DNS & Email Security Report for paypal.com

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

C73/100
Average

Adequate security, improvements recommended

Overall security score: 73/100 · Grade C (Average)

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Detailed check results

DNS

73%warning
  • A record presentcritical

    3 A record(s) found

  • AAAA record presentrecommended

    No AAAA records

  • MX records presentrecommended

    2 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 2012399870 (YYYYMMDDnn format)

  • SOA timers validinfo

    Refresh: 7200s ✓, Retry: 600s ✓, Expire: 1209600s ✓

  • No lame nameserversinfo

    4 NS all responding ✓

  • Glue records presentinfo

    4 glue record(s)

  • WWW record configuredinfo

    CNAME: www.glb.paypal.com

  • MX servers have PTR recordsinfo

    2 MX IPs all have PTR records ✓

  • MX servers have FCrDNSinfo

    2 MX IPs have forward-confirmed reverse DNS ✓

DNSSEC

93%pass
  • DNSSEC signedrecommended

    DNSSEC is enabled ✓

  • DNSSEC validation OKcritical

    DNSSEC validates correctly ✓

  • NSEC3 RFC 9276 compliantrecommended

    NSEC3 not RFC 9276 compliant: iterations=10 (must be 0), salt="ee" (must be empty). Modern resolvers may reject this zone

  • RRSIG signatures validrecommended

    RRSIG signatures valid, earliest expiry in 26 days ✓

  • Modern DNSSEC algorithmoptional

    ECDSA P-256 (algorithm 13) — modern ✓

  • DS digest algorithm modernrecommended

    DS digest: SHA-256 — modern ✓

  • DNSKEY algorithm secureoptional

    DNSKEY: ECDSA P-256 — modern ✓

  • RRSIG TTL saferecommended

    Record TTLs do not exceed RRSIG validity periods ✓

  • Chain of trust completecritical

    Complete chain: DNSKEY + DS + RRSIG ✓

IPv6

30%fail
  • Website reachable via IPv6recommended

    No IPv6 for website. Add AAAA record pointing to your IPv6 address

  • Mail servers reachable via IPv6recommended

    0/2 MX servers have IPv6. Add AAAA records for your mail servers

  • Nameservers reachable via IPv6recommended

    4/4 NS server(s) with IPv6 ✓

Email security

88%pass
  • SPF record presentcritical

    v=spf1 include:pp._spf.paypal.com include:3ph1._spf.paypal.com include:3ph2._spf.paypal.com include:3ph3._spf.paypal.com include:3ph4._spf.paypal.com include:sendgrid.net include:aspmx.pardot.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: s1 ✓

  • DMARC record presentrecommended

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

  • DMARC policy quarantine or betterrecommended

    DMARC policy: reject ✓

  • DMARC policy rejectoptional

    DMARC policy: reject ✓

  • BIMI record presentoptional

    BIMI logo: https://www.paypalobjects.com/marketing/web/logos/paypal_ppe.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

    2 MX record(s) ✓

  • MX domains use DNSSECrecommended

    1/1 MX domain(s) use DNSSEC ✓

  • MX DNSSEC validation OKrecommended

    MX DNSSEC validates correctly ✓

  • Mail servers not blacklistedcritical

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

  • No critical blacklist listingscritical

    No blacklist listings ✓

Web security

68%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

    6 verification records found (Workplace, Adobe IDP, Stripe, Atlassian, Docker...). 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

    No X-Frame-Options header. Add X-Frame-Options: DENY or SAMEORIGIN to prevent clickjacking

  • X-Content-Type-Options headerrecommended

    X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff ✓

  • Content-Security-Policy headerrecommended

    Content-Security-Policy configured ✓

  • Referrer-Policy headerrecommended

    No Referrer-Policy header. Add Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin

  • security.txt presentoptional

    Contact: https://hackerone.com/paypal

  • security.txt validoptional

    security.txt missing required fields. Must have Contact: and Expires: per RFC 9116

  • 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: paypal.com IN HTTPS 1 . alpn="h3,h2"

Issues found (5)

NSEC3 parameters not RFC 9276 compliant

NSEC3 iterations must be 0 and salt must be empty per RFC 9276. Modern resolvers (Unbound 1.19+, BIND 9.19+) may treat your zone as insecure

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No IPv6 (AAAA) records

Your domain is not reachable via IPv6. IPv6 is becoming increasingly important

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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)

Add IPv6 support

Request AAAA records from your hosting provider for your website. IPv6 is becoming increasingly important.

Impact: Makes your website accessible to IPv6-only networks

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 paypal.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