Dataweaz

pldt.com.ph

Summary

Registrar
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Status
Created on
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Expires on
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Name servers
iserv01.pldt.com.ph, iserv02.pldt.com.ph, iserv03.pldt.com.ph
Mail servers
mx1.hc370-38.ap.iphmx.com, mx2.hc370-38.ap.iphmx.com

Spoofing protection (DMARC)

Quarantine

E-mails spoofing this domain are sent to spam.

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

Policy
Quarantine
Subdomain policy
Quarantine
Messages covered
100%
DKIM alignment
Relaxed
SPF alignment
Relaxed
Aggregate reports
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Failure reports
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Record

v=DMARC1; p=quarantine

Authorized senders (SPF)

Strict

E-mails sent by any other server are rejected.

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

RuleValueResult
exists%{i}.spf.hc370-38.ap.iphmx.comAllowed
includespf.protection.outlook.comAllowed
includeaspmx.pardot.comAllowed
exists%{i}._spf.mta.salesforce.comAllowed
includespf2.pldt.com.phAllowed
includespf3.pldt.com.phAllowed
a—Allowed
mx—Allowed
all—Rejected

Top-level DNS lookups: 8 of 10 allowed

Record

v=spf1 exists:%{i}.spf.hc370-38.ap.iphmx.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:aspmx.pardot.com exists:%{i}._spf.mta.salesforce.com include:spf2.pldt.com.ph include:spf3.pldt.com.ph a mx -all

E-mail signing (DKIM)

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

SelectorLikely serviceKeyStatus
selector1Microsoft 365RSA 1024 bits · shortActive

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 pldt.com.ph arrive; SPF, DKIM and DMARC let mail servers check that an e-mail claiming to come from pldt.com.ph 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 @pldt.com.ph 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

pldt.com.ph  MX  10 mx1.pldt.com.ph.
pldt.com.ph  MX  20 mx2.pldt.com.ph.

What the record contains

10, 20
Priority: the server with the lowest number is tried first. Servers with equal priority share the load.
mx1.pldt.com.ph.
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

pldt.com.ph  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.pldt.com.ph, 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.pldt.com.ph  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.pldt.com.ph, 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.pldt.com.ph  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 pldt.com.ph

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
A128.65.223.48

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
iserv01.pldt.com.ph210.14.4.37
iserv02.pldt.com.ph125.5.87.230
iserv03.pldt.com.ph203.87.206.84

Mail servers (MX)

MX records point to the servers that receive e-mails sent to the domain, that is to @pldt.com.ph 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
10mx1.hc370-38.ap.iphmx.com139.138.43.66
20mx2.hc370-38.ap.iphmx.com139.138.42.92

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.pldt.com.ph.

NameContent
pldt.com.phonetrust-domain-verification=35d783cc437a48eeac56c3fb7003230f
pldt.com.phJL5kbpY0kqcR7Q+St9lVn3snsbmyDWgGZe41N7LdC+Sg=
pldt.com.phdSUZm1wVWqrOcV8alrJTM4ApSX6D9x2BZrZpAQA2I0A=
pldt.com.phgoogle-site-verification=U65negVGV80nB1_cV4QlM3c2WYyZkdZxgyzJWoP6zew
pldt.com.ph_globalsign-domain-verification=ggvhe4pFV8tjYtajDQQpBJBDx2f_h6RnApWoMoDe7q
pldt.com.phnF51iS9BJGxLjzkx1nfYhckzylDttti4
pldt.com.phhave-i-been-pwned-verification=fe6925f7e1b0c8c15df4700476f47455
pldt.com.ph42e6434ccba0016e32c9444a904ff53fc7e20a3f31192a72efc14839cdbfe3b7
pldt.com.ph019a0c9a-2320-7b8a-b9e1-b26c548d855f
pldt.com.ph_globalsign-domain-verification=j2wMDfR4TiJZpFnlFz7ILzsALfX3YgLOTNWXKtcvqo
pldt.com.phAhNchtimrM6BES3TRcb5a+vJK/M+G1TpC9iGhIEHvRuzubTx5Lzg75LiLEkchyh2tualfsthZuEEYTKYDdLG0w==
pldt.com.phgoogle-site-verification=p3A31L44Efu1m3b5kdaeJodtvoSVvI705nYeKX8Xcfc
pldt.com.phfRctt6kqmkCKwYYibrokt969gozlD8r4E0xBDP27HPc=
pldt.com.phMS=ms99998876
pldt.com.phv=spf1 exists:%{i}.spf.hc370-38.ap.iphmx.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:aspmx.pardot.com exists:%{i}._spf.mta.salesforce.com include:spf2.pldt.com.ph include:spf3.pldt.com.ph a mx -all
pldt.com.phkfZH8ffmWL4far2F3YQgFrVKMKB+bfWnSEtGwhZRHvc1GQMjvnomE1OaUd/i6FfTuemcAUs4gLwdcuMc8oubCg==
pldt.com.ph<09.05.2023>
pldt.com.phcanva-site-verification=eETRJYOJ0LAZxbk1HwX5Tg
pldt.com.ph5e618bc78635c8aca2d6ef52a5c5b533f41793fb681e606bd2898f93f590d3fb
pldt.com.phgoogle-site-verification=fJIC8K_6ODldU3djcaCIhnkVVCwebu37wJ1WP8DNZGo
pldt.com.phtest
pldt.com.phduo_sso_verification=6I9S1mMmt2GCxOGQArRdb85PZ9RnTpnEm8W2yu77AIgDIXkU9IR5vlWWjQVTzq94
pldt.com.phN2oKAtsKLii8J4p4q5cHHozaNtP698+NrDznZUpCjSA=
pldt.com.ph_globalsign-domain-verification=mhI7lFR7M1As_4SC1aQvm40qIpnPVtdQzQMQUXx2NW
pldt.com.ph_globalsign-domain-verification=U32cVLRMzok6W_BaKs8Y7mT8-ojerBuI0yz_8SVLlp
pldt.com.phFgaBQOt8O+lnZjrUpv9h+vUJ/HHp42GAOef4wz+CT1g=
pldt.com.phgoogle-site-verification=v6Bxey_dDV_IZt0IcSmdzZPEm9n8dEq97BhPYTO8IME
pldt.com.phlD2kkuRgLngmdBmu44cU9Dx1QSYXDD/PPnv56IAPxAQ=
_dmarc.pldt.com.phv=DMARC1; p=quarantine
selector1._domainkey.pldt.com.phv=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQC5AEG6sZvsUpSbpQfS2GQ6oqqaqo3k8Iq+gxUwFT9r45Q7Wrk7SL1TZvKG7RLoA8PcPrn8Dad3rLA38BxHaH1Gn5atPaKEeS5p7weJs+grbiLjV167Wk4ZfH9F8KYR+7wC/I0/JuDyw7Juw839yaiOKsqn1FZtgObSpX2Y/U947wIDAQAB; n=1024,1449820955,1465632155

Related IP addresses

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

IP addressUsed for/24 block
128.65.223.48Website128.65.223.0/24
210.14.4.37Name server iserv01.pldt.com.ph210.14.4.0/24
125.5.87.230Name server iserv02.pldt.com.ph125.5.87.0/24
203.87.206.84Name server iserv03.pldt.com.ph203.87.206.0/24
139.138.43.66Mail server mx1.hc370-38.ap.iphmx.com139.138.43.0/24
139.138.42.92Mail server mx2.hc370-38.ap.iphmx.com139.138.42.0/24

WHOIS of the domain pldt.com.ph