example.com

Authentication

DNSSEC

DNSSEC provides a way to ensure that the DNS answers a client is receiving from a DNS resolver are correct and have not been tampered with. DNSSEC must be configured at the domain's registrar and nameservers.

Learn more about DNSSEC.

SPF

Sender Policy Framework (SPF) authenticates email by checking the sending email server IP address against a list of domains provided by the SPF record of the envelope from domain. The SPF record can include other records, with up to 10 DNS lookups.

Learn more about SPF.

Record: v=spf1 -all
all: fail

DMARC

Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC) ensures that the SPF and DKIM authentication mechanisms actually authenticate against the same base domain that the end user sees.

Learn more about DMARC.

Record: v=DMARC1;p=reject;sp=reject;adkim=s;aspf=s
Location: example.com

DMARC record tag values
Tag Value
p reject
sp reject
adkim s
aspf s

BIMI

Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) is an emerging email specification that allows brand images such as logos to appear in the inbox and/or next to the from address in supporting mailbox providers.

Learn more about BIMI.

Email Infrastructure

Mail servers

MTA-STS

SMTP MTA Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS) provides a way for domain owners to tell email services that they should only send email to the domain over a verified TLS connection to specific email servers. This prevents man-in-the-middle attacks when the sending email server supports it.

Learn more about MTA-STS.

TLSRPT

SMTP TLS Reporting (TLSRPT) is a mechanism for sending email servers to provide statistics to domain owners about failures to establish TLS connections for SMTP. This allows domain owners to proactively identify TLS misconfigurations and man-in-the-middle attacks.

Learn more about TLSRPT.

DNS Infrastructure

SOA

Record: ns.icann.org. noc.dns.icann.org. 2025082283 7200 3600 1209600 3600

SOA record values
Primary nameserver ns.icann.org
Rname email address [email protected]
Serial 2025082283
Refresh 7200
Retry 3600
Expire 1209600
Minimum 3600

Nameservers

  • a.iana-servers.net
  • b.iana-servers.net