🧮 NSEC3 & CDS

Authenticated denial (NSEC vs NSEC3), RFC 9276 iteration compliance and automated key rollover (CDS/CDNSKEY) · all insights

Signed zones prove that a name does not exist with NSEC or NSEC3 records. RFC 9276 recommends NSEC3 with zero extra iterations and no salt; this page measures how many .dk zones follow that, which providers don't, and who publishes CDS/CDNSKEY for automated key rollovers. Data comes from our own scanners, which re-resolve every .dk domain in the zone roughly once a week.

Based on 522,292 domains probed so far (39.9% of the zone). A domain's probe is refreshed with every full scan, and otherwise roughly every 30–35 days, so while the first pass is still filling in the numbers can shift.

🧮 NSEC3 iterations

Of 350,042 signed zones probed whose denial of existence we could see (a signed wildcard zone answers every name, so it shows none), 199,920 (57.1%) use NSEC3, 142,039 (40.6%) use a classic NSEC chain, which lets anyone list every name in the zone, and 8,083 (2.3%) use compact denial (RFC 9824, Cloudflare's "black lies"), which can't be walked. RFC 9276 asks NSEC3 zones for 0 extra iterations and no salt: iterations cost resolvers CPU for no security gain. 96,296 NSEC3 zones (48.2%) still use iterations and 96,485 use a salt; 983 use opt-out.

IterationsZonesShare
0103,629
51.8%
187,544
43.8%
43
0.0%
59
0.0%
74,922
2.5%
87
0.0%
103,313
1.7%
124
0.0%
209
0.0%
215
0.0%
50484
0.2%

List the zones with iterations > 0 →

🏢 NSEC3 by DNS provider

ProviderNSEC3 zonesIterations > 0Salted
one.com92,7000.1%0.1%
dandomain.dk45,681100.0%100.0%
curanet.dk22,116100.0%100.0%
scannet2.dk9,408100.0%100.0%
hyp.net5,2850%0.0%
wannafind.dk3,501100.0%100.0%
dnsserver.dk2,745100.0%100.0%
sitnet.dk2,542100.0%100.0%
nordicway.dk2,50462.3%62.3%
e-studio.dk1,84498.3%98.3%
loopia.se1,4380%0.0%
123hotel.dk783100.0%100.0%
aveo.dk668100.0%100.0%
netgiganten.dk57598.4%98.4%
gnrx.dk418100.0%100.0%
simpleagencygroup.dk413100.0%100.0%
hostonline.dk411100.0%100.0%
wixdns.net386100.0%100.0%
yayhosting.dk34799.7%99.7%
azehosting.net34792.8%92.8%
dnsadmin.dk31583.2%100.0%
desec.io2650%0.0%
designrus.dk2570%0.0%
deic.dk2480%0.0%
eurodns.com2370%0.0%

🔄 CDS / CDNSKEY (automated DS updates)

CDS and CDNSKEY records let a DNS operator hand key rollovers to the registry automatically (RFC 7344/8078). 128,876 of the 379,635 signed zones we asked (33.9%) publish them; 345 publish the delete signal, asking the registry to remove their DS and turn DNSSEC off.

📋 Zones with NSEC3 iterations > 0

99,039 zones
DomainIterationsSalt
luvamedia.dk11 bytes
luvia.dk11 bytes
luxalon.dk11 bytes
luxbyg.dk11 bytes
luxenergy.dk11 bytes
luxer.dk11 bytes
luxform.dk11 bytes
luxgaard.dk11 bytes
luxgarn.dk11 bytes
luxhus.dk11 bytes
luxid.dk11 bytes
luxkids.dk11 bytes
luxposter.dk11 bytes
luxresortwear.dk11 bytes
luxspraytan.dk18 bytes
luxstudio.dk11 bytes
luxstyleshop.dk11 bytes
luxur.dk78 bytes
luxury-outdoor.dk11 bytes
luxurygundogs.dk11 bytes
luxuryskin.dk11 bytes
luxusforhende.dk11 bytes
luxusgolf.dk11 bytes
luxushuset.dk11 bytes
luxuskids.dk11 bytes
luxusliving.dk11 bytes
luxusrejse.dk11 bytes
luxyweddings.dk11 bytes
lv35.dk78 bytes
lvb.dk11 bytes
lvbl.dk11 bytes
lvconsult.dk11 bytes
lvh-foto.dk11 bytes
lvjdokken.dk11 bytes
lvk.dk11 bytes
lvkv.dk11 bytes
lvlup.dk11 bytes
lvov.dk11 bytes
lvs56.dk78 bytes
lvss.dk11 bytes
lvt.dk11 bytes
lw-invest.dk11 bytes
lwb.dk11 bytes
lwj.dk11 bytes
lworks.dk11 bytes
lwrammeværk.dk11 bytes
lyager-inc.dk11 bytes
lybaekhus.dk78 bytes
lybak.dk11 bytes
lybbers.dk11 bytes
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