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How is bihar.gov.in?

Be careful risk 20/100

Registered 19 years ago, no valid HTTPS certificate, the site did not answer (timed out).

Why

02050100
finecarefulhigh risk
  • +20No valid HTTPS certificate.

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

Site
down
timed out
HTTPS
invalid
Could not resolve host (ENODATA)
Age
19 years
registered 2008-03-18
Blocklists
0
listings across 2 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records3 record types
MX50 mx3.mgovcloud.in
20 mx2.mgovcloud.in
10 mx.mgovcloud.in
NSdns1.bihar.gov.in
dns2.bihar.gov.in
dns5.bihar.gov.in
dns4.bihar.gov.in
dns3.bihar.gov.in
TXT_jreg772gscwc3lir0wec70nju2yunpw
v=spf1 include:mgovcloud.in mx ip4:164.100.14.0/24 ip4:164.100.2.0/24 ip4:164.100.10.0/24 ip4:164.100.15.0/24 ip4:164.100.13.0/24 ip4:164.100.172.0/24 -all
RegistrationNational Informatics Centre
registrarNational Informatics Centre
registered2008-03-18
expires2027-03-18
last changed2026-07-01
ownerInformation Technology Department Government of Bihar
nameserversdns1.bihar.gov.in
dns2.bihar.gov.in
dns3.bihar.gov.in
dns4.bihar.gov.in
dns5.bihar.gov.in
statusactive
registered 2008-03-18expires 2027-03-18
HTTPS certificatenot valid
validno
problemCould not resolve host (ENODATA)
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → in → gov.in → bihar.gov.in
Email authenticationgood
SPFpass v=spf1 include:mgovcloud.in mx ip4:164.100.14.0/24 ip4:164.100.2.0/24 ip4:164.100.10.0/24 ip4:164.100.15.0/24 ip4:164.100.13.0/24 ip4:164.100.172.0/24 -all
DMARCpass policy quarantine
DKIMnone of 1 common selectors

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

Security scoregrade B · 140/190
Basic Security
10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
30/45missing: CAA Records, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
20/25missing: IPv6 Support
Domain Reputation
35/35
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 2 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL Multidomain

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=bihar.gov.in" \ -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=bihar.gov.in"

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

Watch bihar.gov.in. 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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