Dataweaz

firstcitizens.com

Summary

Registrar
SafeNames Ltd.
Status
clientDeleteProhibited
Created on
July 28, 1995
Expires on
July 27, 2027
Name servers
ns02.firstcitizens.com, ns01.nsfcb.com, ns01.firstcitizens.com, ns03.nsfcb.com, ns03.firstcitizens.com, ns02.nsfcb.com
Mail servers
mxa-00176601.gslb.pphosted.com, mxb-00176601.gslb.pphosted.com
DMARC
Reject
SPF
Soft

Spoofing protection (DMARC)

Reject

E-mails spoofing this domain are rejected.

DMARC tells mail servers what to do with an e-mail that claims to come from firstcitizens.com but fails SPF and DKIM checks.

Policy
Reject
Subdomain policy
Reject
Messages covered
100%
DKIM alignment
Relaxed
SPF alignment
Relaxed
Aggregate reports
[email protected]
Failure reports
[email protected]

Record

v=DMARC1; p=reject; fo=1; rua=mailto:[email protected]; ruf=mailto:[email protected];

Authorized senders (SPF)

Soft

E-mails sent by any other server are accepted but flagged as suspicious.

SPF lists the servers allowed to send e-mails for firstcitizens.com.

RuleValueResult
include%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.comAllowed
all—Suspicious

Top-level DNS lookups: 1 of 10 allowed

Record

v=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com ~all

E-mail signing (DKIM)

DKIM keys published by firstcitizens.com under the most common selectors. Other keys may exist under selectors specific to each sending service.

SelectorLikely serviceKeyStatus
selector1Microsoft 365RSA 2048 bitsActive
selector2Microsoft 365RSA 2048 bitsActive
mandrillMandrillRSA 1024 bits · shortActive
s1SendGridRSA 2048 bitsActive
s2SendGridRSA 2048 bitsActive

RSA keys shorter than 2048 bits, called short keys, are discouraged: they are easier to break.

MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC: the e-mail records

Four DNS records make a domain's e-mail work. MX says where e-mails sent to firstcitizens.com arrive; SPF, DKIM and DMARC let mail servers check that an e-mail claiming to come from firstcitizens.com was really sent by this domain, which protects it against spoofing.

MX

An MX (Mail Exchanger) record designates a server that receives e-mails sent to the domain. When someone writes to an @firstcitizens.com address, their mail server queries the DNS for the domain's MX records, then delivers the message to the server they point to.

Example record

firstcitizens.com  MX  10 mx1.firstcitizens.com.
firstcitizens.com  MX  20 mx2.firstcitizens.com.

What the record contains

10, 20
Priority: the server with the lowest number is tried first. Servers with equal priority share the load.
mx1.firstcitizens.com.
Host name of the mail server. It must point to an A or AAAA record: an IP address or an alias (CNAME) is not allowed here.
0 .
An MX "0 .", called a null MX, declares that the domain accepts no e-mail: sending servers give up at once instead of retrying.

Declaring at least two servers with different priorities avoids losing e-mails during an outage: sending servers retry for several days and fall back on the backup server. Without any MX, they try to deliver directly to the IP address of the domain.

SPF

SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is a TXT record listing the servers allowed to send e-mails on behalf of the domain. The receiving server checks that the sender is on this list. The final "all" rule says what to do with other servers: reject them (-all), flag their e-mails as suspicious (~all) or make no decision (?all).

Example record

firstcitizens.com  TXT  "v=spf1 mx include:_spf.google.com ip4:192.0.2.10 -all"

What the record contains

v=spf1
Identifies the record as an SPF policy. It must come first.
ip4, ip6
Allows a specific IP address or an address range, for example ip4:192.0.2.0/24.
a, mx
Allows the addresses of the domain itself (A record) or those of its mail servers (MX).
include
Allows the servers of another domain, usually a sending service: include:_spf.google.com for Google Workspace.
-all, ~all
Final rule, applied to every other server. Its qualifier decides what happens to them: - rejects them, ~ flags their e-mails as suspicious, ? makes no decision, + accepts them (avoid it).

A domain must publish only one SPF record, and its evaluation cannot exceed 10 DNS lookups (include, a, mx, exists, redirect). Beyond that, mail servers treat it as invalid.

DKIM

DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) signs every outgoing e-mail with a private key. The matching public key is published in a TXT record at selector._domainkey.firstcitizens.com, so the recipient can check that the message really comes from the domain and was not altered on the way. The selector is chosen by each sending service and cannot be guessed: Dataweaz checks the most common ones (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Mailchimp, SendGrid…), so a key published under another selector may exist without appearing here.

Example record

google._domainkey.firstcitizens.com  TXT  "v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA…"

What the record contains

v=DKIM1
Protocol version. Optional but recommended, in which case it must come first.
k
Key algorithm: rsa, the most common, or ed25519.
p
Public key, base64-encoded. An empty value means the key has been revoked.
t
Flags: y marks a key in testing, whose failures must not be penalized; s forbids its use for subdomains.

Each sending service publishes its key under its own selector (google, selector1, k1…), which allows several keys and seamless rotation. A 2048-bit RSA key is recommended today.

DMARC

DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) builds on SPF and DKIM. Published on _dmarc.firstcitizens.com, it tells mail servers what to do with an e-mail that fails these checks (let it through, send it to spam or reject it) and where to send reports.

Example record

_dmarc.firstcitizens.com  TXT  "v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:[email protected]; adkim=r; aspf=r"

What the record contains

v=DMARC1
Identifies the record as a DMARC policy. It must come first.
p
Policy applied to e-mails that fail the checks: none (monitoring only), quarantine (spam folder) or reject.
sp
Subdomain policy. Without it, subdomains follow the domain's policy.
rua
Address that receives daily aggregate reports about e-mails sent on behalf of the domain, whether they pass the checks or not.
ruf
Address that receives detailed failure reports, message by message. Few providers still send them.
pct
Percentage of e-mails subject to the policy, for a gradual rollout. 100 by default.
adkim, aspf
DKIM and SPF alignment: r (relaxed, a subdomain of the same domain is enough) or s (strict, the domain must be identical).

To roll out DMARC without blocking legitimate e-mails, start with p=none and an rua address, analyze the reports to find every service sending on behalf of the domain, then move to quarantine and finally to reject.

DNS records of firstcitizens.com

IP addresses (A and AAAA)

An A record maps the domain name to an IPv4 address: the address of the server that browsers contact to display the website. The AAAA record does the same for an IPv6 address. A domain can have several of them to spread visits across several servers.

TypeIP address
A104.126.37.154
A104.126.37.179
AAAA2a02:26f0:1700:11::b856:678c
AAAA2a02:26f0:1700:11::b856:678f

Name servers (NS)

NS records designate the authoritative DNS servers of the domain: they answer every question about its other records (A, MX, TXT…). They are provided by the registrar, the hosting provider or a dedicated DNS service, and several servers are declared so that the domain keeps working if one of them fails.

ServerIP address
ns02.firstcitizens.com198.51.45.1
ns01.nsfcb.com45.54.96.1
ns01.firstcitizens.com198.51.44.1
ns03.nsfcb.com45.54.96.129
ns03.firstcitizens.com198.51.44.65
ns02.nsfcb.com45.54.96.65

Mail servers (MX)

MX records point to the servers that receive e-mails sent to the domain, that is to @firstcitizens.com addresses. Each server has a priority: the one with the lowest number is tried first, the others take over if it fails. Without an MX record, the domain cannot receive e-mails.

PriorityServerIP address
10mxa-00176601.gslb.pphosted.com148.163.138.76
10mxb-00176601.gslb.pphosted.com148.163.138.76

TXT records

TXT records hold free text. They are used to prove ownership of the domain to online services (Google, Microsoft, Facebook…) and to publish e-mail security rules: SPF on the domain itself, DMARC on _dmarc.firstcitizens.com.

NameContent
firstcitizens.comgoogle-site-verification=F4u9zLDNVxLyje6asfdVEYRVruRoPegG155gKVBy0EM
firstcitizens.com_kpdkv21n973abukx8mtgwic1haj92cg
firstcitizens.comastro-domain-verification=cmomlqlwr3q5a01jbtyw2buvi
firstcitizens.comsafebreach-domain-verification=5b7dbf5b-23db-41f4-8a01-598afff5f5e4
firstcitizens.comonetrust-domain-verification=da1cd8bce760402fad35116040392a06
firstcitizens.comatlassian-domain-verification=mXKucVDecUfNAfXWQI3k6znNSuvhmEBaIYqEeRn/cS09GryfV6b0ubFkPQC0dvgf
firstcitizens.comhcp-domain-verification=2f60a7da47495ae29302a31ab5cd1aef36b9fbbb0c86cd7d5e68bfd741cd86f8
firstcitizens.comcisco-ci-domain-verification=32c8513095b6e784f98f1d374e60918d772a94f4e9b999b1b38637ab556e454d
firstcitizens.comapple-domain-verification=xKnl6PjZ5Usb9Sxo
firstcitizens.comZOOM_verify_weUnK2dzIuqzJL2It3Q9WR
firstcitizens.comotwCRRi3d+YH76r0KqMXtjZkG9uB8YNRMczFhFFaFa+rer5qxePD1tBiKmXYPYJ98uV1FRyv6P8YbIGeVdJf+A==
firstcitizens.com96523149-6a13-4eff-9d19-2615bc93a9ac
firstcitizens.comamazonses:YePjqnS3TVrclyzFQeo/qYx4ewskoLt3oJsPj3susZ8=
firstcitizens.comintersight=5f7e5177a3a6034d7e2fae922508e49bb3c6c134aa3a8e71f36329212dd3113d
firstcitizens.combox-domain-verification=4a0c81af8743e2281bbda4a481ca0fb2687d39ef5a1956ce829c0ea861ba1818
firstcitizens.com_kkiha0vd9e4fpmqvvhqa4t3gsyuafcu
firstcitizens.com_sygzf0b4glglraaitamckpxbro6pqn2
firstcitizens.comhz08fv3zjf0ww614d11q996n497y43k6
firstcitizens.comv=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com ~all
firstcitizens.comonetrust-domain-verification=991a31ae53f34f5aac68db51cfa7cdba
firstcitizens.comdocusign=e775bcba-d2d8-4d24-8edc-c57b648fa3e5
firstcitizens.coms4yhh2vf6j8gnymrqgmjrqwq2vv0tpwn
firstcitizens.comqjkj5ttmxqq6ngr945cx7mn76n2t589w
firstcitizens.com_u120d89ggkxf5cwnl2n9gohsictmjnm
firstcitizens.comdocusign=8ef14dfb-0ad1-4814-93fa-38ffbb5351dd
firstcitizens.comgoogle-site-verification=C2Kcd9bMPdXup5mzD-aqWPrQ6S-AGMskhCk9BryKyqE
firstcitizens.comgoogle-site-verification=Hzxyo6rmxn25OvLPaO2F6NEpggb-Zi99qWnxUzWW1DU
firstcitizens.commongodb-site-verification=DoDpAc97mIyloJDQwnKLECetD1ydRIOD
firstcitizens.comadobe-idp-site-verification=aa3b16b7b144f025521a47fbf510e22196792fb981d817b2aa5fa17d23926512
firstcitizens.comgoogle-site-verification=OUmAOmafsOwkTFxDGWwqjJNrEYnFZdNEezficZxQGv0
firstcitizens.comcisco-ci-domain-verification=5e3cf912c9235172d4a934fbb93eab8d4f4e4d45805dfd4d9fb4e9ebc191ac7b
firstcitizens.comMS=ms98642387
firstcitizens.comzwnq44f6mjwjdvjspkjznp0934y61m3m
firstcitizens.commiro-verification=f0068887f74bc058ccafdb285733fffd74b47179
firstcitizens.comUs86KWU73NLwoqt8bEQyVwtXzv7M+h+EbCQbuM0zKf+CtDHzzQLF4VNGCquplIY9i38W9o0fIA0CAqURBW7YIQ==
firstcitizens.comglobalsign-domain-verification=22E4892E77C16D5C0E5EF2E560B25E60
firstcitizens.com_c0iu8d29sznj62t4lz8fyiy4c7ob3im
firstcitizens.comfacebook-domain-verification=ouictd2s32l68mvnosbillq8blzooo
firstcitizens.comDynatrace-site-verification=07b0ad18-925e-44fb-b328-083197b9311e__t1cvhn8b567qgi80hd8c9rs4k9
firstcitizens.comgoogle-site-verification=MSn18VJ4lZWARrCwpFT8CAYhofGx-ZiKi2jtawi_r8A
_dmarc.firstcitizens.comv=DMARC1; p=reject; fo=1; rua=mailto:[email protected]; ruf=mailto:[email protected];
selector1._domainkey.firstcitizens.comv=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAs9xF0wt3VM5KgrPaassUbHW8HYd+7dkXoFA/rlAQkX7+doY5vhNk1bkG/e2JTzoptO3cK5u8e0+lqSrKt/aPLTc09PrxlMBIsKtFbO4UEqQ5eXubPFV+onHO/DTHtQHXu6L3CistV1Z1CLlsaAND4n3Sb/GKy/dOxWKha45xeqAtsnrgqBP5sGJZ8Ef6GwitWOJS00quAbfiQqFJHFJS3IM5GSC0ppc5+cqjHsKvnk0Kk8hUrIHJzJwFMW91AL8EG9nPUpNqeMuB/cWBEejgL31ygLxoX0hnECiwRj8WtOAKzGxsVcECgKRp48DfRXFL+T5ABMRZRyIKh1rqzU9SzQIDAQAB;
selector2._domainkey.firstcitizens.comv=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAq+dZEAwKozEWt9eX6L7p8imFtVLzcwgt4mInNwNv1oe7Bvao0cqOvkXzIjk31rE6lP6swlkAAz/aTQwYthhJyQeka/HR4DfrNgeZMhlfwbrVdxynrs7uThmE9pNqUNYYScTIknZ9zSkhPIrXUoE9bprS+ZTcWH1EIYF8un2jsLhvej48K01WeRf/3K6IStqN6w3PhkQDT9OA/DcQzUCRnbR4v+EQWoe1bAerzfbgWHJrJBad5Xki7otTJtK8K2Ca2m/ZPvyS+KGfsBHoduh9Y/8T+LSOqM+cQUAQhAKZkmehOOlZVNU1b9LdBC6BUD8Qbjz3q3QcJanOoVJ7nNlV5QIDAQAB;
mandrill._domainkey.firstcitizens.comv=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCrLHiExVd55zd/IQ/J/mRwSRMAocV/hMB3jXwaHH36d9NaVynQFYV8NaWi69c1veUtRzGt7yAioXqLj7Z4TeEUoOLgrKsn8YnckGs9i3B3tVFB+Ch/4mPhXWiNfNdynHWBcPcbJ8kjEQ2U8y78dHZj1YeRXXVvWob2OaKynO8/lQIDAQAB
s1._domainkey.firstcitizens.comk=rsa; t=s; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAxZaCQfBj5wrif9Q9W7l9VrJ/yNn87hDD8Ejo0ESK3vc4xW+tpjj7UfdiVCrOm+nLQsfbKTGniiWjSCb9R7Y3D5Yjk2CceAXb02ycxg7VmErrJMnTuLX4wVW74Ayhp4U6oFVhg1BVxzZFp4efNjpjY3AnpEwcM8trJnNAfgIF6MJygXMsJ4bLehNPkETHYJ9RQpsjqskVXgzEjlbVj/3KLlwbwY9aOmgSrMKNk25mLLCpe8I2+76W5SFSOVZ8w805h6b9KNJZy7c9XGv38suvNwVFOfycLehCN1ChJn1nAMIX+LjDZ12ZRjdGkfa3cNIbAqGAHdcpPkcv0u0kU70OuQIDAQAB
s2._domainkey.firstcitizens.comk=rsa; t=s; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA8QguA53H3uMAN2NKp5+kuF29as8VfW8e8iNTV5A4xLqDmspUcGKhVX8UzusO2ORzfCy/FLTIR/FiEVfrU93etPn87ajJgaazDubF4h5p/HbBFztMHpkML+LOYdULqwVZh9rxh53hv0hnJFhv27qvEi+v/5+Ng2Zf8EDvfzviFKtZIB7NL3QVyKV9oCJMWLXWRfSBs3Ipsttzvm1KfqODWs7M3R3VCzUCkBMEkL51IyDVtxeS1oCw707aC++OgymyAnw0rS+9DGIkiXnacuCXnGZg3a9m/WHAR5GiXXZjAx0c26wU5VTsiNgrT2v9NH5c3MnkB56838ytemhb/zDFYQIDAQAB

Related IP addresses

IPv4 addresses used by firstcitizens.com: website, name servers, mail servers and senders authorized by SPF.

IP addressUsed for/24 block
104.126.37.154Website104.126.37.0/24
104.126.37.179Website104.126.37.0/24
198.51.45.1Name server ns02.firstcitizens.com198.51.45.0/24
45.54.96.1Name server ns01.nsfcb.com45.54.96.0/24
198.51.44.1Name server ns01.firstcitizens.com198.51.44.0/24
45.54.96.129Name server ns03.nsfcb.com45.54.96.0/24
198.51.44.65Name server ns03.firstcitizens.com198.51.44.0/24
45.54.96.65Name server ns02.nsfcb.com45.54.96.0/24
148.163.138.76Mail server mxa-00176601.gslb.pphosted.com, Mail server mxb-00176601.gslb.pphosted.com148.163.138.0/24

WHOIS of the domain firstcitizens.com

Domain Name: FIRSTCITIZENS.COM
   Registry Domain ID: 4548859_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
   Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.safenames.net
   Registrar URL: http://www.safenames.net
   Updated Date: 2025-07-31T23:25:13Z
   Creation Date: 1995-07-28T04:00:00Z
   Registry Expiry Date: 2027-07-27T04:00:00Z
   Registrar: SafeNames Ltd.
   Registrar IANA ID: 447
   Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
   Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +44.1908200022
   Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
   Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
   Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
   Name Server: NS01.FIRSTCITIZENS.COM
   Name Server: NS01.NSFCB.COM
   Name Server: NS02.FIRSTCITIZENS.COM
   Name Server: NS02.NSFCB.COM
   Name Server: NS03.FIRSTCITIZENS.COM
   Name Server: NS03.NSFCB.COM
   DNSSEC: signedDelegation
   DNSSEC DS Data: 48553 13 2 FDC7A236B65388F9AA796DC2ACDE0A7B5D2F0CF48FE4092F49A907705355AC23
   URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
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