How is ftc.gov?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 29 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered HTTP 404.

Why

02050100

finecarefulhigh risk

·Nothing in the checks added risk.

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

Site

404

45 ms

HTTPS

102 d

left on a DigiCert Inc certificate

Age

29 years

registered 1997-10-02

Blocklists

listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types

A	104.86.82.19
AAAA	2600:1408:c400:f8c::2031 2600:1408:c400:f8e::2031
MX	0 ftc-gov.mail.protection.outlook.com
NS	a26-64.akam.net a1-252.akam.net a7-67.akam.net a24-67.akam.net a3-65.akam.net a6-66.akam.net
TXT	cisco-ci-domain-verification=25cadc1688da051ffa2539c464e864ec4aaefd22a584a0251e9a7b769df530bf adobe-sign-verification=6aef5f85dec2584b6bd8bc23abb2418c2fd5746c6b72586f884b983098370e38 facebook-domain-verification=i064e2y03lievnt3ubarreperwg6mf identrust_validate=AW6O5chGVEhxWmmFGKoMLN8DZRwEsR4bmAtOrkHPfkc9 identrust_validate=ba+DUU6G9a65f8A1q6tau3K4bx5bi/29LZlwh82DrgPG google-site-verification=VemqQV9Hiv6MzI1B0hzhRq4mlC2mVvs5qUUog19MRso MS=ms80119051 adobe-idp-site-verification=a832eee07863ffdf3f5fdfc757918cff06c414cc6426d443d893f7e4740ac4f4 _a2ac2792i79twzh20o9uow3xf2g61d4 ab+sBVXiIC82wNktOPIy6RX8agj5Evkxyo85mpdxHboRO0smOB8QUksAASKBEFW1yz9vbMdeFb6kz3GkyshW+g== hpe-greenlake-domain-verification=6f677033714443654164395339726174365a7544727047374e74545068636837 dwgyAlEH+VVQ4N58bmeEgHt3HhajTjhhUm+VEY/orFKBEvH2dcjCEBgIw9usDqvfE4etnbgRlB9RalHvcPraVg== NzWLUncbdZVFeNNXMttXmWGCtTfPC610lVN0DG4twtsHL/fF6nVZ55r7BqRBAwnrzb076GaeoI+KR/D688HhEw== v=spf1 mx include:spf1.ftc.gov include:spf2.ftc.gov -all MS=ms26536772 apple-domain-verification=yDCeSJ81y3pXRCi0

Registrationget.gov

registrar	get.gov
registered	1997-10-02
expires	2027-07-07
last changed	2026-08-14
owner	Federal Trade Commission
country	United States
nameservers	a1-252.akam.net a24-67.akam.net a26-64.akam.net a3-65.akam.net a6-66.akam.net a7-67.akam.net
status	server transfer prohibited

registered 1997-10-02expires 2027-07-07

HTTPS certificate102 days left

valid	yes
issuer	DigiCert Inc
covers	www.ftc.gov, alertaenlinea.gov, bulkorder.ftc.gov, bulkorder2.ftc.gov, business.ftc.gov, consumer.ftc.gov, consumer.gov, consumidor.ftc.gov, consumidor.gov, dontserveteens.gov, edit.bulkorder.ftc.gov, edit.consumer.ftc.gov
protocol	TLSv1.3

issued 2026-02-09expires 2027-02-08

DNSSECsecure

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

. → gov → ftc.gov

Email authenticationexcellent

SPF	pass `v=spf1 mx include:spf1.ftc.gov include:spf2.ftc.gov -all`
DMARC	pass policy reject
DKIM	found: selector1

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

Security scoregrade B · 155/205

Basic Security

10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity

Record Security

30/45missing: CAA Records, DKIM Presence

Advanced Security

20/25missing: Mail Server Configuration

Domain Reputation

50/50

Threat Detection

45/45missing: Domain Age Check

Blocklists0 listings · 5 lookups

SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop104.86.82.19Barracuda104.86.82.19UCEPROTECT Level 1104.86.82.19

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=ftc.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=ftc.gov"

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

Watch ftc.gov. 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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