DNS hosting
ClouDNS privacy rating
Managed DNS hosting from Bulgaria with a free plan and paid plans adding anycast, DNSSEC, GeoDNS, DDoS protection, secondary DNS and failover.
Summary
ClouDNS scores 36 out of 100 (grade F) on the DNS hosting criteria. It meets 3 of 11 criteria: TLS configuration, DNSSEC and two-factor login. It partly meets security headers and API access. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit, transparency report and tells users about requests. It is based in Bulgaria: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B.
Score 36 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The home page loads Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager.
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No
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Personal data is not sold, but optional advertising cookies are used on the website.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
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Yes
DNSSEC Weight 3 of 3
Can DNSSEC be turned on for hosted zones?
Activated with one button in the zone's control panel on paid plans. The DS record is added at the registrar.
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Partial
API access Weight 1 of 3
Can records be managed through an API on every plan?
The HTTP API is only included in paid plans.
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Yes
Two-factor login Weight 2 of 3
Do accounts support two-factor authentication with an authenticator app or security key?
TOTP authenticator apps are supported.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+
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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B (70/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.