Realurls

PowerDNS Authoritative Server

Also known as powerdns. Wikidata Q460562. GitHub PowerDNS.

Official domains: powerdns.com

Identity anchored by wikidata:Q460562/P856 wikidata:Q460562/P2037. Display name from wikidata:Q460562.

powerdns.com verified primary · confidence 0.83 · verified 2026-09-06

1 independent anchor(s) + 2 independent corroboration(s): meets the verified threshold

EvidenceWhat it shows
A1 anchor GitHub verified this organization's domain (DNS-level check performed by GitHub)
org=PowerDNS org_verified=true blog=https://powerdns.com/
 source
A3 not counted Corporate registrar fingerprint (brand-protection registrar, long prepaid term, registry locks)
registrar=REGISTER4LESS, INC. created=1999-03-03 expires=2027-03-03 remaining_days=177 locks=["transfer"]
 source
A4 not counted TLS certificate carries the organization name (OV/EV)
subject_org= validation_type=DV issuer=Google Trust Services san_count=1
 TLS handshake powerdns.com:443
B1 corroboration Wikidata official-website claim (P856) on the anchored item
qid=Q460562 label=PowerDNS Authoritative Server kind=software site=https://www.powerdns.com/ sitelinks=8 competing_items=1
 source
B5 corroboration Tranco top-1M ranking
rank=17453 source=top-1m list
 source
2 piece(s) of evidence not counted — why
  • A3: registrar (REGISTER4LESS, INC.) is not a brand-protection registrar
  • A4: DV certificate carries no organization name (most modern tech companies use DV; this is expected)
Reproduce this yourself
# A1 — GitHub verified this org's domain
curl -s https://api.github.com/orgs/PowerDNS | jq '{name, blog, is_verified}'

# A3 — registrar / dates / locks
curl -sL https://rdap.org/domain/powerdns.com | jq '{status, events, registrar: [.entities[]|select(.roles[]=="registrar")|.vcardArray[1][1][3]]}'

# B1 — Wikidata P856
curl -s "https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbgetclaims&entity=Q460562&property=P856&format=json"

# B5 — Tranco rank
curl -s https://tranco-list.eu/api/ranks/domain/powerdns.com

# Re-run the whole pipeline for this domain
git clone https://github.com/zhouchungong/realurls-registry && cd realurls-registry && pip install -e . && python -m src.verify powerdns.com

Think this is wrong? Open a dispute — the burden of proof is on us, and the record is downgraded while we check. Source record: YAML.