Report for microsoft.com

Report summary
Pass 29 Passed tests.
Warn 7 Problems that can be ignored.
Fail 1 Problems that should be fixed.
Score
8.6
Report generated about 1 month ago
Delegation Status Message
NS Records at Parent Servers pass Domain NS records:
  • ns1.msft.net TTL=172800
  • ns2.msft.net TTL=172800
  • ns3.msft.net TTL=172800
  • ns4.msft.net TTL=172800
  • ns5.msft.net TTL=172800
Missing Glue warn Nameservers without glue:
  • ns1.msft.net
  • ns2.msft.net
  • ns3.msft.net
  • ns4.msft.net
  • ns5.msft.net
Parent nameserver (a.gtld-servers.net) didn't provided ip addresses for all your nameservers.
DNS Servers Have A Records pass Found A records for all nameservers.
NS Status Message
Check NS Records pass Domain NS records:
  • ns4.msft.net TTL=172799
  • ns5.msft.net TTL=172799
  • ns1.msft.net TTL=172799
  • ns2.msft.net TTL=172799
  • ns3.msft.net TTL=172799
All Nameservers Responded pass All nameservers responded.
Allow recursive queries warn Found open nameservers:
  • ns2.msft.net
  • ns4.msft.net
  • ns5.msft.net
  • ns1.msft.net
Check Nameservers Count pass Domain has 5 nameservers.
Check for lame nameservers pass No lame nameservers found.
Check All IPs are Public pass No private IPs found.
Nameservers Have A Records pass Found A records for all nameservers.
Check for Stealth Records pass No stealth nameservers found.
No CNAME in NS Records pass No CNAMEs found in NS records.
Allow TCP Connections fail The following nameservers doesn't allow tcp connections:
  • ns1.msft.net
  • ns2.msft.net
  • ns3.msft.net
  • ns4.msft.net
  • ns5.msft.net
SOA Status Message
Nameservers Agreement on Serial Number pass All nameservers have the same serial [2010072807].
SOA Number Format pass Serial number format OK [2010072807].
SOA RNAME pass Contact email for DNS problems is msnhst@microsoft.com (msnhst.microsoft.com)
SOA MNAME pass Primary nameserver is ns1.msft.net and is listed at the parent nameservers.
SOA Refresh warn Refresh interval is 300. Recommended values [1200 .. 43200] (20 min ... 12 hours).
SOA Retry pass Retry interval is 600. Recommended values [120 .. 7200] (2 minutes .. 2 hours).
SOA Expire pass Expire interval is 2419200. Recommended values [1209600 .. 2419200] (1 week ... 2 weeks).
SOA Minimum TTL pass Minimum TTL value is 3600. Recommended values [3600 .. 86400] (1 hour ... 1 day).
MX Status Message
Check MX Records pass Domain MX records:
  • 10 mail.messaging.microsoft.com TTL=3599
Reverse entries for MX records pass All MX records have reverse DNS entries.
Check MX records IPs are public pass No private IPs found.
Check MX records for duplicates pass No duplicates found.
Check for multiple MX records warn Domain has only one MX record.
Only host names in MX records pass No IPs found in MX records.
No CNAME in MX records pass No CNAMEs found in MX records.
Mail Status Message
Connection to mailservers pass Successfully connected to all mailservers (1).
Mail greeting warn Found 1 mailservers which don't have their name in greetings:
  • mail.messaging.microsoft.com -> DB3EHSMHS012.bigfish.com
Check SPF record pass Domain has SPF record 'v=spf1 mx include:_spf-a.microsoft.com include:_spf-b.microsoft.com include:_spf-c.microsoft.com include:_spf-ssg-a.microsoft.com ip4:131.107.115.212 ip4:131.107.115.215 ip4:131.107.115.214 ip4:205.248.106.64 ip4:205.248.106.30 ip4:205.248.106.32 ~all'.
Check DomainKeys warn Domain is not using DomainKeys.
Check Google Apps Settings pass Domain is not using Google Apps.
WWW Status Message
Check WWW record pass Domain has WWW record:
  • 207.46.19.190
  • 207.46.19.254
  • 64.4.31.252
Check all IP addresses are public pass No private IPs found.
Check WWW Record CNAME warn WWW record it's a CNAME, this can cause delays.
Check Domain A record pass Domain resolves to:
  • 207.46.197.32
  • 207.46.232.182