Credns is a software program aimed at fortifying DNSSEC by performing validation in the DNS notify/transfer-chain. Currently credns is a fork of the NSD_3_2 branch that has been extended with the possibility to assess zones (received or updated by AXFR or IXFR) by running an external verifier. Only zones that are deemed correct by the verifier will be notified to (public) slave servers and offered for transfer.