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How is bbc.co.uk?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 32 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 89 ms.

Why

02050100
finecarefulhigh risk
  • ·Nothing in the checks added risk.

Rule-based: domain age, blocklists, TLS. A heuristic, not a guarantee.

How bbc.co.uk looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
200
89 ms · ends at www.bbc.co.uk
HTTPS
90 d
left on a GlobalSign nv-sa certificate
Age
32 years
registered 1994-12-13
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records6 record types
A151.101.64.81
151.101.0.81
151.101.128.81
151.101.192.81
AAAA2a04:4e42:600::81
2a04:4e42::81
2a04:4e42:200::81
2a04:4e42:400::81
MX20 cluster1a.eu.messagelabs.com
10 cluster1.eu.messagelabs.com
NSddns1.bbc.com
ddns0.bbc.co.uk
dns0.bbc.co.uk
dns1.bbc.com
ddns1.bbc.co.uk
dns0.bbc.com
ddns0.bbc.com
dns1.bbc.co.uk
TXTaccess-domain-verification=d2445ac4134b4b6322bf8d546458c73e00100ee3eca47fa1a8646350ea2c18bb
msfpkey=3e29l8m08bqxp19k63t73fj5b
docusign=a10ad7b6-cf7e-472d-8157-23061f5b5116
_globalsign-domain-verification=bbBoRRQK3gh_LKZJdXpLFcvTT3vy-5obci6r8esay_
dropbox-domain-verification=l5djk65wpy3z
docker-verification=aab67462-78f7-4ade-a86b-358645923430
jamf-site-verification=4q3gnFlazt-0uiCXTEJsgw
apple-domain-verification=jFFO0rdS9IrxgWUR
Huddle
docusign=50f10407-e3e4-4f6a-aae4-712d4eb31329
yahoo-verification-key=+1K3fj4MM7tT8erFBTbBdDwhSGqBf37fO60f7R7MHbE=
v=spf1 ip4:212.58.224.0/19 ip4:132.185.0.0/16 +include:spf.sis.bbc.co.uk +include:spf.messagelabs.com ~all
slack-domain-verification=wMCDUxtzgNFdmaVVeB6w6mDT8srz7ZIWqzV31zPu
mongodb-site-verification=XEpCXFkFHrAUlb6oIEIe3hJz6NjerLhU
AqhruG504x81J/Xfsr7HTj4H/GbgcSiCDh6vzEb+x2RvclAu9VyYzaxkjgsnVnzT5P3qGwbGYXOE/FeVU5SUog==
google-site-verification=RaiMXJBIiFvqXHd43kv_ekzmXT2l8ibq5Xy0mulndvU
google-site-verification=g4yTjpPOOs0WodzDuZ19ElG4j-r0Ipc1FW8fsUTmGVo
google-site-verification=Rhy5gpa1LeMjUY6gxrds3K4bhB_SUv-fYU9D3kpeAc8
adobe-idp-site-verification=9b850a4a56e3fac19aea1e0ac5db302e5cefab444cd73519dce1c72ccd4db058
J0kgGm0XqA3/6pLD4DHeC5x/dAduzT809P1Iwx/PRCYvVS32rv75RIHKC2aVz47dJxKhPlxGf3h3KXiL6+dyXw==
asv=0f1cb0a74a95764aafe8161309533029
atlassian-domain-verification=SQsgJ5h/FqwMTXuSG/G4Nd1Gx6uX2keREOsZSa22D5XT46EsEuyaic8Aej4cR4Tr
CAA{'type': 'CAA', 'iodef': 'mailto:security@bbc.co.uk', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'digicert.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'globalsign.com'}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'amazon.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'globalsign.com', 'critical': 0}
RegistrationBritish Broadcasting Corporation
registrarBritish Broadcasting Corporation
registered1994-12-13
expires2034-12-13
last changed2025-10-29
nameserversddns0.bbc.co.uk.
ddns0.bbc.com.
ddns1.bbc.co.uk.
ddns1.bbc.com.
dns0.bbc.co.uk.
dns0.bbc.com.
dns1.bbc.co.uk.
dns1.bbc.com.
statusserver delete prohibited
server transfer prohibited
server update prohibited
registered 1994-12-13expires 2034-12-13
HTTPS certificate90 days left
validyes
issuerGlobalSign nv-sa
coverswww.bbc.com, account.bbc.com, session.bbc.com, account.bbc.co.uk, bbc.co.uk, bbcrussian.com, cdnedge.bbc.co.uk, news.bbc.co.uk, news.bbcimg.co.uk, newsimg.bbc.co.uk, newsrss.bbc.co.uk, newsvote.bbc.co.uk
protocolTLSv1.3
issued 2026-08-21expires 2027-01-24
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → uk → co.uk → bbc.co.uk
Email authenticationgood
SPFpass v=spf1 ip4:212.58.224.0/19 ip4:132.185.0.0/16 +include:spf.sis.bbc.co.uk +include:spf.messagelabs.com ~all
DMARCpass policy reject
DKIMnone of 1 common selectors

Whether mail claiming to be from this domain can be checked as genuine.

Security scoregrade A · 180/205
Basic Security
20/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled
Record Security
45/45missing: DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
20/25missing: SOA Record Configuration
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 14 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop151.101.0.81Barracuda151.101.0.81UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.0.81SpamCop151.101.64.81Barracuda151.101.64.81UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.64.81SpamCop151.101.128.81Barracuda151.101.128.81UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.128.81SpamCop151.101.192.81Barracuda151.101.192.81UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.192.81

Green: clean. Red: listed. Grey: the list did not answer.

Ask it yourself

Agents get this as data. Bought through the API, the checks behind this page cost $0.070: profile $0.025 + trust $0.020 + screenshot $0.020 + site status $0.005.

curl "https://how.is/v1/domain/trust?domain=bbc.co.uk" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HOWIS_KEY" # or pay per call in USDC (x402), no key: the 402 tells your agent the price curl -i "https://how.is/v1/domain/profile?domain=bbc.co.uk"

MCP: add https://how.is/mcp to Claude, Codex or Cursor (one-line install) and ask for domain_trust on bbc.co.uk. Reference: /llms.txt.

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