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How is ed.gov?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 29 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 403 in 158 ms.

Why

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

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

How ed.gov looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
403
158 ms
HTTPS
87 d
left on a DigiCert Inc certificate
Age
29 years
registered 1997-10-02
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types
A150.171.110.17
AAAA2603:1061:14:110::1
MX10 ed-gov.mail.protection.outlook.com
NSa13-64.akam.net
a3-65.akam.net
a6-64.akam.net
a28-65.akam.net
a10-67.akam.net
a1-100.akam.net
TXTgoogle-gws-recovery-domain-verification=38999266
openai-domain-verification=dv-h3S8HasAce56ElYdaLaY3j0T
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adobe-idp-site-verification=1c4929bdb3360fd2ebe6f616c4b5addb885b8c24485a8e0eb6c48d50a5a49b05
google-site-verification=y-PBkTqSUKDf1sxPhU0wgYQKUXCCjcY2_zqSTNSZ658
atlassian-domain-verification=S4kaERlWQlaHX83PtoYHSoq0f03BltEtxuOfDMJxgfc9fcaydGY1b7VEhx0vZ7iZ
apple-domain-verification=N93uXoT42oyqmofK
box-domain-verification=55b5e5fa4b81a2199537550ebccbc81bc75f349ec8fec32f0da325da791771f0
MS=ms39866724
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adobe-sign-verification=2e448e4698a731f589b3c2205d34695149f208053d9eb445bc3ca5c3dd916531
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google-site-verification=KkN7Qwhpa9bpD9jP7rb7tuBXAczTg1uWyOpF44XjRnQ
Registrationget.gov
registrarget.gov
registered1997-10-02
expires2027-08-13
last changed2026-08-14
ownerDepartment of Education
countryUnited States
nameserversa1-100.akam.net
a10-67.akam.net
a13-64.akam.net
a28-65.akam.net
a3-65.akam.net
a6-64.akam.net
statusserver transfer prohibited
registered 1997-10-02expires 2027-08-13
HTTPS certificate87 days left
validyes
issuerDigiCert Inc
coversed.gov
protocolTLSv1.3
issued 2026-07-28expires 2027-01-27
DNSSECsecure

Domain is properly signed — chain validated by an independent validating resolver

. → gov → ed.gov
Email authenticationexcellent
SPFpass v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com a:crdc2011.appiancloud.com include:rp.email.oci.oraclegovcloud.com include:_spf.salesforce.com ip4:165.224.20.0/23 ip4:165.224.22.0/23 ip4:165.224.204.0/23 ip4:165.224.209.0/23 ip4:165.224.210.0/23 ip4:165.224.212.0/23 ip4:137.227.82.0/24 ip4:137.227.28.0/24 ip4:137.227.134.0/24 ip4:165.224.214.0/24 ip4:165.224.131.0/24 ip4:165.224.129.0/24 ip4:184.94.214.128/27 ip4:184.94.220.128/27 ip4:184.94.216.160/27 ip4:184.94.216.192/27 ip4:65.127.216.64/27 ip4:184.94.216.32/28 ip4:65.148.41.136/29 ip4:65.148.40.88/29 ip4:74.119.63.104/29 ip4:52.222.69.242 ip4:155.95.81.35 ip4:172.81.81.50 ip4:172.81.82.50 ip4:63.123.152.4 ip4:155.95.86.50 ip4:70.167.252.100 ip4:70.167.252.86 ip4:68.232.141.236 ip4:74.119.60.84 ip4:96.127.34.41 ip4:12.150.182.154 ip4:204.94.67.74 ip4:63.145.228.10 ip4:34.227.144.132 ip4:34.225.250.77 ip4:13.56.9.152 ip4:69.39.77.26 ip4:69.39.77.27 ip4:155.95.96.50 ip6:2610:e8::/32 ip6:2600:1:0:1B:0:0:0:74/32 ip6:2620:68:0:15::3:107/124 ip6:2604:b300:ad02:1::/64 ip6:2604:b300:ad03:1::/64 ip6:2604:b300:ad02:c::/64 ip6:2604:b300:ad02:14::/64 include:amazonses.com ip4:165.224.64.0/26 ip4:165.224.66.0/26 -all
DMARCpass policy reject
DKIMfound: selector1

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

Security scoregrade B · 165/215
Basic Security
10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
40/55missing: CAA Records
Advanced Security
20/25missing: Mail Server Configuration
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 5 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop150.171.110.17Barracuda150.171.110.17UCEPROTECT Level 1150.171.110.17

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=ed.gov" \ -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=ed.gov"

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

IPv6. IPv6 readiness grade for ed.gov Does ed.gov work over IPv6? See the live check on aaaa.bot — website, mail and nameservers, graded A–F.

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