🌍 Complete DNS Records Lookup
Perform a comprehensive DNS lookup to retrieve all DNS record types (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, SOA, CNAME, CAA) for any domain in a single query.
What one query covers
The name you type goes to SimpleMoney's API, which asks a resolver in AWS us-east-1 for eight record types and sends back whatever each one returned. The page then prints a block per type, with a count, and marks the empty ones “No records found”.
| Type | Answers the question |
|---|---|
| A / AAAA | Which IPv4 and IPv6 addresses serve this name |
| MX | Which servers accept its mail |
| TXT | SPF, verification strings, policies |
| NS / SOA | Which nameservers are in charge, and the zone's serial and timers |
| CNAME | Whether this name is an alias for another |
| CAA | Which certificate authorities may issue for it |
Reading the result
Because the queries run on a server rather than in your browser, this is the internet's view of the domain from the US East coast. Your own machine can legitimately see different A records for a geo-balanced site, and it will see stale ones if your resolver still holds a cached answer.
- Empty sections are normal. Most domains have no CAA, no AAAA and no CNAME at the apex. Only NS and SOA should always be present.
- A populated CNAME means the other sections should be empty: a name with a CNAME is not allowed to carry other records.
- Nothing at all usually means the domain is unregistered, expired, or you typed a hostname that does not exist.
_dmarc., anything under www. — will not appear
unless you look those names up directly.Frequently asked questions
Which DNS records does a domain actually need?
NS and SOA, which the registrar sets up, plus an A or AAAA record if anything is meant to load in a browser. MX only if the domain receives mail. Everything else is optional.
Why is the CNAME section empty for my domain?
A root domain cannot have a CNAME — the standard forbids it, because
the apex must also hold NS and SOA. Aliases live on subdomains, so look up
www.example.com rather than example.com.
Does this show every record on my domain?
No. It covers the eight common types on the one name you entered. SRV, PTR and DNSSEC records are not queried, and neither is any subdomain.