How is elpais.com?
Looks fine
risk 0/100
Registered 26 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 403 in 113 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
403
113 ms
HTTPS
34 d
left on a Let's Encrypt certificate
Age
26 years
registered 2001-03-05
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists
Everything we looked at
DNS records5 record types
| A | 23.199.55.20 23.199.55.19 |
|---|---|
| AAAA | 2600:1408:5400:22::b819:7f95 2600:1408:5400:22::b819:7f9b |
| MX | 20 poster4i.iberlayer.com 40 poster3i.iberlayer.com 30 poster2i.iberlayer.com 10 poster1i.iberlayer.com |
| NS | a20-66.akam.net a18-65.akam.net a24-67.akam.net a7-64.akam.net a9-65.akam.net a1-56.akam.net |
| TXT | d365mktkey=MDlHm3tHBKrlXihfrr5gvXQVPHklYETL2sUxrG4JZb4x v=spf1 include:_u.elpais.com._spf.smart.ondmarc.com -all d365mktkey=36xpGEp1JBCpl76r12EHge6UzG09uK8tZ7alBJrUf3cx MS=ms44073152 _globalsign-domain-verification=RQDNePcsBhiwiaGaUPKwwHamCQ-z-4EYJYovKcrwnK _globalsign-domain-verification=35ZRSeiG5b6pUaE2bZixFmI2klqCL7g1EeCkLoQosd google-site-verification=t8xazkl_l_FeO_zF8p0xV8fZ_l-NtxlaGcJSw0OtyEA facebook-domain-verification=a2dx88mxmsmobm4vsk6x2w8ws8pbn5 zone-ownership-verification-8af436726f61bc15ba428384d55cb22f9c300ad3f1206e8132587882adf2c334 |
RegistrationAscio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA
| registrar | Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA |
|---|---|
| registered | 2001-03-05 |
| expires | 2027-03-05 |
| last changed | 2026-03-06 |
| owner | DIARIO EL PAIS, S.L. |
| nameservers | a1-56.akam.net a18-65.akam.net a20-66.akam.net a24-67.akam.net a7-64.akam.net a9-65.akam.net |
| status | client transfer prohibited transfer prohibited |
registered 2001-03-05expires 2027-03-05
HTTPS certificate34 days left
| valid | yes |
|---|---|
| issuer | Let's Encrypt |
| covers | api-prisa-el-pais-america-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com, api-prisa-el-pais-america-sandbox.cdn.arcpublishing.com, api-prisa-el-pais-brasil-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com, api-prisa-el-pais-brasil-sandbox.cdn.arcpublishing.com, api-prisa-el-pais-cataluna-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com, api-prisa-el-pais-cataluna-sandbox.cdn.arcpublishing.com, api-prisa-el-pais-dev.cdn.arcpublishing.com, api-prisa-el-pais-in-english-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com, api-prisa-el-pais-in-english-sandbox.cdn.arcpublishing.com, api-prisa-el-pais-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com, api-prisa-el-pais-sandbox.cdn.arcpublishing.com, arc-sandbox.america.elpais.com |
| protocol | TLSv1.3 |
issued 2026-09-02expires 2026-12-01
DNSSECinsecure
Domain is not signed with DNSSEC
. → com → elpais.com
Email authenticationexcellent
| SPF | pass v=spf1 include:_u.elpais.com._spf.smart.ondmarc.com -all |
|---|---|
| DMARC | pass policy reject |
| DKIM | found: selector1 |
Whether mail claiming to be from this domain can be checked as genuine.
Security scoregrade B · 160/205
Basic Security10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity
Record Security30/45missing: CAA Records, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security25/25
Domain Reputation50/50
Threat Detection45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 8 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop23.12.146.148Barracuda23.12.146.148UCEPROTECT Level 123.12.146.148SpamCop23.12.146.163Barracuda23.12.146.163UCEPROTECT Level 123.12.146.163
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=elpais.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=elpais.com"
MCP: add https://how.is/mcp to Claude, Codex or Cursor
(one-line install) and ask for domain_trust on elpais.com.
Reference: /llms.txt.
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