DNS & Email Security Report for apple.com

An automated analysis of apple.com's DNS configuration, email authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), DNSSEC chain, IPv6 readiness, and transport security. Last analyzed June 10, 2026.

C71/100
Average

Adequate security, improvements recommended

Overall security score: 71/100 · Grade C (Average)

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Detailed check results

DNS

100%pass
  • A record presentcritical

    1 A record(s) found

  • AAAA record presentrecommended

    1 AAAA record(s) found

  • MX records presentrecommended

    6 MX record(s) found

  • NS records presentcritical

    4 NS record(s) found

  • SOA record presentcritical

    SOA record found

  • Multiple nameserversrecommended

    4 nameservers configured ✓

  • SOA serial formatinfo

    Serial 2026061001 (YYYYMMDDnn format)

  • SOA timers validinfo

    Refresh: 300s ✗, Retry: 300s ✓, Expire: 3628800s ✗. Refresh should be 1200-43200s (20min-12h). Expire should be 604800-2419200s (1-4 weeks)

  • No lame nameserversinfo

    4 NS all responding ✓

  • Glue records presentinfo

    8 glue record(s)

  • WWW record configuredinfo

    CNAME: www-apple-com.v.aaplimg.com

  • MX servers have PTR recordsinfo

    5 MX IPs all have PTR records ✓

  • MX servers have FCrDNSinfo

    5 MX IPs have forward-confirmed reverse DNS ✓

DNSSEC

28%fail
  • DNSSEC signedrecommended

    DNSSEC not configured. Enable DNSSEC at your domain registrar to protect against DNS spoofing

  • DNSSEC validation OKcritical

    Not applicable (DNSSEC not enabled)

  • NSEC3 RFC 9276 compliantrecommended

    Not applicable (domain uses NSEC or is not DNSSEC-signed)

  • RRSIG signatures validrecommended

    Not applicable (DNSSEC not enabled)

  • Modern DNSSEC algorithmoptional

    Not applicable (DNSSEC not enabled)

  • DS digest algorithm modernrecommended

    Not applicable (no DS records or DNSSEC not enabled)

  • DNSKEY algorithm secureoptional

    Not applicable (DNSSEC not enabled)

  • RRSIG TTL saferecommended

    Not applicable (DNSSEC not enabled or no RRSIG data)

  • Chain of trust completecritical

    DNSSEC not enabled

IPv6

70%warning
  • Website reachable via IPv6recommended

    1 AAAA record(s) ✓

  • Mail servers reachable via IPv6recommended

    0/6 MX servers have IPv6. Add AAAA records for your mail servers

  • Nameservers reachable via IPv6recommended

    4/4 NS server(s) with IPv6 ✓

Email security

68%warning
  • SPF record presentcritical

    v=spf1 include:_spf.apple.com include:_spf-txn.apple.com ~all

  • SPF syntax validcritical

    SPF syntax is correct ✓

  • SPF policy strict (-all)recommended

    SPF uses ~all or ?all. Change to -all for strict enforcement

  • DKIM foundrecommended

    DKIM selector: selector1 ✓

  • DMARC record presentrecommended

    v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; sp=reject; rua=mailto:[email protected]; ruf=mailto:[email protected];

  • DMARC policy quarantine or betterrecommended

    DMARC policy: quarantine ✓

  • DMARC policy rejectoptional

    DMARC policy: quarantine. Set p=reject for maximum protection

  • BIMI record presentoptional

    BIMI logo: https://www.apple.com/bimi/v2/apple.svg

  • BIMI configuration validoptional

    BIMI correctly configured ✓

  • MTA-STS record presentoptional

    No MTA-STS. Add TXT at _mta-sts and host policy at /.well-known/mta-sts.txt

  • MTA-STS policy enforcedoptional

    MTA-STS not configured

  • MX records validcritical

    6 MX record(s) ✓

  • MX domains use DNSSECrecommended

    0/1 MX domain(s) have DNSSEC. Ask your mail provider to enable DNSSEC

  • MX DNSSEC validation OKrecommended

    DNSSEC not enabled for MX domains

  • Mail servers not blacklistedcritical

    1 MX server(s) checked against 16 blacklists - clean ✓

  • No critical blacklist listingscritical

    No blacklist listings ✓

Web security

79%warning
  • CAA records presentrecommended

    3 CAA record(s) ✓

  • CAA policy strictoptional

    CAA limits certificate authorities ✓

  • TLSA records (DANE)optional

    No TLSA/DANE records. Add TLSA at _25._tcp.mail for DANE email encryption

  • DANE configuration validoptional

    No DANE configured

  • No sensitive info in TXTcritical

    No sensitive data leaked ✓

  • Verification records reviewedinfo

    7 verification records found (Google, Atlassian, Webex/Cisco, Adobe IDP, Miro...). Review these - they reveal your tech stack to attackers. Remove unused service verifications

  • HTTPS availablecritical

    HTTPS working (status 200) ✓

  • Valid certificatecritical

    Certificate chain is valid and trusted ✓

  • HTTP redirects to HTTPScritical

    HTTP automatically redirects to HTTPS ✓

  • HSTS enabledrecommended

    HSTS enabled (max-age=31536000, includeSubDomains, preload) ✓

  • HSTS max-age >= 1 yearoptional

    max-age=31536000 (≥1 year) ✓

  • X-Frame-Options headerrecommended

    X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN ✓

  • X-Content-Type-Options headerrecommended

    X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff ✓

  • Content-Security-Policy headerrecommended

    Content-Security-Policy configured ✓

  • Referrer-Policy headerrecommended

    Referrer-Policy: no-referrer-when-downgrade ✓

  • security.txt presentoptional

    Contact: https://security.apple.com

  • security.txt validoptional

    security.txt has required Contact and Expires fields ✓

  • HTTP/3 (QUIC) supportedoptional

    No HTTP/3 support detected No h3 in Alt-Svc header No HTTPS DNS record (type 65) QUIC probe inconclusive (Inconclusive - no QUIC reply (trigger may be dropped or UDP/443 filtered)) — not a negative signal

  • QUIC UDP reachableinfo

    QUIC probe inconclusive (no reply — trigger may be dropped or UDP/443 filtered). Not a negative signal; h3 is judged from Alt-Svc / HTTPS record

  • HTTPS DNS record (SVCB)optional

    No HTTPS DNS record (type 65). Add HTTPS record for faster HTTP/3 discovery: apple.com IN HTTPS 1 . alpn="h3,h2"

Issues found (4)

DNSSEC not configured

DNSSEC provides extra protection against DNS spoofing

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Mail servers have no IPv6

Your mail servers are not reachable via IPv6

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Excessive verification TXT records

Your domain has many third-party verification records. These reveal your tech stack to potential attackers (reconnaissance). Review and remove unused verifications

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No HTTP/3 (QUIC) support

HTTP/3 uses QUIC for faster, more resilient connections. Enable it on your web server and open UDP/443 in your firewall

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Recommendations (4)

Implement DNSSEC

Activate DNSSEC with your domain registrar and add the DS records to your parent zone. This protects against DNS spoofing attacks.

Impact: Significantly increases security and prevents DNS manipulation

IPv6 for mail servers

Add AAAA records for your MX servers to support email via IPv6.

Impact: Improves email reachability for IPv6 networks

Review verification TXT records

Your domain has many third-party verification records that reveal your tech stack (Google, Microsoft, Atlassian, etc.). Review each one: 1) Remove records for services no longer used 2) Consider if each service really needs domain verification 3) Use a subdomain for less critical services. This is an information disclosure issue - attackers can map your SaaS footprint.

Impact: Reduces reconnaissance surface and limits attacker knowledge of your infrastructure

Enable HTTP/3 (QUIC)

Enable HTTP/3 for faster page loads and improved connection resilience. Nginx: add "listen 443 quic reuseport;" and "add_header Alt-Svc 'h3=":443"; ma=86400'". Caddy: HTTP/3 is enabled by default. Cloudflare: Enable under Speed → Protocol Optimization. Also add an HTTPS DNS record: example.com IN HTTPS 1 . alpn="h3,h2" Ensure UDP port 443 is open in your firewall (QUIC uses UDP, not TCP).

Impact: Faster page loads (0-RTT), better mobile performance, and connection migration between networks

About this report

IntoDNS.AI evaluates apple.com against DNS hygiene, email authentication, and transport-security best practices, scoring each check and rolling them up into an overall grade. Results reflect public DNS as observed on June 10, 2026 and may differ from a live scan if the domain has since changed its configuration.

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Last analyzed: June 10, 2026 · Google Public DNS