How is gizmodo.com?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 24 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 55 ms.

Why

02050100

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

55 ms

HTTPS

43 d

left on a Google Trust Services certificate

Age

24 years

registered 2002-07-01

Blocklists

listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types

A	172.67.74.173 104.26.2.63 104.26.3.63
AAAA	2606:4700:20::681a:23f 2606:4700:20::681a:33f 2606:4700:20::ac43:4aad
MX	10 aspmx2.googlemail.com 5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com 5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com 1 aspmx.l.google.com
NS	agustin.ns.cloudflare.com monika.ns.cloudflare.com
TXT	apple-domain-verification=qVsrwksLomfAp5ui v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.scw-tem.cloud include:servers.mcsv.net -all google-site-verification=ZHpYCDO8_L6gzqEMj34dxIVrm1qElsr_07cRdTMZ6vE

RegistrationOVH sas

registrar	OVH sas
registered	2002-07-01
expires	2027-07-01
last changed	2026-07-02
nameservers	agustin.ns.cloudflare.com monika.ns.cloudflare.com
status	client delete prohibited client transfer prohibited

registered 2002-07-01expires 2027-07-01

HTTPS certificate43 days left

valid	yes
issuer	Google Trust Services
covers	gizmodo.com, *.gizmodo.com, m.ca.gizmodo.com
protocol	TLSv1.3

issued 2026-09-15expires 2026-12-14

DNSSECsecure

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

. → com → gizmodo.com

Email authenticationexcellent

SPF	pass `v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.scw-tem.cloud include:servers.mcsv.net -all`
DMARC	pass policy quarantine
DKIM	found: google

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

Security scoregrade B · 160/205

Basic Security

10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity

Record Security

30/45missing: CAA Records, DKIM Presence

Advanced Security

25/25

Domain Reputation

50/50

Threat Detection

45/45missing: Domain Age Check

Blocklists0 listings · 11 lookups

SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop172.67.74.173Barracuda172.67.74.173UCEPROTECT Level 1172.67.74.173SpamCop104.26.2.63Barracuda104.26.2.63UCEPROTECT Level 1104.26.2.63SpamCop104.26.3.63Barracuda104.26.3.63UCEPROTECT Level 1104.26.3.63

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=gizmodo.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=gizmodo.com"

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

IPv6. Does gizmodo.com work over IPv6? See the live check on aaaa.bot — website, mail and nameservers, graded A–F.

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