Inventory

The Inventory section gives you a complete view of your DNS infrastructure across all connected providers. DNS Watchdog organises your DNS estate into distinct resource types, each representing a layer of your infrastructure — from the provider accounts that host your zones, down to the individual IP addresses and web forwards your records resolve to.

Resource types

• Providers — your connected DNS hosting accounts (Route 53, Cloudflare, CSC, Azure DNS, Google Cloud DNS, UltraDNS)
• Zones — discovered domains and their record counts, sync status, and email security posture
• Records — all DNS records synced from your providers, enriched with scan results, ISP geolocation, and screenshots
• Certificates — SSL/TLS certificates discovered during HTTPS scanning, with expiry tracking and hostname validation
• IP Addresses — deduplicated resolved IPs with ISP geolocation, open port data, and associated domains
• Web Forwards — provider-managed DNS redirects with validation status tracking
• Screenshots — screenshots of web endpoints captured during scanning for visual verification

How inventory is built

1. Connect a provider — add your DNS hosting credentials
2. Discover zones — DNS Watchdog queries the provider API to find all zones
3. Sync records — each zone's records are pulled and stored
4. Scan — records are scanned for open ports, HTTP behaviour, SSL certificates, and subdomain takeover risks
5. Enrich — IP addresses are geolocated, screenshots are captured, and certificates are analysed

This process runs automatically on a daily schedule, and you can trigger manual re-syncs at any time.