tl.symcd.com - robtex.com
tl.symcd.com
| CNAME | mpki-ocsp.digicert.com | ||||||
| DNSSEC | โ ๏ธ Not signed | ||||||
symcd.com
| DNSSEC | โ ๏ธ Not signed | ||||||
| NS | ns20.digicertdns.com โญ | ||||||
| NS | ns21.digicertdns.com | ||||||
| NS | ns22.digicertdns.com | ||||||
| NS | ns23.digicertdns.net | ||||||
| NS | ns24.digicertdns.net | ||||||
| NS | ns25.digicertdns.net | ||||||
| NS | pdns196.ultradns.biz | ||||||
| NS | pdns196.ultradns.com | ||||||
| NS | pdns196.ultradns.net | ||||||
| NS | pdns196.ultradns.org | ||||||
| SOA | ns20.digicertdns.comdns@digicertdns.com 2009-01-02 #76 | ||||||
DigiCert PKI Infrastructure Domain
symcd.com is a critical Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) domain operated by DigiCert, one of the world's largest Certificate Authorities. The domain name derives from "Symantec Certificate Distribution" โ a legacy from Symantec's Website Security business, which DigiCert acquired in 2017.
Purpose
This domain serves as infrastructure for SSL/TLS certificate validation services:
- OCSP Responders โ Online Certificate Status Protocol endpoints (e.g., s.symcd.com) that allow browsers to verify if a certificate has been revoked in real-time
- CRL Distribution โ Certificate Revocation List hosting for certificates that need offline revocation checking
- Certificate Chains โ Intermediate certificate distribution for trust chain validation
The domain's high traffic rank (Tranco #3,681) reflects its role in billions of daily certificate validation requests from web browsers worldwide.
DNS Infrastructure
- Authoritative Nameservers: Redundant configuration using both UltraDNS (pdns196.ultradns.) and DigiCert's own DNS infrastructure (ns20-25.digicertdns.)
- Primary Contact: dns@digicertdns.com
- Subdomains: 52+ including s.symcd.com (OCSP), g.symcd.com, tc.symcd.com
- DNSSEC: Not enabled
- IPv4/IPv6: Dual-stack support on all nameservers
Technical Notes
The domain itself does not host a website โ it exists purely for PKI operations. Subdomains like s.symcd.com resolve to DigiCert's OCSP infrastructure (pki-ocsp.digicert.com), handling certificate status queries for millions of Symantec-legacy and DigiCert-issued certificates still in use across the internet.
Same first word
Similar names
DNS History
38 records (1 active, 37 former)
โA2001:268:80e:18f::201a2017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA2001:268:80e:193::201a2017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA2001:5000:1101:187::201a2017-01-17 โ 2017-01-17 ยท 4 obs
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โA2001:5000:1101:188::201a2017-01-17 โ 2017-01-17 ยท 4 obs
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โA2001:8006:3510:797::201a2017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA2001:8006:3510:798::201a2017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA23.4.187.272016-03-25 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 6 obs
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โA23.43.75.272016-06-12 โ 2016-10-31 ยท 8 obs
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โA23.49.139.272017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA23.5.251.272017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA23.50.91.272017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA23.51.123.272017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA23.52.91.272016-07-22 โ 2016-08-16 ยท 5 obs
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โA23.53.155.272017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA23.55.155.272017-01-17 โ 2017-01-17 ยท 4 obs
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โA23.59.139.272017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA2406:3000:35:8e::201a2017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA2406:3000:35:92::201a2017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA2600:1406:20:194::201a2017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA2600:1406:20:199::201a2017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA2600:1408:10:183::201a2016-03-25 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 10 obs
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โA2600:1408:10:191::201a2016-03-25 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 10 obs
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โA2600:1409:a:181::201a2017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA2600:1409:a:18e::201a2017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA2600:1419:0:389::201a2017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA2a02:26f0:13b:3a2::201a2017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA2a02:26f0:71:295::201a2017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โA2a02:26f0:a1:28c::201a2016-10-31 โ 2016-10-31 ยท 4 obs
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โA2a02:26f0:a1:298::201a2016-10-31 โ 2016-10-31 ยท 4 obs
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โCNAMEe8218.dscb1.akamaiedge.net2016-03-25 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
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โCNAMEe8218.dscb1.akamaiedge.net.0.1.cn.akamaiedge.net2017-05-03 โ 2017-05-03 ยท 4 obs
โ 2017-05-03 12:06:26
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โCNAMEmpki-ocsp.digicert.com2026-02-18 โ 2026-03-14 ยท 3 obs
โ 2026-02-18 21:48:18
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โCNAMEocsp-ds.ws.symantec.com.edgekey.net2016-03-25 โ 2021-09-23 ยท 4 obs
โ 2021-09-23 19:18:48
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๐ DNS Trace
๐ Delegation Chain
| Zone | Nameservers | Glue |
|---|---|---|
| com | l.gtld-servers.net, j.gtld-servers.net, h.gtld-servers.net, d.gtld-servers.net... | - |
| symcd.com | pdns196.ultradns.com, pdns196.ultradns.net, pdns196.ultradns.org, pdns196.ultradns.biz... | 8 records |
โ Authoritative Response
Server: 156.154.67.196
NS records: pdns196.ultradns.com, pdns196.ultradns.net, pdns196.ultradns.org, pdns196.ultradns.biz, ns20.digicertdns.com, ns21.digicertdns.com, ns22.digicertdns.com, ns24.digicertdns.net, ns25.digicertdns.net, ns23.digicertdns.net
๐ DNSSEC Status
โ ๏ธ Insecure (no DNSSEC)
No DS record for symcd.com (unsigned zone)
โฑ๏ธ Timing
Total: 572ms | Queries: -
๐ Records
| Type | Count | Sample Data |
|---|---|---|
| CNAME | 1 | mpki-ocsp.digicert.com |
๐ Glue Records Collected
Total: 8
Out-of-bailiwick: 8 (pdns196.ultradns.com, pdns196.ultradns.com, ns20.digicertdns.com...)