🧮 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 552,533 domains probed so far (42.2% 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 370,566 signed zones probed whose denial of existence we could see (a signed wildcard zone answers every name, so it shows none), 211,533 (57.1%) use NSEC3, 150,474 (40.6%) use a classic NSEC chain, which lets anyone list every name in the zone, and 8,559 (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. 101,917 NSEC3 zones (48.2%) still use iterations and 102,124 use a salt; 1,034 use opt-out.

IterationsZonesShare
0109,624
51.8%
192,725
43.8%
43
0.0%
59
0.0%
75,174
2.4%
87
0.0%
103,484
1.6%
124
0.0%
209
0.0%
215
0.0%
50510
0.2%

List the zones with iterations > 0 →

🏢 NSEC3 by DNS provider

ProviderNSEC3 zonesIterations > 0Salted
one.com98,0820.1%0.1%
dandomain.dk48,354100.0%100.0%
curanet.dk23,428100.0%100.0%
scannet2.dk9,988100.0%100.0%
hyp.net5,5700%0.0%
wannafind.dk3,705100.0%100.0%
dnsserver.dk2,911100.0%100.0%
sitnet.dk2,659100.0%100.0%
nordicway.dk2,63762.0%62.0%
e-studio.dk1,94698.1%98.1%
loopia.se1,5190%0.0%
123hotel.dk829100.0%100.0%
aveo.dk708100.0%100.0%
netgiganten.dk59498.5%98.5%
simpleagencygroup.dk449100.0%100.0%
gnrx.dk442100.0%100.0%
hostonline.dk439100.0%100.0%
wixdns.net417100.0%100.0%
azehosting.net36892.9%92.9%
yayhosting.dk36499.7%99.7%
dnsadmin.dk33382.9%100.0%
desec.io2820%0.0%
deic.dk2630%0.0%
designrus.dk2620%0.0%
eurodns.com2510%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). 136,606 of the 401,901 signed zones we asked (34.0%) publish them; 363 publish the delete signal, asking the registry to remove their DS and turn DNSSEC off.

📋 Zones with NSEC3 iterations > 0

100,000+ zones
DomainIterationsSalt
muve.dk18 bytes
muvingfitness.dk11 bytes
muwi.dk11 bytes
muxollraadgivning.dk11 bytes
muzeum.dk11 bytes
muzik.dk11 bytes
mv-anlaeg.dk11 bytes
mv-data.dk11 bytes
mv-montage.dk11 bytes
mv-udlejning.dk78 bytes
mv4.dk11 bytes
mv7.dk11 bytes
mvand.dk11 bytes
mvapers.dk11 bytes
mvarme.dk11 bytes
mvb.dk11 bytes
mvconsulting.dk11 bytes
mvdata.dk11 bytes
mveraadgivning.dk11 bytes
mvgroupinvest.dk11 bytes
mvhaveoganlaeg.dk11 bytes
mvit.dk11 bytes
mvitkunde.dk11 bytes
mvjudlejning.dk11 bytes
mvle.dk11 bytes
mvlok.dk11 bytes
mvmail.dk11 bytes
mvminvest.dk11 bytes
mvp-service.dk11 bytes
mvp.dk108 bytes
mvpromovering.dk11 bytes
mvpsports.dk11 bytes
mvs-hosting.dk11 bytes
mvs-winfinans.dk11 bytes
mvs.dk11 bytes
mvsadministration.dk11 bytes
mvshosting.dk11 bytes
mvsound.dk18 bytes
mvstrip.dk11 bytes
mvvst.dk11 bytes
mvw.dk11 bytes
mwa-service.dk11 bytes
mwb.dk11 bytes
mwbergconsulting.dk11 bytes
mwbgroup.dk11 bytes
mwejendomme.dk11 bytes
mwittrock.dk11 bytes
mwmterapi.dk11 bytes
mwpholding.dk11 bytes
mwr.dk11 bytes
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