Domain and network
Are the domain and the mail service protected? The expiry date of the domain and its protection against a transfer, the signing of the zones, and what does, or does not, stop a third party writing to your customers in your name.
Audit your home page for free
We look at your home page for Domain and network, and we email you our report within 48 working hours.
One page, one pillar. The plans cover the 9 pillars across your whole site.
What we look at
- The expiry date of your domain name, and the setting that forbids its transfer until someone lifts it at your registrar.
- The name servers: how many, how diverse, and the zone signing that stops anyone answering in your place.
- The records that do, or do not, authorise a third party to write to your customers under your name. They are read down to the detail: a record that is present but incomplete protects nothing while looking in place, which is worse than a plain absence.
- The restriction on which authorities may issue a certificate for your domain.
- Your exposed subdomains, some of which may still point to an abandoned service that a third party can claim.
- Where your addresses resolve, at which operator, and on which network.
On what basis
SPF, DKIM, DMARC (RFC 7489), DNSSEC
A finding is only worth something if it rests on an identifiable basis. Where one exists, we lean on a law, a standard or a specification, and for every point recorded the report names the page and gives the value we measured.
What it changes for you
This is the quietest pillar. A domain that expires cuts off the site and the mail. A mail service without protection lets a third party write to your customers in your name.
These settings are not fixed in the site: they live at your registrar, and nobody looks at them as long as everything works.
What this audit does not say
We read what the public registries and the name system publish: you can check it yourself, with the same tools.
On the other hand, the actual quality of your mail service (what your correspondents receive, your sender reputation) depends on information only the domain operator can consult. The report says what is published, not what arrives.
Every limit of the examination is stated in the methodology note of your report. A point that cannot be verified is never presented as compliant.
The weight of this pillar
An overall score has to weigh what matters for your business: the 9 pillars do not carry the same weight depending on what your site is for. Here is what “domain and network” represents in the overall score, under each weighting. The report always states which one produced your score.
| Type of site | Share of the overall score |
|---|---|
| Type not determined | 6% |
| Brochure site | 4% |
| Online shop | 6% |
| Application, customer portal | 8% |
| Blog, media | 4% |
| Public-sector site | 5% |