🧮 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 488,343 domains probed so far (37.3% 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 327,182 signed zones probed whose denial of existence we could see (a signed wildcard zone answers every name, so it shows none), 187,094 (57.2%) use NSEC3, 132,521 (40.5%) use a classic NSEC chain, which lets anyone list every name in the zone, and 7,567 (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. 90,011 NSEC3 zones (48.1%) still use iterations and 90,189 use a salt; 936 use opt-out.

IterationsZonesShare
097,085
51.9%
181,781
43.7%
43
0.0%
58
0.0%
74,608
2.5%
87
0.0%
103,129
1.7%
124
0.0%
209
0.0%
215
0.0%
50461
0.2%

List the zones with iterations > 0 →

🏢 NSEC3 by DNS provider

ProviderNSEC3 zonesIterations > 0Salted
one.com86,8130.1%0.1%
dandomain.dk42,702100.0%100.0%
curanet.dk20,656100.0%100.0%
scannet2.dk8,736100.0%100.0%
hyp.net4,9740%0.0%
wannafind.dk3,291100.0%100.0%
dnsserver.dk2,547100.0%100.0%
sitnet.dk2,405100.0%100.0%
nordicway.dk2,33562.8%62.8%
e-studio.dk1,72098.3%98.3%
loopia.se1,3500%0.0%
123hotel.dk737100.0%100.0%
aveo.dk627100.0%100.0%
netgiganten.dk53498.5%98.5%
simpleagencygroup.dk390100.0%100.0%
hostonline.dk385100.0%100.0%
gnrx.dk384100.0%100.0%
wixdns.net370100.0%100.0%
azehosting.net32993.0%93.0%
yayhosting.dk32299.7%99.7%
dnsadmin.dk30083.0%100.0%
designrus.dk2530%0.0%
desec.io2500%0.0%
deic.dk2380%0.0%
eurodns.com2260%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). 120,262 of the 354,723 signed zones we asked (33.9%) publish them; 328 publish the delete signal, asking the registry to remove their DS and turn DNSSEC off.

📋 Zones with NSEC3 iterations > 0

92,108 zones
DomainIterationsSalt
urteverset.dk11 bytes
urtorvet.dk11 bytes
urupvej.dk11 bytes
us-design.dk78 bytes
us-in-3d.dk11 bytes
us.dk1010 bytes
usa-service-center.dk11 bytes
usaj.dk11 bytes
usautovaerksted.dk11 bytes
usbrock.dk78 bytes
usclausen.dk11 bytes
usdesign.dk78 bytes
useaiconsulting.dk11 bytes
used2kids.dk11 bytes
usedit.dk11 bytes
user-planet.dk11 bytes
userdriveninnovation.dk11 bytes
userid.dk11 bytes
userly.dk78 bytes
usetono.dk11 bytes
usher.dk11 bytes
ushy.dk78 bytes
usign.dk11 bytes
usinger.dk11 bytes
usmøbler.dk11 bytes
usort.dk11 bytes
ussing1.dk11 bytes
ussinggaard.dk11 bytes
ussingkaer.dk11 bytes
ussp.dk78 bytes
usspecial.dk11 bytes
ussu.dk11 bytes
ustoo.dk11 bytes
ustsen.dk11 bytes
ustudio.dk11 bytes
usundcert.dk1013 bytes
usx.dk11 bytes
usynligtteater.dk11 bytes
uteater.dk11 bytes
utedo.dk78 bytes
utera.dk11 bytes
utilityventure.dk11 bytes
utils.dk78 bytes
utopiart.dk11 bytes
utroværdig.dk11 bytes
utzondok.dk11 bytes
utzonjewellery.dk11 bytes
utæt.dk11 bytes
uu-odsherred.dk11 bytes
uu-vesthimmerland.dk11 bytes
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