🧮 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 504,841 domains probed so far (38.6% 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 338,256 signed zones probed whose denial of existence we could see (a signed wildcard zone answers every name, so it shows none), 193,357 (57.2%) use NSEC3, 137,106 (40.5%) use a classic NSEC chain, which lets anyone list every name in the zone, and 7,793 (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. 93,072 NSEC3 zones (48.1%) still use iterations and 93,254 use a salt; 952 use opt-out.

IterationsZonesShare
0100,286
51.9%
184,602
43.8%
43
0.0%
58
0.0%
74,766
2.5%
87
0.0%
103,196
1.7%
124
0.0%
209
0.0%
215
0.0%
50475
0.2%

List the zones with iterations > 0 →

🏢 NSEC3 by DNS provider

ProviderNSEC3 zonesIterations > 0Salted
one.com89,6820.1%0.1%
dandomain.dk44,145100.0%100.0%
curanet.dk21,386100.0%100.0%
scannet2.dk9,064100.0%100.0%
hyp.net5,1310%0.0%
wannafind.dk3,386100.0%100.0%
dnsserver.dk2,643100.0%100.0%
sitnet.dk2,457100.0%100.0%
nordicway.dk2,41862.6%62.6%
e-studio.dk1,78798.2%98.2%
loopia.se1,3950%0.0%
123hotel.dk760100.0%100.0%
aveo.dk647100.0%100.0%
netgiganten.dk55398.6%98.6%
simpleagencygroup.dk405100.0%100.0%
gnrx.dk402100.0%100.0%
hostonline.dk391100.0%100.0%
wixdns.net380100.0%100.0%
azehosting.net33893.2%93.2%
yayhosting.dk33099.7%99.7%
dnsadmin.dk31183.3%100.0%
desec.io2570%0.0%
designrus.dk2560%0.0%
deic.dk2410%0.0%
eurodns.com2290%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). 124,409 of the 366,853 signed zones we asked (33.9%) publish them; 334 publish the delete signal, asking the registry to remove their DS and turn DNSSEC off.

📋 Zones with NSEC3 iterations > 0

93,183 zones
DomainIterationsSalt
nkbolig.dk11 bytes
nkconsult.dk11 bytes
nkctest.dk108 bytes
nkdl.dk11 bytes
nkds.dk11 bytes
nkerquistgaard.dk11 bytes
nkhudpleje.dk11 bytes
nkir.dk11 bytes
nkirketerp.dk11 bytes
nkmusic.dk11 bytes
nkmusik.dk11 bytes
nknraadgivning.dk11 bytes
nktagdaekning.dk11 bytes
nktec.dk11 bytes
nktroels.dk11 bytes
nku.dk11 bytes
nlanlaeg.dk11 bytes
nle-glas.dk11 bytes
nlindgaard.dk11 bytes
nlkom.dk109 bytes
nlmultiservice.dk11 bytes
nlp-danmark.dk11 bytes
nlp-potentiale.dk78 bytes
nlpcompany.dk78 bytes
nlplivet.dk11 bytes
nltools.dk11 bytes
nlu.dk11 bytes
nmco.dk11 bytes
nmj.dk78 bytes
nmkn.dk105 bytes
nmknafgoerelser.dk104 bytes
nml-udlejning.dk11 bytes
nmmc.dk11 bytes
nmo.dk11 bytes
nms-aps.dk11 bytes
nmsrv02.dk11 bytes
nn-biler.dk11 bytes
nn-byg-montage.dk11 bytes
nn-construction.dk11 bytes
nn-entreprise.dk11 bytes
nnbyg.dk11 bytes
nncorp.dk11 bytes
nncounseling.dk11 bytes
nne-elev.dk11 bytes
nnf.dk11 bytes
nnglas.dk11 bytes
nngs.dk11 bytes
nnsalgogservice.dk11 bytes
nnsmed.dk11 bytes
nnu.dk11 bytes
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