diff --git a/gateway/handler_ipns_record.go b/gateway/handler_ipns_record.go
index 9d4f93e06..73d9dabd5 100644
--- a/gateway/handler_ipns_record.go
+++ b/gateway/handler_ipns_record.go
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2"
-	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
 	ipath "github.com/ipfs/boxo/coreiface/path"
-	ipns_pb "github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipns/pb"
+	"github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipns"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
@@ -50,8 +49,7 @@ func (i *handler) serveIpnsRecord(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r
 		return false
 	}
 
-	var record ipns_pb.IpnsEntry
-	err = proto.Unmarshal(rawRecord, &record)
+	record, err := ipns.UnmarshalIpnsEntry(rawRecord)
 	if err != nil {
 		webError(w, err, http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return false
diff --git a/ipns/entries.go b/ipns/entries.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1dfef7ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipns/entries.go
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+package ipns
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
+	ipns_pb "github.com/ipfs/boxo/ipns/pb"
+	"github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime"
+	"github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/codec/dagcbor"
+	"github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime/codec/dagjson"
+	ic "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/crypto"
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
+	mbase "github.com/multiformats/go-multibase"
+)
+
+// IpnsInspectEntry contains the deserialized values from an IPNS Entry:
+// https://github.com/ipfs/specs/blob/main/ipns/IPNS.md#record-serialization-format
+type IpnsInspectEntry struct {
+	Value        string
+	ValidityType *ipns_pb.IpnsEntry_ValidityType
+	Validity     *time.Time
+	Sequence     uint64
+	TTL          *uint64
+	PublicKey    string
+	SignatureV1  string
+	SignatureV2  string
+	Data         interface{}
+}
+
+type IpnsInspectValidation struct {
+	Valid     bool
+	Reason    string
+	PublicKey peer.ID
+}
+
+func UnmarshalIpnsEntry(data []byte) (*ipns_pb.IpnsEntry, error) {
+	var entry ipns_pb.IpnsEntry
+	err := proto.Unmarshal(data, &entry)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &entry, nil
+}
+
+func InspectIpnsRecord(entry *ipns_pb.IpnsEntry) (*IpnsInspectEntry, error) {
+	encoder, err := mbase.EncoderByName("base64")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	result := IpnsInspectEntry{
+		Value:        string(entry.Value),
+		ValidityType: entry.ValidityType,
+		Sequence:     *entry.Sequence,
+		TTL:          entry.Ttl,
+		PublicKey:    encoder.Encode(entry.PubKey),
+		SignatureV1:  encoder.Encode(entry.SignatureV1),
+		SignatureV2:  encoder.Encode(entry.SignatureV2),
+		Data:         nil,
+	}
+
+	if len(entry.Data) != 0 {
+		// This is hacky. The variable node (datamodel.Node) doesn't directly marshal
+		// to JSON. Therefore, we need to first decode from DAG-CBOR, then encode in
+		// DAG-JSON and finally unmarshal it from JSON. Since DAG-JSON is a subset
+		// of JSON, that should work. Then, we can store the final value in the
+		// result.Entry.Data for further inspection.
+		node, err := ipld.Decode(entry.Data, dagcbor.Decode)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		err = dagjson.Encode(node, &buf)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		err = json.Unmarshal(buf.Bytes(), &result.Data)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	validity, err := GetEOL(entry)
+	if err == nil {
+		result.Validity = &validity
+	}
+
+	return &result, nil
+}
+
+func Verify(key string, entry *ipns_pb.IpnsEntry) (*IpnsInspectValidation, error) {
+	id, err := peer.Decode(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	validation := &IpnsInspectValidation{
+		PublicKey: id,
+	}
+
+	pub, err := id.ExtractPublicKey()
+	if err != nil {
+		// Make sure it works with all those RSA that cannot be embedded into the
+		// Peer ID.
+		if len(entry.PubKey) > 0 {
+			pub, err = ic.UnmarshalPublicKey(entry.PubKey)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			// Verify the public key matches the name we are verifying.
+			entryID, err := peer.IDFromPublicKey(pub)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			if id != entryID {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("record public key does not match the verified name")
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = Validate(pub, entry)
+	if err == nil {
+		validation.Valid = true
+	} else {
+		validation.Reason = err.Error()
+	}
+
+	return validation, nil
+}