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Zone is signed but the parent has no DS record

ATTENTION

DNSSEC · Needs attention · costs 15 points · RFC 4035 section 2.4

What it means

example.com publishes DNSSEC keys, but the registrar has not published the matching DS record. The chain of trust is broken at the top, so validating resolvers treat the zone as unsigned, you have the cost of DNSSEC and none of the benefit.

How to fix it

Copy the DS record from your DNS host into your registrar control panel. It is a one-time step that is easy to miss.

Check your own domain

This page describes the condition. To find out whether your domain has it, run the DNSSEC test or the full checkup, which examines every record at once.

Understand it properly

This page covers one condition. For the whole picture, DNSSEC, defined, or start at the Health Library.

Where this comes from

We judge this against RFC 4035 section 2.4. Every finding on this site cites the specification behind it so you can check the work rather than take our word for it.

Other DNSSEC conditions

DNSSEC_DS_MISSING

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