🧮 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 599,720 domains probed so far (45.9% 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 402,963 signed zones probed whose denial of existence we could see (a signed wildcard zone answers every name, so it shows none), 229,258 (56.9%) use NSEC3, 164,526 (40.8%) use a classic NSEC chain, which lets anyone list every name in the zone, and 9,179 (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. 110,609 NSEC3 zones (48.2%) still use iterations and 110,825 use a salt; 1,094 use opt-out.

IterationsZonesShare
0118,658
51.8%
1100,961
44.0%
43
0.0%
510
0.0%
75,533
2.4%
87
0.0%
103,536
1.5%
125
0.0%
141
0.0%
209
0.0%
217
0.0%
50543
0.2%

List the zones with iterations > 0 →

🏢 NSEC3 by DNS provider

ProviderNSEC3 zonesIterations > 0Salted
one.com106,2630.1%0.1%
dandomain.dk52,626100.0%100.0%
curanet.dk25,537100.0%100.0%
scannet2.dk10,878100.0%100.0%
hyp.net6,0360%0.0%
wannafind.dk4,013100.0%100.0%
dnsserver.dk3,198100.0%100.0%
nordicway.dk2,83661.6%61.6%
sitnet.dk2,660100.0%100.0%
e-studio.dk2,07798.1%98.1%
loopia.se1,6310%0.0%
123hotel.dk902100.0%100.0%
aveo.dk759100.0%100.0%
netgiganten.dk64498.4%98.4%
simpleagencygroup.dk489100.0%100.0%
gnrx.dk484100.0%100.0%
hostonline.dk478100.0%100.0%
wixdns.net451100.0%100.0%
azehosting.net39892.5%92.5%
yayhosting.dk39099.5%99.5%
dnsadmin.dk36383.5%100.0%
desec.io3110%0.0%
deic.dk2650%0.0%
designrus.dk2640%0.0%
eurodns.com2540%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). 149,359 of the 437,089 signed zones we asked (34.2%) publish them; 396 publish the delete signal, asking the registry to remove their DS and turn DNSSEC off.

📋 Zones with NSEC3 iterations > 0

100,000+ zones
DomainIterationsSalt
3dpynt.dk11 bytes
3dregistrering.dk11 bytes
3dreklamer.dk11 bytes
3dscalp.dk11 bytes
3dscanning.dk11 bytes
3dshoppen.dk11 bytes
3dsupport.dk11 bytes
3dtek.dk11 bytes
3dtrans.dk11 bytes
3dtyverisikring.dk11 bytes
3ec-biludlejning.dk11 bytes
3ec-fleet.dk11 bytes
3ec.dk11 bytes
3ecbus.dk11 bytes
3ectruck.dk11 bytes
3ectruckbus.dk11 bytes
3f-nordsjælland.dk11 bytes
3f-øresundnord.dk11 bytes
3falke.dk11 bytes
3falkelaegerne.dk11 bytes
3ffemern.dk11 bytes
3fkurser.dk11 bytes
3ftransport.dk11 bytes
3fuddannelsesnyt.dk11 bytes
3gf.dk105 bytes
3ggroup.dk11 bytes
3hconsult.dk11 bytes
3hpc.dk11 bytes
3i1skurvogne.dk11 bytes
3jelectric.dk11 bytes
3kb.dk11 bytes
3klover.dk78 bytes
3komma14.dk11 bytes
3l-adhesives.dk11 bytes
3l-pladen.dk11 bytes
3l.dk11 bytes
3lelectronic.dk11 bytes
3lmc.dk11 bytes
3lp.dk11 bytes
3lpladen.dk11 bytes
3manager.dk11 bytes
3manden.dk11 bytes
3mb.dk11 bytes
3mh.dk11 bytes
3mm4.dk11 bytes
3modul.dk78 bytes
3nlak.dk11 bytes
3nsgarage.dk11 bytes
3nv.dk11 bytes
3p-coach.dk11 bytes
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