AWS Route53 Audit

Route 53 Domains Should Have Privacy Protection Enabled

Amazon Route 53 domains should have Privacy Protection feature enabled in order to hide all their contact information from WHOIS queries and reduce the amount of spam received.

AWS Route 53 Auto Renew Should Be Enabled

AWS Route 53 Auto Renew feature should be enabled to automatically renew your domain names as the expiration date approaches.

Route 53 Should Identify Any Expired Domains

Any expired domain names registered with AWS Route 53 should be identified and restored. The restoration fee will be charged to your AWS account and you will get a confirmation email once the registration process is completed.

Route 53 Domain Expiry In 30 Days

All the domain names registered with AWS Route 53 or transferred to AWS Route 53 should be renewed 30 days before their validity period ends.

Route 53 Domain Expiry In 45 Days

All the domain names registered with AWS Route 53 or transferred to AWS Route 53 should be renewed 45 days before their validity period ends.

Route 53 Domain Expiry In 7 Days

All the domain names registered with AWS Route 53 or transferred to AWS Route 53 should be renewed 7 days before their validity period ends.

Route 53 Domains Should Be Locked

AWS Route 53 registered domains should be locked to prevent any unauthorized transfers to another domain name registrar.

Route 53 Should Be In Use

AWS Route 53 Domain Name System (DNS) service should be used within your AWS account to manage DNS zones for your domains.

Route 53 Hosted Zones Should Have Sender Policy Framework Record Present

AWS Route 53 hosted zones should have a TXT DNS record that contains a corresponding Sender Policy Framework (SPF) value set for each MX record available.

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