🧮 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 406,331 domains probed so far (31.1% 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 272,303 signed zones probed whose denial of existence we could see (a signed wildcard zone answers every name, so it shows none), 155,989 (57.3%) use NSEC3, 110,001 (40.4%) use a classic NSEC chain, which lets anyone list every name in the zone, and 6,313 (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. 75,093 NSEC3 zones (48.1%) still use iterations and 75,255 use a salt; 803 use opt-out.

IterationsZonesShare
080,898
51.9%
168,208
43.7%
43
0.0%
56
0.0%
73,831
2.5%
86
0.0%
102,627
1.7%
124
0.0%
209
0.0%
215
0.0%
50394
0.3%

List the zones with iterations > 0 →

🏢 NSEC3 by DNS provider

ProviderNSEC3 zonesIterations > 0Salted
one.com72,2690.1%0.1%
dandomain.dk35,617100.0%100.0%
curanet.dk17,220100.0%100.0%
scannet2.dk7,308100.0%100.0%
hyp.net4,1660%0.0%
wannafind.dk2,745100.0%100.0%
dnsserver.dk2,119100.0%100.0%
sitnet.dk2,039100.0%100.0%
nordicway.dk1,93163.2%63.2%
e-studio.dk1,44798.3%98.3%
loopia.se1,1090%0.0%
123hotel.dk616100.0%100.0%
aveo.dk520100.0%100.0%
netgiganten.dk43498.8%98.8%
simpleagencygroup.dk322100.0%100.0%
gnrx.dk322100.0%100.0%
hostonline.dk304100.0%100.0%
wixdns.net298100.0%100.0%
yayhosting.dk26299.6%99.6%
azehosting.net25991.9%91.9%
dnsadmin.dk25383.8%100.0%
designrus.dk2410%0.0%
desec.io2110%0.0%
eurodns.com2080%0.0%
deic.dk1930%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). 99,861 of the 295,042 signed zones we asked (33.8%) publish them; 265 publish the delete signal, asking the registry to remove their DS and turn DNSSEC off.

📋 Zones with NSEC3 iterations > 0

76,766 zones
DomainIterationsSalt
tjj.dk78 bytes
tjkarrosseri.dk11 bytes
tjkhr.dk11 bytes
tjmaps.dk11 bytes
tjoernbo-plus.dk11 bytes
tjoernebjerg.dk11 bytes
tjoernebo.dk78 bytes
tjoester.dk11 bytes
tjrideskole.dk11 bytes
tjskabet.dk11 bytes
tjtomrer.dk11 bytes
tjtrans.dk11 bytes
tjæpt.dk11 bytes
tjæreborg-blomster.dk11 bytes
tjørndal.dk11 bytes
tjørring.dk11 bytes
tk-development.dk11 bytes
tk-nordbyg.dk11 bytes
tk-s.dk11 bytes
tk-tek.dk11 bytes
tk-ungeværk.dk11 bytes
tkaer.dk11 bytes
tkbelaegning.dk11 bytes
tkbelægning.dk11 bytes
tkcmad.dk11 bytes
tkdesign.dk11 bytes
tkhair.dk11 bytes
tklyd.dk11 bytes
tkrbiler.dk11 bytes
tks.dk11 bytes
tksf.dk11 bytes
tkskovservice.dk11 bytes
tksm.dk105 bytes
tkt.dk11 bytes
tktek.dk11 bytes
tl-explorer.dk11 bytes
tl-it.dk11 bytes
tl-maskinfabrik.dk11 bytes
tlacg.dk11 bytes
tlaktiviteter.dk11 bytes
tlbesas.dk11 bytes
tlbilvask.dk11 bytes
tlcuddannelser.dk78 bytes
tldbyg.dk11 bytes
tlelteknik.dk11 bytes
tlevent.dk11 bytes
tlexplorer.dk11 bytes
tlhgruppen.dk11 bytes
tlnordic.dk11 bytes
tlpconsulting.dk11 bytes
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