🧮 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 568,867 domains probed so far (43.5% 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 381,755 signed zones probed whose denial of existence we could see (a signed wildcard zone answers every name, so it shows none), 217,609 (57.0%) use NSEC3, 155,370 (40.7%) use a classic NSEC chain, which lets anyone list every name in the zone, and 8,776 (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. 104,891 NSEC3 zones (48.2%) still use iterations and 105,104 use a salt; 1,054 use opt-out.

IterationsZonesShare
0112,727
51.8%
195,542
43.9%
43
0.0%
510
0.0%
75,304
2.4%
87
0.0%
103,501
1.6%
124
0.0%
209
0.0%
215
0.0%
50520
0.2%

List the zones with iterations > 0 →

🏢 NSEC3 by DNS provider

ProviderNSEC3 zonesIterations > 0Salted
one.com100,8860.1%0.1%
dandomain.dk49,811100.0%100.0%
curanet.dk24,161100.0%100.0%
scannet2.dk10,263100.0%100.0%
hyp.net5,7360%0.0%
wannafind.dk3,816100.0%100.0%
dnsserver.dk3,019100.0%100.0%
nordicway.dk2,70661.8%61.8%
sitnet.dk2,661100.0%100.0%
e-studio.dk1,99898.1%98.1%
loopia.se1,5520%0.0%
123hotel.dk851100.0%100.0%
aveo.dk727100.0%100.0%
netgiganten.dk61098.4%98.4%
simpleagencygroup.dk463100.0%100.0%
gnrx.dk459100.0%100.0%
hostonline.dk450100.0%100.0%
wixdns.net428100.0%100.0%
azehosting.net37893.1%93.1%
yayhosting.dk37399.5%99.5%
dnsadmin.dk34383.4%100.0%
desec.io2890%0.0%
deic.dk2630%0.0%
designrus.dk2620%0.0%
eurodns.com2530%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). 141,045 of the 414,056 signed zones we asked (34.1%) publish them; 373 publish the delete signal, asking the registry to remove their DS and turn DNSSEC off.

📋 Zones with NSEC3 iterations > 0

100,000+ zones
DomainIterationsSalt
sextrafficking.dk11 bytes
sextus.dk11 bytes
seyaproductions.dk18 bytes
seyfosbarbershop.dk11 bytes
sezar-pizzaria.dk11 bytes
sf-facebook.dk11 bytes
sf-service.dk11 bytes
sf-toender.dk11 bytes
sf.dk11 bytes
sfac.dk11 bytes
sfb.dk11 bytes
sfc2026.dk102 bytes
sfch.dk11 bytes
sfgif.dk11 bytes
sfhm.dk102 bytes
sfi.dk1012 bytes
sfjensen.dk11 bytes
sfjf.dk11 bytes
sfjv.dk11 bytes
sflf.dk109 bytes
sfo-trekanten.dk11 bytes
sfog.dk78 bytes
sfotrekanten.dk11 bytes
sfpedanmark.dk78 bytes
sfranders.dk11 bytes
sfrank.dk11 bytes
sfriis.dk11 bytes
sfs.dk101 bytes
sfsh.dk11 bytes
sfuk.dk11 bytes
sg-larsen.dk11 bytes
sg-promotion.dk11 bytes
sg-publishing-service.dk11 bytes
sg-tech.dk11 bytes
sg6.dk78 bytes
sgav.dk103 bytes
sgavmst.dk1013 bytes
sgb.dk11 bytes
sgb2b.dk11 bytes
sgbrandteknik.dk11 bytes
sgchristensen.dk11 bytes
sgconsult.dk11 bytes
sgd.dk11 bytes
sgdigital.dk11 bytes
sgdr.dk11 bytes
sgf.dk11 bytes
sgfb.dk11 bytes
sgfvejle.dk78 bytes
sghaveservice.dk11 bytes
sghosting.dk11 bytes
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