🧮 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 185,397 domains probed so far (14.2% 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 124,135 signed zones probed whose denial of existence we could see (a signed wildcard zone answers every name, so it shows none), 71,164 (57.3%) use NSEC3, 50,105 (40.4%) use a classic NSEC chain, which lets anyone list every name in the zone, and 2,866 (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. 34,394 NSEC3 zones (48.3%) still use iterations and 34,479 use a salt; 364 use opt-out.

IterationsZonesShare
036,770
51.7%
131,277
44.0%
43
0.0%
53
0.0%
71,709
2.4%
83
0.0%
101,209
1.7%
123
0.0%
203
0.0%
212
0.0%
50182
0.3%

List the zones with iterations > 0 →

🏢 NSEC3 by DNS provider

ProviderNSEC3 zonesIterations > 0Salted
one.com32,7320.1%0.1%
dandomain.dk16,336100.0%100.0%
curanet.dk7,852100.0%100.0%
scannet2.dk3,337100.0%100.0%
hyp.net1,9630%0.0%
wannafind.dk1,271100.0%100.0%
dnsserver.dk989100.0%100.0%
sitnet.dk954100.0%100.0%
nordicway.dk84264.6%64.6%
e-studio.dk64398.6%98.6%
loopia.se5160%0.0%
123hotel.dk301100.0%100.0%
aveo.dk218100.0%100.0%
netgiganten.dk20498.0%98.0%
gnrx.dk156100.0%100.0%
wixdns.net154100.0%100.0%
simpleagencygroup.dk139100.0%100.0%
hostonline.dk132100.0%100.0%
yayhosting.dk121100.0%100.0%
dnsadmin.dk11881.4%100.0%
designrus.dk1040%0.0%
eurodns.com1030%0.0%
desec.io1010%0.0%
azehosting.net9989.9%89.9%
deic.dk860%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). 45,468 of the 133,359 signed zones we asked (34.1%) publish them; 115 publish the delete signal, asking the registry to remove their DS and turn DNSSEC off.

📋 Zones with NSEC3 iterations > 0

36,843 zones
DomainIterationsSalt
tjeklist.dk11 bytes
tjekmate.dk11 bytes
tjele-hundepension.dk11 bytes
tjellesenlogistics.dk11 bytes
tjenerdanmark.dk11 bytes
tjenerfyn.dk11 bytes
tjenerunderholdning.dk11 bytes
tjent.dk11 bytes
tjepp.dk11 bytes
tjerrild-is.dk11 bytes
tjj.dk78 bytes
tjkhr.dk11 bytes
tjrideskole.dk11 bytes
tjtrans.dk11 bytes
tjørring.dk11 bytes
tk-development.dk11 bytes
tk-s.dk11 bytes
tk-ungeværk.dk11 bytes
tkbelaegning.dk11 bytes
tkcmad.dk11 bytes
tkrbiler.dk11 bytes
tks.dk11 bytes
tksm.dk105 bytes
tl-it.dk11 bytes
tl-maskinfabrik.dk11 bytes
tlbesas.dk11 bytes
tlbilvask.dk11 bytes
tlelteknik.dk11 bytes
tlevent.dk11 bytes
tlexplorer.dk11 bytes
tlnordic.dk11 bytes
tlt-service.dk11 bytes
tltoutdoor.dk11 bytes
tlumacze.dk11 bytes
tlv-byg.dk11 bytes
tlwudvikling.dk11 bytes
tm-linde.dk11 bytes
tm-verus.dk11 bytes
tm3dprint.dk78 bytes
tmad.dk11 bytes
tmaluparts.dk11 bytes
tmfte.dk11 bytes
tmhans.dk11 bytes
tmhare.dk11 bytes
tmkbyggeindkoeb.dk11 bytes
tmkf.dk11 bytes
tmkvalitet.dk11 bytes
tmmv.dk11 bytes
tmp.dk11 bytes
tmpo.dk11 bytes
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