Domainapple.com
✓ 19 Pass
⚠ 5 Warn
ℹ 9 Info
Action Items
Failures first, then warnings
Warn
DNSSEC
DS records
No DS records found at parent.
Warn
DNSSEC
DNSSEC chain
No DS records found at parent. Domain appears unsigned.
Warn
SOA Record
SOA MNAME
ns-ext-prod.jackfruit.apple.com is NOT listed among the authoritative NS records.
Warn
SOA Record
SOA Refresh
Refresh: 300 (5 min(s)). Recommended range is 1–24 hours.
Warn
SOA Record
SOA Retry
Retry: 300 (5 min(s)). Recommended range is 10 minutes to 1 hour.
Category
Status
Test name
Information
PARENT
Info
Parent delegation records
Delegation NS records returned by parent zone com (a.gtld-servers.net):
a.ns.apple.comglue=[17.253.200.1, 2620:149:ae0::53] resolved=[17.253.200.1, 2620:149:ae0::53][TTL=172800]
b.ns.apple.comglue=[17.253.207.1, 2620:149:ae7::53] resolved=[17.253.207.1, 2620:149:ae7::53][TTL=172800]
c.ns.apple.comglue=[204.19.119.1, 2620:171:800:714::1] resolved=[204.19.119.1, 2620:171:800:714::1][TTL=172800]
d.ns.apple.comglue=[204.26.57.1, 2620:171:801:714::1] resolved=[204.26.57.1, 2620:171:801:714::1][TTL=172800]
PARENT
Pass
Nameservers listed at parent
Good. Parent server a.gtld-servers.net has the nameservers listed.
PARENT
Pass
Nameserver IPv4 address records
Good. Every nameserver has IPv4 A records. IPv6 AAAA records are informational only.
PARENT
Pass
DNS Parent sent Glue
Good. Parent response included glue address records.
Category
Status
Test name
Information
NS
Info
NS records
NS records from the nameservers. Address health checks validate IPv4 A records only.
a.ns.apple.com[17.253.200.1][TTL=21600]
b.ns.apple.com[17.253.207.1][TTL=21600]
c.ns.apple.com[204.19.119.1][TTL=21600]
d.ns.apple.com[204.26.57.1][TTL=21600]
NS
Pass
Recursive queries
Good. The nameservers do not allow recursive queries for outside hosts.
a.ns.apple.com 17.253.200.1 auth=ok recursion=closed tcp=ok serial=2026092302
b.ns.apple.com 17.253.207.1 auth=ok recursion=closed tcp=ok serial=2026092302
c.ns.apple.com 204.19.119.1 auth=ok recursion=closed tcp=ok serial=2026092302
d.ns.apple.com 204.26.57.1 auth=ok recursion=closed tcp=ok serial=2026092302
NS
Pass
Multiple nameservers
Good. It have 4 nameservers. RFC2182 recommends at least 3.
NS
Pass
Different subnets
Good. Nameservers are on 4 different subnets.
NS
Pass
Public IPs
Good. All nameserver IPv4 addresses are public.
NS
Pass
DNS servers responded
Good. All nameserver IPv4 addresses responded.
a.ns.apple.com 17.253.200.1 auth=ok recursion=closed tcp=ok serial=2026092302
b.ns.apple.com 17.253.207.1 auth=ok recursion=closed tcp=ok serial=2026092302
c.ns.apple.com 204.19.119.1 auth=ok recursion=closed tcp=ok serial=2026092302
d.ns.apple.com 204.26.57.1 auth=ok recursion=closed tcp=ok serial=2026092302
NS
Pass
TCP connections
Good. All nameserver IPv4 addresses accept TCP connections on port 53.
a.ns.apple.com 17.253.200.1 auth=ok recursion=closed tcp=ok serial=2026092302
b.ns.apple.com 17.253.207.1 auth=ok recursion=closed tcp=ok serial=2026092302
c.ns.apple.com 204.19.119.1 auth=ok recursion=closed tcp=ok serial=2026092302
d.ns.apple.com 204.26.57.1 auth=ok recursion=closed tcp=ok serial=2026092302
NS
Pass
Delegation mismatch
Good. NS records match between parent and authoritative servers.
NS
Pass
SOA serial consistency
Good. All nameservers agree on SOA serial: 2026092302.
a.ns.apple.com 17.253.200.1 auth=ok recursion=closed tcp=ok serial=2026092302
b.ns.apple.com 17.253.207.1 auth=ok recursion=closed tcp=ok serial=2026092302
c.ns.apple.com 204.19.119.1 auth=ok recursion=closed tcp=ok serial=2026092302
d.ns.apple.com 204.26.57.1 auth=ok recursion=closed tcp=ok serial=2026092302
Category
Status
Test name
Information
SOA
Info
SOA record
SOA record details:
Primary NS : ns-ext-prod.jackfruit.apple.com
Hostmaster : dnscontact@apple.com
Serial : 2026092302
Refresh : 300
Retry : 300
Expire : 3628800
Min TTL : 300
SOA
Warn
SOA MNAME
ns-ext-prod.jackfruit.apple.com is NOT listed among the authoritative NS records.
SOA
Info
SOA Serial
Current SOA serial is 2026092302. Format looks correct (YYYYMMDDnn).
SOA
Warn
SOA Refresh
Refresh: 300 (5 min(s)). Recommended range is 1–24 hours.
SOA
Warn
SOA Retry
Retry: 300 (5 min(s)). Recommended range is 10 minutes to 1 hour.
SOA
Pass
SOA Expire
Expire: 3628800 (42 day(s)). OK.
SOA
Pass
SOA Minimum TTL
Min TTL: 300 (5 min(s)). OK. RFC2308 recommends 1-3 hours for negative caching.
Category
Status
Test name
Information
MX
Info
MX Records
Current MX records:
10 mx-in.g.apple.com [17.56.176.6]
20 mx-in-rn.apple.com [17.56.176.6]
20 mx-in-vib.apple.com [17.57.170.2]
20 mx-in-ma.apple.com [17.171.208.6]
20 mx-in-hfd.apple.com [17.57.165.2]
20 mx-in-sg.apple.com [17.23.14.18]
MX
Pass
MX count
Zone have 6 MX record(s). Good redundancy.
MX
Pass
MX IPv4 addresses are public
Good. All MX records use public IPv4 addresses.
MX
Pass
MX is hostname
Good. All MX records use hostnames, not IP addresses.
MX
Pass
MX CNAME check
OK. No CNAME records found for MX hosts.
MX
Pass
Reverse PTR records
PTR (reverse DNS) records for MX hosts:
17.56.176.6 → mx-in-rn.apple.com
17.56.176.6 → mx-in-rn.apple.com
17.57.170.2 → mx-in-vib.apple.com
17.171.208.6 → mx-in-ma.apple.com
17.57.165.2 → mx-in-hfd.apple.com
17.23.14.18 → mx-in-sg.apple.com
Category
Status
Test name
Information
DNSSEC
Warn
DS records
No DS records found at parent.
DNSSEC
Info
DNSKEY records
No DNSKEY records found at child.
DNSSEC
Warn
DNSSEC chain
No DS records found at parent. Domain appears unsigned.
Category
Status
Test name
Information
WWW
Info
WWW A Record
www.apple.com resolves to:
23.40.25.24
WWW
Info
WWW AAAA (IPv6)
IPv6 addresses:
2600:1406:2e00:886::1aca
2600:1406:2e00:8a0::1aca
2600:1406:2e00:891::1aca
2600:1406:2e00:88b::1aca
2600:1406:2e00:8a6::1aca
WWW
Pass
WWW IPv4 addresses are public
Good. All WWW IPv4 addresses are public.
WWW
Info
WWW CNAME
www.apple.com has a CNAME pointing to www-apple-com.v.aaplimg.com.
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