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DNSSEC & Delegation Checker help

Guidance from this tool's documentation.

Quick start

  1. Enter a delegated domain such as example.com.
  2. Select Check DNSSEC.
  3. Review the chain findings, key tags and DS digests.
  4. Inspect the delegated name servers and their returned addresses.

Chain results

A matching DS/DNSKEY pair means the published child key reproduces a digest in the parent delegation. The Authenticated Data flag reports whether the recursive resolver validated the returned address answer.

Delegation checks

The tool checks for multiple NS records, visible A or AAAA addresses for each name server, and an SOA record. It uses a recursive resolver and does not claim to detect every lame or inconsistent authoritative server.

Privacy and saved data

DNS names are queried through Google Public DNS over HTTPS. Results are kept in memory for the open page only and are not written to localStorage.

Troubleshooting

A recently changed DS or DNSKEY can appear inconsistent while caches expire. Recheck after the relevant TTL and verify registrar-side DS values before changing keys again.

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