AFNIC launched on September 27th version 3 of ZoneCheck, the software designed to check the configuration of a domain or zone by means of various tests. The latest version has been developed in the context of the deployment of DNSSEC in France.
ZoneCheck was first developed by AFNIC in 1995 to ensure a domain name’s quality and stability by checking its proper technical configuration.
The tests carried out by ZoneCheck include checks on the zone’s authoritative DNS servers, to make sure that the domain name can be used outside the network.
The latest version of ZoneCheck – ZoneCheck 3 – is also playing a part in the deployment of DNSSEC, and accordingly includes new tests specially for that security-enhancing extension of the DNS system. For this purpose ZoneCheck uses an open-source software library developed by Nominet ( the .uk top level domain).
The ZoneCheck, free software tool, is available on www.zonecheck.fr
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