust Services
www6.ietf.org CT Log Current 6 2026-02-11T19:56:42 Google Trust Services
wwwdev.ietf.org CT Log Current 1 2025-09-13T00:00:00 Amazon
xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org CT Log Current 6 2026-02-11T02:12:40 Google Trust Services
ztp.meeting.ietf.org CT Log Current 4 2026-02-17T12:14:34 Let's Encrypt
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 Synchronized 2 / 2 records
104.16.45.99
104.16.44.99
104.16.44.99
104.16.45.99
AAAA Synchronized 2 / 2 records
2606:4700::6810:2d63
2606:4700::6810:2d63
2606:4700::6810:2c63
2606:4700::6810:2c63
CAA RFC 8659 §4 0 / 0 records
No records
No records
DMARC _dmarc.ietf.org RFC 7489 §6.3 Synchronized 1 / 1 records
v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc_agg@vali.email,mailto:dmarc-report@ietf.org
v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc_agg@vali.email,mailto:dmarc-report@ietf.org
MX RFC 5321 Synchronized 1 / 1 records
0 mail2.ietf.org.
0 mail2.ietf.org.
NS RFC 1035 Synchronized 2 / 2 records
jill.ns.cloudflare.com.
jill.ns.cloudflare.com.
ken.ns.cloudflare.com.
ken.ns.cloudflare.com.
SOA RFC 1035 Synchronized 1 / 1 records
jill.ns.cloudflare.com. dns.cloudflare.com. 2398064274 10000 2400 604800 1800
jill.ns.cloudflare.com. dns.cloudflare.com. 2398064274 10000 2400 604800 1800
TXT RFC 7208 §4 Synchronized 3 / 3 records
v=spf1 ip4:166.84.6.31 ip4:166.84.7.238 ip6:2602:f977:800:f7f6::/64 include:_spf.google.com include:spf.hostedrt.com ~all
ca3-5567e36d3f9947308ac2892e009840cc
vs58md9pf8hu6knlglfda9lk6g
v=spf1 ip4:166.84.6.31 ip4:166.84.7.238 ip6:2602:f977:800:f7f6::/64 include:_spf.google.com include:spf.hostedrt.com ~all
ca3-5567e36d3f9947308ac2892e009840cc
vs58md9pf8hu6knlglfda9lk6g
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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.

fe30275a8d2c76c41df448c49507c33e2713cd7f7ec31ebc10f702c4a26e9d751b6f2e72ec5ef41cd10008a8891a9a4914b82ff2fc21e7a78441e591e1fec92c
Evaluations reference 12 RFCs. Methods are reproducible using the verification commands provided. Results reflect DNS state at 10 Mar 2026, 14:07 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:

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OpenSSL + Sidecar (macOS, Linux, WSL)
cat dns-intelligence-ietf.org.json.sha3 && echo '---' && openssl dgst -sha3-512 dns-intelligence-ietf.org.json
Python 3 (cross-platform)
python3 -c "import hashlib; print(hashlib.sha3_512(open('dns-intelligence-ietf.org.json','rb').read()).hexdigest())"
sha3sum (coreutils 9+)
sha3sum -a 512 dns-intelligence-ietf.org.json
Compare the output against the .sha3 file or the checksum API at /api/analysis/7056/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 ietf.org. 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 ietf.org A
Query AAAA records (IPv6) RFC 1035
dig +noall +answer ietf.org AAAA
Query MX records (mail servers) RFC 1035
dig +noall +answer ietf.org MX
Query NS records (nameservers) RFC 1035
dig +noall +answer ietf.org NS
Query TXT records RFC 1035
dig +noall +answer ietf.org TXT

Email Authentication

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

Domain Security

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

Transport Security

Check TLSA record for mail2.ietf.org RFC 7672
dig +noall +answer _25._tcp.mail2.ietf.org TLSA
Verify TLS certificate on primary MX (mail2.ietf.org) RFC 6698
openssl s_client -starttls smtp -connect mail2.ietf.org:25 -servername mail2.ietf.org 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -subject -dates
Check MTA-STS DNS record RFC 8461
dig +short _mta-sts.ietf.org TXT
Fetch MTA-STS policy file RFC 8461
curl -sL https://mta-sts.ietf.org/.well-known/mta-sts.txt
Check TLS-RPT record RFC 8460
dig +short _smtp._tls.ietf.org TXT

Brand & Trust

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

DNS Records

Check HTTPS/SVCB records RFC 9460
dig +noall +answer ietf.org HTTPS

Domain Security

Check CDS/CDNSKEY automation records RFC 7344
dig +noall +answer ietf.org CDS

Infrastructure Intelligence

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

Transport Security

Test STARTTLS on primary MX (mail2.ietf.org) RFC 3207
openssl s_client -starttls smtp -connect mail2.ietf.org:25 -servername mail2.ietf.org </dev/null 2>/dev/null | head -5

Infrastructure Intelligence

Search Certificate Transparency logs RFC 6962
curl -s 'https://crt.sh/?q=%25.ietf.org&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://ietf.org/.well-known/security.txt | head -20

AI Surface

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

Infrastructure Intelligence

ASN lookup for 104.16.45.99 (Team Cymru)
dig +short 99.45.16.104.origin.asn.cymru.com TXT
ASN lookup for 104.16.44.99 (Team Cymru)
dig +short 99.44.16.104.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 4843 runs
DKIM
Verified 4662 runs
DMARC
Verified 4827 runs
DANE/TLSA
Verified 4646 runs
DNSSEC
Verified 4824 runs
BIMI
Verified 4661 runs
MTA-STS
Verified 4664 runs
TLS-RPT
Verified 4666 runs
CAA
Verified 4658 runs
Maturity: Development Verified Consistent Gold Gold Master
Running Multi-Source Intelligence Audit

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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

Every result includes terminal commands you can run to independently verify the underlying data. No proprietary magic.