Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig compunetix.com. NS
Answer
compunetix.com. 3 NS auth2.dqecom.com.
compunetix.com. 3 NS auth1.dqecom.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
auth1.dqecom.com. 3 A 64.58.254.3
auth2.dqecom.com. 3 A 64.58.255.3
auth1.dqecom.com. 3 AAAA 2606:4a00:1:0:0:0:0:4
auth2.dqecom.com. 3 AAAA 2606:4a00:1:2:0:0:0:4
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0