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Anti-spoofing policy validation

See whether DMARC
actually enforces.

Check policy strength, alignment tags, rollout percentage and reporting addresses without mistaking p=none for protection.

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What the result means

Published does not always mean protected

DMARC connects SPF and DKIM authentication to the visible From address. A monitoring policy provides useful reports but does not instruct receivers to quarantine or reject failures, so this validator reports enforcement strength separately from record presence.

  • Policy and percentage
  • SPF and DKIM alignment
  • Aggregate report addresses

Diagnostic field guide

Use the evidence, not the guess.

Three practical ways to use this lookup, followed by the boundary the result cannot cross.

Reviewed Sep 2026
01

Measure enforcement

Distinguish monitoring with p=none from quarantine or rejection instructions.

02

Review alignment

Check relaxed or strict SPF and DKIM identifier alignment against the visible From domain.

03

Verify reporting

Inspect aggregate-report destinations and rollout percentage before changing policy.

How to read the result

  1. Confirm one DMARC record exists at _dmarc and begins with the expected version.
  2. Read p, sp and pct together so subdomain behavior and partial rollout are not missed.
  3. Check rua destinations, then use received aggregate reports to guide enforcement changes.

Common questions

Before you act on the result

Does p=none protect a domain from spoofing?

It requests monitoring reports but does not ask receivers to quarantine or reject failing messages. It is useful for discovery, not enforcement.

Should I move directly to p=reject?

Only after identifying legitimate senders and verifying aligned SPF or DKIM. A staged percentage or quarantine policy can reduce the risk of rejecting valid mail during rollout.

Choose the question

One system, fourteen focused tools.

Each tool has its own indexable page and opens the report at the evidence that answers its question.

Evidence before certainty

The internet has layers.
We keep them separate.

A nameserver identifies the DNS operator. An edge address identifies a public delivery network. An ASN identifies the organization announcing a route. None automatically proves where a hidden origin application runs.

ObservedCorrelatedUnknown stays unknown
Read the detection methodology

Field notes

Read the signal correctly.

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Agent-ready JSON

Give your script or your AI the same public evidence.

GET /api/dns?target=example.com&type=MX
API reference llms.txt

One input, several sources

What a full lookup includes

DNSTrace.dev resolves published DNS answers, follows the primary address to its network owner, and reads registry data for the domain or IP. Your own IP is detected separately and only when this page is open.

DNSRDAPASNGeo IP

Your public network address

What is “My IP”?

Your public IP is the address websites see for your internet connection. It is assigned by your ISP, mobile carrier, workplace, VPN, or proxy and is used to route traffic back to you.

Why it is useful Diagnose your connection

Inspect your ISP, ASN, approximate network location, reverse DNS, and whether traffic is passing through a VPN or hosting network.

What it cannot reveal Not your exact location

IP location usually identifies a city or network region. It does not expose your home address or your device's GPS position.

Privacy Relay-aware, not bypassing

The primary address comes from Cloudflare. An IPv4-only check uses ipify with icanhazip as fallback. Apple Private Relay is verified against Apple's published egress ranges. The original address hidden by a relay cannot be recovered.

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