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Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-15

Is it DNS? A live resolver health board and domain auditor

isitdns.org ↗ · Developer Corner · score 88.0
Open: public page gives enough substance to understand the site $Paid: pricing, booking, ecommerce, subscription, or paid access is visible ADAds: visible ad load or ad-supported content Pretty: notable design, copy, craft, or presentation Pro: polished, finished-feeling, serious, or operationally mature Niche: specific audience, workflow, or unusually focused use case Human: personal, local, community, civic, handmade, or real-person signal !Suspicious: scammy, spammy, trust theater, finance fog, or credibility concern

A public DNS toolkit that monitors resolver health, audits domains, runs comparative dig queries, and teaches the concepts behind them.

Why it surfaced

The site combines live resolver scores, delegation and DNSSEC checks, email-posture audits, volunteer probes, and runnable learning scenarios. Its browser-based network diagnosis also explains where findings are inferred because DoH cannot directly expose the raw port 53 path.

The Two-Tonne Temperature Problem

August 15’s newborn domains include a live-aboard hydrogen airship with a two-tonne lift problem, a Japanese toolbox that explains its assumptions, an advisory-by-advisory Hawaiʻi hurricane archive, and a wedding-gift game about ungrateful poultry.

This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-15 Domain Arrivals issue.