dot.gov
The domain dot.gov answers at IP address 204.68.196.12. The domain DNS is managed by Akamai, which decides where each subdomain points. Mail for dot.gov goes through 1 servers; the highest priority one is dot-gov.mail.protection.outlook.com. It also publishes 16 TXT records, used to verify domain ownership with external services and to configure mail security through SPF, DKIM and DMARC.
A A records
- 204.68.196.12 600s
MX MX records
NS NS records
- a12-64.akam.net 208s
- a14-64.akam.net 208s
- a5-65.akam.net 208s
- a1-97.akam.net 208s
- a24-64.akam.net 208s
- a11-65.akam.net 208s
TXT TXT records
- paloaltonetworks-site-verification=260148d548b261d1e519e88fe9950c5798d6523cd3b8f5017afdf67f6afca87f 600s
- _ve2dqaw8ledzzbage6dyzpryvms84c4 600s
- _fvsc84ser6lko7ohn62zgqkvcq85gp8 600s
- apple-domain-verification=HT8c9nRGfnIu6NCJ 600s
- 6gs1vs2jzkd4ky3dcndfdmcf21ddxj0p 600s
- 3fx51jzw0dcc5bvwmtn1lz021gz2qhxm 600s
- _uuvrnzshx0botn6f76i2xdbcdmskkni 600s
- _b926kcembsrd2ek4cyba1ndl3hxblnl 600s
- v=spf1 a mx include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:cust-spf.exacttarget.com include:_ip4spf.dot.gov include:_spgranicus.dot.gov include:_spf.google.com ip6:2001:19e8:d:0:204:68:194:50 ip6:2001:19e8:d4:0:204:152:44:20 ip6:2001:19e8:d:0:204:68:194:52 ip6:2001:19e8:d:0:204:68:194:51 ip6:2001:19e8:d4:0:204:152:44:21 ip6:2001:19e8:d:0:204:68:194:53 ~all 600s
- MS=ms26367269 600s
- _mr1ztrx2wuijccdbvlehpvj784eeqca 600s
- DvJkvb1Hi8onaHmhg9wO0TuoOcYFUoPXwshxGuB5Vqf1uE/T+YJfJvWGLSh3gatzXD12xt3ODFXl8Xs2+jCstw== 600s
- atlassian-domain-verification=FXR5GGBCdDwdaQvAVJg4Ci4xYsdTHna2AQ8SuaGrPbt6jagocMxN0nMPx10ZluSL 600s
- box-domain-verification=28e72c657009fce1cc4b41cd075ad013ffc964f459ad1ea507272403c9313f16 600s
- aD54BF4xtfbU/hK9XqwemHvFwIn923rLW9oa7aMjSaPGDlHKtKF3KnhepkTeYsLuEMdOVuO3RDo/IH6gJpM+kQ== 600s
- fj6d6z3qvchx0ld3t4c67zqvjf7hqn0b 600s
SOA SOA records
- dot-dca-edns-wz01.idn.dot.gov 600s
What each record means
- A and AAAA: the server IP address, in IPv4 and IPv6.
- MX: the servers that receive the domain mail. The number is the priority; the lowest is tried first.
- NS: the name servers, which have the final say over the domain DNS.
- TXT: free text. Mostly used for SPF, DKIM and DMARC, and to verify ownership with third parties.
- TTL: how many seconds the record may be cached before asking again.
Checked 3 hours ago.