§ DNS — records & email authentication

Every record a domain
publishes about itself

A, AAAA, NS, MX, CAA, TXT and SOA with their values — plus whether DNSSEC, SPF, DKIM and DMARC are actually in place, not just whether something was found. Free, no signup, 5 checks a day.

5 free checks a day. No signup, no key.

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§ Reference — what these records are

Six records, six different ways to be exposed

01

DNSSEC

Signs the zone so a resolver can prove the answer it received is the answer the zone published. Unsigned is the default across most of the internet, and it is what lets a poisoned cache go unnoticed.

02

CAA

Names the certificate authorities allowed to issue for the domain. Without one, any public CA may issue a certificate for your name and the first you hear of it is the certificate transparency log.

03

SPF

Lists the servers allowed to send mail as the domain. A receiving server checks it before deciding whether the envelope sender is plausible.

04

DKIM

Signs outgoing mail with a key published in DNS. The selector is chosen by the sender and listed nowhere a checker can enumerate, so not finding one does not prove the domain signs nothing.

05

DMARC

Tells receivers what to do when SPF and DKIM disagree with the From address, and where to send the reports. Without it, a failed check is advisory and nothing acts on it.