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knoxminerals.com
14 Feb 2026, 05:55 UTC · 7.5s ·v26.12.28 · SHA-3-512: de35✱✱✱✱ Verify
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DNS Security & Trust Posture
Risk Level: Medium Risk Monitoring
2 protocols configured, 4 not configured Why we go beyond letter grades
Suggested Scanner Configuration High Confidence
Based on 17 historical scans of this domain
Parameter Current Suggested Severity Rationale
timeout_seconds 5s 8s low Average scan duration is 49.2s, suggesting DNS responses are slow for this domain. Increasing timeout from 5s to 8s prevents premature resolution failures.
RFC 8767
Suggestions require explicit approval before applying. No automatic changes will be made.
Email Spoofing
Partial
Brand Impersonation
Not Setup
DNS Tampering
Unsigned
Certificate Control
Open
Monitoring
DMARC in monitoring mode (p=none)
Configured
SPF (~all), DKIM
Not Configured
MTA-STS, TLS-RPT, CAA, DNSSEC
Priority Actions 5 total Achievable posture: Low Risk
High Escalate DMARC from monitoring to enforcement

Change your DMARC policy from p=none to p=quarantine (then p=reject). Review your DMARC aggregate reports first to ensure legitimate senders pass authentication.

_dmarc.knoxminerals.com TXT "v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:dmarc-reports@knoxminerals.com"
Medium Deploy MTA-STS policy

Publish an MTA-STS DNS record and host a policy file at https://mta-sts.knoxminerals.com/.well-known/mta-sts.txt. This tells senders to require TLS when delivering mail to your domain.

_mta-sts.knoxminerals.com TXT "v=STSv1; id=20240101"
Low Add CAA records

Publish CAA DNS records to restrict which Certificate Authorities can issue TLS certificates for your domain. Specify your preferred CA (e.g., letsencrypt.org, digicert.com). CAA is advisory — CAs must check it before issuing, but absence means any CA can issue.

knoxminerals.com CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"
Low Configure TLS-RPT reporting

TLS-RPT (TLS Reporting) sends you reports about TLS connection failures when other servers try to deliver mail to your domain. Helps diagnose MTA-STS and STARTTLS issues.

_smtp._tls.knoxminerals.com TXT "v=TLSRPTv1; rua=mailto:tls-reports@knoxminerals.com"
Low Enable DNSSEC

DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) cryptographically signs DNS responses, preventing attackers from forging DNS answers. Contact your DNS hosting provider to enable DNSSEC signing.

Registrar (RDAP) OBSERVED LIVE
GoDaddy.com, LLC
Where domain was purchased
Email Service Provider OBSERVED
Google Workspace
Email: Monitoring
Web Hosting OBSERVED
Google Cloud
Where website is hosted
DNS Hosting OBSERVED
Unknown
Where DNS records are edited
Email Security Methodology Can this domain be impersonated by email? Partially
Verdict: Partial email authentication configured — some spoofed messages may be delivered. DMARC is in monitoring mode (p=none).

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 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=kristy@knoxminerals.com
Policy p=none provides no protection - spoofed emails reach inboxes
Escalate DMARC from monitoring to enforcement:
_dmarc.knoxminerals.com TXT "v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:dmarc-reports@knoxminerals.com"
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? Yes — verified
Found

Found DKIM records for 4 selector(s)

default._domainkey
v=DKIM1; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQC71K5k26QM3KZaQEodLFolExJEmEeIhPreAjCM4Nm2f8I6qsA4xMCFsdwQwJ7+GLGYD2DPMsaHVJtTLTIo8euwtXC4zlR3eO/5J9UiKd3khhAwG+3uJnPvSEQfduELRCfSw/JzsGOVfeIe1VF2vJDcz0O9jhgR11au2tI/Onzt7QIDAQAB;
google._domainkey Google Workspace
v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAxW1pexdI6AjxvVKQD2wn8IzihLwTeOZFf473tVhjGvG4cFVacYq0TrwYgEoF4O9Lejk2wiiK6sp3c+ySp4RhCfYrwfuQT+Pogr4aBwumwvFWxbPwyyNc5zbJ1d+MTGhesviQkySUCPT0XhEKAQQM+wuS8ocVuXo1eS4VxklxWhqC67MAF2bNPRQN93ugnN2tDAmnQFrfcKs624U8TYoZtZai/sNEAi9j3Lt05cRynNIZoCtfqEz9fenK61gctGlDWVfIYXvHmV5E+2RXFSbSPNMhhMlVYsDGMnxr8YFIVH0CbYmr7aw9/VOc2hhhbjWGL5jdwwvPdzclM78Cad07qQIDAQAB
s1._domainkey SendGrid
k=rsa; t=s; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA9vY99dPuKHCmZxRNg5WQzrqE5mS7g3tA5cOpIoYHhLTcaAGZ1gVyCyLmNJqP/L6FvvsEJHNYKSkx1dkzRtX+rVTJ+iZlVuNLb5eeXMLEbRP+DkLM4qgdpDd1VMjxKxUzCaBt4ZDqMECP2hsSE+tEnuYQ1lCSzp0N+Fa7uxq/V87mhTPOc+NR25X7/JUBbP0r9+41BFxAJZWiE5Gt4Alc8EA5BIaH5d4H7XpKKFWFywu29DT560AmrJEzRQSi0POIpS0D4QjMNYMb6hvWiceKrxgkHML5JsgUZn6asZZQWp33H4rXE01J5wsqzk9wQTAdAVfqxivtacdre6ouRGxAdQIDAQAB
s2._domainkey SendGrid
k=rsa; t=s; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDzh3gdeYlFDIgY2VtdgtxhHZTxdESfdrr5AADQBockCIuPHJmrul9FOGrYBqMgdQvleSxOHYbLNeHQBaj5JNzYLrplQixKEc7LK89N9rgULcvqnxBjZmMQM1coSeVIsoBF80wwSG7iw6jAiTgc4Ue/Qwvx35Ykw0+DrX8wYor9hwIDAQAB
RFC 6376 Conformant — DKIM keys and signatures conform to RFC 6376 §3.6 (Internet Standard).
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


DANE / TLSA Verified Recon Methodology Can mail servers establish identity without a public CA? No
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 Workspace supports DANE for outbound mail verification but does not publish TLSA records for its MX hosts.

Recommended alternative: MTA-STS

Note: Google Workspace does validate DANE/TLSA when sending mail to DANE-enabled recipients (outbound DANE).


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 has neither DANE nor MTA-STS. Since Google Workspace does not support inbound DANE, deploy MTA-STS (RFC 8461) to enforce TLS and protect against downgrade attacks.

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: No brand protection configured. Any CA can issue certificates and no brand logo verification in place.

BIMI BIMI Spec Verified Warning

Is the brand identity verified and displayed in inboxes? No

No BIMI record found

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


Mail Transport Security Beta Is mail transport encrypted and verified? Not Enforced

Transport security inferred from 1 DNS signal(s)

Direct SMTP probe unavailable (port 25 blocked). Transport security inferred from DNS policy records and provider capabilities.
Transport Security Signals:
  • Google Workspace enforces TLS 1.2+ with valid certificates on all inbound/outbound mail
SMTP port 25 may be blocked by hosting provider — this is common for cloud platforms
Infrastructure Intelligence Who hosts this domain and what services power it? Direct

ASN / Network Success

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

ASNNameCountry
AS15169 19527 US
IPv4 Mappings:
35.213.193.115AS15169 19527 (35.213.192.0/18)

Edge / CDN Success

Domain appears to use direct origin hosting

SaaS TXT Footprint Success

No SaaS verification records 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?

DNSSEC RFC 4033 §2 Verified Unsigned

DNSSEC not configured - DNS responses are unsigned

Domain does not use DNSSEC. Enable in your registrar's DNS settings (look for "DNSSEC" or "DS records" section).

NS Delegation Verified

2 nameserver(s) configured

Nameservers: ns1.siteground.net ns2.siteground.net
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

35.213.193.115
Where the domain points for web traffic

AAAAIPv6 Address

No AAAA records
IPv6 not configured

MXMail Servers

10 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.
20 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.
30 aspmx2.googlemail.com.
10 aspmx.l.google.com.
Priority + mail server for email delivery
Google Workspace

SRVServices

No SRV records
No service-specific routing configured
Web: Reachable (1 IPv4, 0 IPv6) Mail: 4 servers Services: None
Subdomain Discovery RFC 6962 Recon LIVE What subdomains and infrastructure are exposed in certificate logs? 2 subdomains discovered
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).
98 certificates analyzed current expired Source: Certificate Transparency Logs
Subdomain Source Status Provider / CNAME Certificates First Seen Issuer(s)
CT Log Expired 26
CT Log Expired 34
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 1 / 1 records
35.213.193.115
35.213.193.115
AAAA 0 / 0 records
No records
No records
CAA RFC 8659 §4 0 / 0 records
No records
No records
DMARC _dmarc.knoxminerals.com RFC 7489 §6.3 Synchronized 1 / 1 records
v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=kristy@knoxminerals.com
v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=kristy@knoxminerals.com
MX RFC 5321 Synchronized 4 / 4 records
10 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.
10 aspmx.l.google.com.
20 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.
30 aspmx2.googlemail.com.
30 aspmx2.googlemail.com.
10 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.
10 aspmx.l.google.com.
20 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.
NS RFC 1035 Synchronized 2 / 2 records
ns1.siteground.net.
ns2.siteground.net.
ns2.siteground.net.
ns1.siteground.net.
SOA RFC 1035 Synchronized 1 / 1 records
ns1.siteground.net. admins.siteground.com. 30 10800 3600 1209600 3600
ns1.siteground.net. admins.siteground.com. 30 10800 3600 1209600 3600
TXT RFC 7208 §4 Synchronized 1 / 1 records
v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all
v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all
DNS History Timeline BETA
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DNS History Timeline BETA

When was a record added, removed, or changed — and could that change be the problem?

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Confirm Your Email Configuration

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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), SecurityTrails (DNS history), 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.

de3576dec6c93c5927dd42643ffb0e72f3a77edad09b4c479ac4d40f9ad1366de8090e2126cc70eb50c0d712e58f1fdc77999a5703a2711cf1ad12650450d105
Evaluations reference 12 RFCs. Methods are reproducible using the verification commands provided. Results reflect DNS state at 14 Feb 2026, 05:55 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-knoxminerals.com.json.sha3 && echo '---' && openssl dgst -sha3-512 dns-intelligence-knoxminerals.com.json
Python 3 (cross-platform)
python3 -c "import hashlib; print(hashlib.sha3_512(open('dns-intelligence-knoxminerals.com.json','rb').read()).hexdigest())"
sha3sum (coreutils 9+)
sha3sum -a 512 dns-intelligence-knoxminerals.com.json
Compare the output against the .sha3 file or the checksum API at /api/analysis/798/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 knoxminerals.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 knoxminerals.com A
Query AAAA records (IPv6) RFC 1035
dig +noall +answer knoxminerals.com AAAA
Query MX records (mail servers) RFC 1035
dig +noall +answer knoxminerals.com MX
Query NS records (nameservers) RFC 1035
dig +noall +answer knoxminerals.com NS
Query TXT records RFC 1035
dig +noall +answer knoxminerals.com TXT

Email Authentication

Check SPF record RFC 7208
dig +short knoxminerals.com TXT | grep -i spf
Check DMARC policy RFC 7489
dig +short _dmarc.knoxminerals.com TXT
Check DKIM key for selector 'default' RFC 6376
dig +short default._domainkey.knoxminerals.com TXT
Check DKIM key for selector 'google' RFC 6376
dig +short google._domainkey.knoxminerals.com TXT
Check DKIM key for selector 's1' RFC 6376
dig +short s1._domainkey.knoxminerals.com TXT
Check DKIM key for selector 's2' RFC 6376
dig +short s2._domainkey.knoxminerals.com TXT

Domain Security

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

Transport Security

Check TLSA record for alt1.aspmx.l.google.com RFC 7672
dig +noall +answer _25._tcp.alt1.aspmx.l.google.com TLSA
Check TLSA record for alt2.aspmx.l.google.com RFC 7672
dig +noall +answer _25._tcp.alt2.aspmx.l.google.com TLSA
Check TLSA record for aspmx2.googlemail.com RFC 7672
dig +noall +answer _25._tcp.aspmx2.googlemail.com TLSA
Check TLSA record for aspmx.l.google.com RFC 7672
dig +noall +answer _25._tcp.aspmx.l.google.com TLSA
Verify TLS certificate on primary MX (alt1.aspmx.l.google.com) RFC 6698
openssl s_client -starttls smtp -connect alt1.aspmx.l.google.com:25 -servername alt1.aspmx.l.google.com 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -subject -dates
Check MTA-STS DNS record RFC 8461
dig +short _mta-sts.knoxminerals.com TXT
Fetch MTA-STS policy file RFC 8461
curl -sL https://mta-sts.knoxminerals.com/.well-known/mta-sts.txt
Check TLS-RPT record RFC 8460
dig +short _smtp._tls.knoxminerals.com TXT

Brand & Trust

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

DNS Records

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

Domain Security

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

Infrastructure Intelligence

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

Transport Security

Test STARTTLS on primary MX (alt1.aspmx.l.google.com) RFC 3207
openssl s_client -starttls smtp -connect alt1.aspmx.l.google.com:25 -servername alt1.aspmx.l.google.com </dev/null 2>/dev/null | head -5

Infrastructure Intelligence

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

AI Surface

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

Infrastructure Intelligence

ASN lookup for 35.213.193.115 (Team Cymru)
dig +short 115.193.213.35.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 4850 runs
DKIM
Verified 4669 runs
DMARC
Verified 4834 runs
DANE/TLSA
Verified 4653 runs
DNSSEC
Verified 4831 runs
BIMI
Verified 4668 runs
MTA-STS
Verified 4671 runs
TLS-RPT
Verified 4673 runs
CAA
Verified 4665 runs
Maturity: Development Verified Consistent Gold Gold Master
Running Multi-Source Intelligence Audit

knoxminerals.com

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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.