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Zone Information
Zone The domain (ie: zone) that should be tested (ie: the domain name that you want to register).
Primary The nameserver that is considered as primary (the one in the SOA record if it is public).
Secondary The secondary nameservers (all the NS records associated with the zone, except for the one listed above).
IPs List of IP addresses associated with the nameserver.
  • they are only required if they can't be resolved (ie: they are in the zone that you want to register).
  • if you have several addresses you must use a space or a coma as the separator.
  • the form accept IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
Options: Output
zone summary Includes a summary about the zone and its nameservers in the generated report
test name Includes the name of the test that has been performed when reporting errors
explanations Includes an explanation (when the test failed) about the purpose of the test and why you should fixed it.
details Includes details (when the test failed) about the culprit elements.
progress bar Display information about the test progression using a a progress bar (require javascript and Mozilla or IE5+ for correct rendering).
description Give a short description of the test when it is performed.
nothing Don't display information about the test progression.
report Select the type of generated report you want.
format Select the format in which you want the report (HTML or plain text).
language Select the language that you want the report generated in.
Options: Error report
default error Errors are reported with the default severity associated with them.
all fatals All errors are considered fatals.
all warnings All errors are considered warnings.
don't stop on fatal Keep going even after encountering a fatal error (this could lead to some unexpected results).
report ok Report test that passed.
Options: Extra tests performed
mail delivery Perform extra checking on mail delivery for typical mail account (hostmaster, postmaster, ...) associated with domain names.
zone transfer Perform additional tests on the zone retrieved after a zone transfer.
RIR databases Check that IP addresses used are registered in the RIR databases
Options: Transport layer
IPv4, IPv6 Select the routing layer (if none are selected it will default to IPv4 and IPv6).
STD, UDP, TCP Select the transport layer you want for interrogating your nameservers.

Results

  • The word generic means that the error is eitheir unrelated or present on all nameservers,
  • when an error is between [brackets], this means that the test failed for external reason, this reason is displayed next to it.


 
 
 
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