How is bbc.com?
Looks fine
risk 0/100
Registered 37 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 172 ms.
Why
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finecarefulhigh risk
- ·Nothing in the checks added risk.
Rule-based: domain age, blocklists, TLS. A heuristic, not a guarantee.
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
200
172 ms · ends at www.bbc.com
HTTPS
90 d
left on a GlobalSign nv-sa certificate
Age
37 years
registered 1989-07-15
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists
Everything we looked at
DNS records6 record types
| A | 151.101.128.81 151.101.0.81 151.101.64.81 151.101.192.81 |
|---|---|
| AAAA | 2a04:4e42:400::81 2a04:4e42::81 2a04:4e42:200::81 2a04:4e42:600::81 |
| MX | 20 cluster8a.eu.messagelabs.com 10 cluster8.eu.messagelabs.com |
| NS | dns0.bbc.com ddns1.bbc.co.uk dns1.bbc.co.uk ddns1.bbc.com ddns0.bbc.com dns0.bbc.co.uk dns1.bbc.com ddns0.bbc.co.uk |
| TXT | xoCARoExwkNhLPdKaaxv adobe-idp-site-verification=c3a16fcb00ac5365e4ea125d5e59d4be11936f768b3020c4d81b4232019604a2 atlassian-sending-domain-verification=da3721b6-1d2c-4c32-bf01-b792667aeb4d atlassian-domain-verification=SQsgJ5h/FqwMTXuSG/G4Nd1Gx6uX2keREOsZSa22D5XT46EsEuyaic8Aej4cR4Tr docusign=75217687-3ba0-49bb-bb3b-482d888493af slack-domain-verification=hza4gfkmctQ7A7BpMhGNVOZVZcKTFC8OC5ewDFVA jamf-site-verification=28Mn3O6rTBSXkL5w6c911A docusign=57499c1f-9099-463b-a5bd-cb7583816d78 airtable-verification=b1a394c872dd6721d39a1d91cc96080d dropbox-domain-verification=mtgv0f2pudoz v=spf1 ip4:212.58.224.0/19 ip4:132.185.0.0/16 +include:spf.messagelabs.com ~all Validity-Domain-Verification=TYXJnAeGHNF4DGlOgE4vdoDT3a0= docker-verification=f89691bb-7bdd-4bc1-9673-57454d6d9c42 google-site-verification=mTy-FoNnG0yetpI3-0e9AXctAkUCcWGc_K3BcMfioFI |
| CAA | {'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'amazon.com', 'critical': 0} {'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'globalsign.com', 'critical': 0} {'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'digicert.com', 'critical': 0} {'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'globalsign.com'} {'type': 'CAA', 'iodef': 'mailto:security@bbc.co.uk', 'critical': 0} |
RegistrationTucows Domains Inc.
| registrar | Tucows Domains Inc. |
|---|---|
| registered | 1989-07-15 |
| expires | 2030-07-14 |
| last changed | 2021-07-06 |
| nameservers | ddns0.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 |
| status | client transfer prohibited client update prohibited server delete prohibited server transfer prohibited |
registered 1989-07-15expires 2030-07-14
HTTPS certificate90 days left
| valid | yes |
|---|---|
| issuer | GlobalSign nv-sa |
| covers | www.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 |
| protocol | TLSv1.3 |
issued 2026-08-21expires 2027-01-24
DNSSECinsecure
Domain is not signed with DNSSEC
. → com → bbc.com
Email authenticationexcellent
| SPF | pass v=spf1 ip4:212.58.224.0/19 ip4:132.185.0.0/16 +include:spf.messagelabs.com ~all |
|---|---|
| DMARC | pass policy reject |
| DKIM | found: k1 |
Whether mail claiming to be from this domain can be checked as genuine.
Security scoregrade A · 180/205
Basic Security20/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled
Record Security45/45missing: DKIM Presence
Advanced Security20/25missing: SOA Record Configuration
Domain Reputation50/50
Threat Detection45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 14 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop151.101.192.81Barracuda151.101.192.81UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.192.81SpamCop151.101.128.81Barracuda151.101.128.81UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.128.81SpamCop151.101.64.81Barracuda151.101.64.81UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.64.81SpamCop151.101.0.81Barracuda151.101.0.81UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.0.81
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.com" \
-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.com"
MCP: add https://how.is/mcp to Claude, Codex or Cursor
(one-line install) and ask for domain_trust on bbc.com.
Reference: /llms.txt.
Watch bbc.com. DNS read at the source every 5 minutes; certificate, blocklists and expiry every 6 hours. You get an email only when something changes.
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