How is cnet.com?
Looks fine
risk 0/100
Registered 33 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 83 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
83 ms · ends at www.cnet.com
HTTPS
89 d
left on a Google Trust Services certificate
Age
33 years
registered 1994-03-05
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists
Everything we looked at
DNS records5 record types
| A | 104.18.32.198 172.64.155.58 |
|---|---|
| AAAA | 2a06:98c1:3102::6812:20c6 2a06:98c1:3104::ac40:9b3a |
| MX | 1 smtp.google.com |
| NS | aria.ns.cloudflare.com owen.ns.cloudflare.com |
| TXT | webgains-site-verification=6vbztyvm google-site-verification=ILosiwVrH1_eWREJaPJtuogfJYCLxJv39jAEWxGtYxc google-site-verification=LLUmqJWN33O46X5wiK8hCkKfkH8NZwupS_tjUTKhuNU amazonses:IkTmduYpaH0WwFy3rGF9LapU5r9lAMSfIbFXVAGJjds= _globalsign-domain-verification=6CefEhdXpSEvPRuTfkeYdvQ_0ij6wKrIcTTNPwKRvH openai-domain-verification=dv-kCzo3rDttzNjIZico5FPXu7f amazonses:LO9ev8HSA2e5Oreaw/q5HePX1NaSz4IilMqaDhp0OVo= adobe-idp-site-verification=cd8dab640ab786a9457c8757f4188cd682dd687a694d1d9c251e9ef54140a0ec _globalsign-domain-verification=x1xf11ih41J9GiXJP5TJq4IVRSE9HWVASq1KdJeTrL canva-site-verification=d0dFqCCuxz7OU_dNK6a7sg v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spf_c.oraclecloud.com ~all globalsign-domain-verification=KaParXxs1OHDy7o8CMbPpHBN-2m_mzwdPqKMMQ66a6 onetrust-domain-verification=d3bfb3a9f8e7463aa20605e2b58b4041 google-site-verification=rQqGHsJIjA9wmYW8k4YAiLcWdcJd77pGC8EIWhrP0qs anthropic-domain-verification-qdazg8=dqzEKV8EmpHE42ykubHHtSLb0 google-site-verification=efvdqAz-LxQHowGUSZ-r5uahun7JFtmGaJhnQg5iAEo MS=ms94282196 google-site-verification=VgSsD6qI_wL720aiHTg8kTDmcSIbfmXlCKqYdQik9Y0 google-site-verification=cPMQ_WlZoW1tAiJpzqYi8aWgUhiKKBnK0e1NBsxS53g airtable-verification=20fe2e72dc8c36bf92a0df5fefb4a336 google-site-verification=qDwXOZ4eWvl1KaOHkusN1nG-c9QOCY9SIegFUl8Ze-0 knowbe4-site-verification=f250b2a70f1bef3a0d3e9e990a25ada0 ir-site-verification-token value=900181015 work-accounts-domain-verification=MaQLu2YGEGv45S1oqGvbV2bb94DiIP google-site-verification=qEXI3w15YN6-EUSOeDkItVYWRt-xBoorxXNGU_e_mBM cursor-domain-verification-txymrn=MxBeqxi2CdLx4MFzOvtMbIWPp atlassian-domain-verification=QUsZX4LdPWTYZgx09JhShFot27EJnUl/5CyxXFsiGebXl2QD8Fh3zzfkYZJe42Ic workplace-domain-verification=Ftb5M3IwsYSC4dwyCbPT46iNSsKC4C _globalsign-domain-verification=P6EsEBcaHaQ2gnEgaZ6eVvT6wNieiCAIfZEOugGLHt canva-site-verification=G7ihdyEI2rolcwaQUBtcCw tollbit-domain-verification=413155f23a62cea67df5ad8b3a696a1c826d39b26a1c53b87db72b97e14b9950 e4e5e1b458c446cca3fda29ced9be07c figma-domain-verification=4f7cdfa45ca39f617dd7ba7b165e1bfd5e9b5e1ec18b849c6098dfdc4a4cfa64-1740511309 |
RegistrationCSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
| registrar | CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. |
|---|---|
| registered | 1994-03-05 |
| expires | 2029-03-06 |
| last changed | 2026-06-30 |
| owner | Ziff Davis LLC |
| nameservers | aria.ns.cloudflare.com owen.ns.cloudflare.com |
| status | client transfer prohibited |
registered 1994-03-05expires 2029-03-06
HTTPS certificate89 days left
| valid | yes |
|---|---|
| issuer | Google Trust Services |
| covers | cnet.com, *.cnet.com |
| protocol | TLSv1.3 |
issued 2026-10-27expires 2027-01-25
DNSSECinsecure
Domain is not signed with DNSSEC
. → com → cnet.com
Email authenticationexcellent
| SPF | pass v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spf_c.oraclecloud.com ~all |
|---|---|
| DMARC | pass policy reject |
| DKIM | found: google, selector1, s1, s2 |
Whether mail claiming to be from this domain can be checked as genuine.
Security scoregrade B · 155/205
Basic Security10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity
Record Security30/45missing: CAA Records, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security20/25missing: Mail Server Configuration
Domain Reputation50/50
Threat Detection45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 8 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop172.64.155.58Barracuda172.64.155.58UCEPROTECT Level 1172.64.155.58SpamCop104.18.32.198Barracuda104.18.32.198UCEPROTECT Level 1104.18.32.198
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=cnet.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=cnet.com"
MCP: add https://how.is/mcp to Claude, Codex or Cursor
(one-line install) and ask for domain_trust on cnet.com.
Reference: /llms.txt.
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