How is hostgator.com?
Looks fine
risk 0/100
Registered 24 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 403 in 94 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
403
94 ms
HTTPS
87 d
left on a Google Trust Services certificate
Age
24 years
registered 2002-10-23
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists
Everything we looked at
DNS records5 record types
| A | 172.64.144.208 104.18.43.48 |
|---|---|
| MX | 0 hostgator-com.mail.eo.outlook.com |
| NS | erin.ns.cloudflare.com cody.ns.cloudflare.com |
| TXT | google-site-verification=268NzFe_2w_P3-j4fg2PDTwC5tgY0m__CQR9hYG7hSA google-site-verification=oYqxGxAsuHwvRDo4FqADW6ToV1nf8ITUfcw728UUvuI knowbe4-site-verification=2196cd8a72de50eedd7703120b752b77 v=spf1 ip4:209.17.115.0/24 ip4:64.69.218.0/24 include:spf.constantcontact.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:_spf2.hostgator.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:eig.spf.a.cloudfilter.net include:_spf.myorderbox.com include:spf.websitewelcome.com -all google-site-verification=WH8320OT9w-ZORb35j4X4VbeUNoMrUyhXoAzISUhEo0 google-site-verification=HUY22ADwgB0ij1JaYucTVtUI6dAvbNp5g4nQQ9tKHHc google-site-verification=XD3tFbXKRYV0fG-3zRGEzPC2irkiXg9Rz2eIKCG-0IQ google-site-verification=0vcyIt2ASVGA-Hnox9hZPXaaLIX5pYSm8dZd0_0HLyU google-site-verification=pj2LYTgRxkGunX03DSguHxBxwaBABFEUxEDsLgOdlys MS=ms19427866 google-site-verification=yx1ED4Liv7PN2PvYnLuop_CVyyyxLz8lc5M2MRnSNWk |
| CAA | {'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes'} {'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes', 'critical': 0} {'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'comodoca.com', 'critical': 0} {'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'amazon.com'} {'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'comodoca.com'} {'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes'} {'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'letsencrypt.org'} {'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'sectigo.com'} {'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'ssl.com'} {'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'letsencrypt.org', 'critical': 0} {'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes', 'critical': 0} {'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'amazon.com', 'critical': 0} {'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'ssl.com', 'critical': 0} |
RegistrationeNom, LLC
| registrar | eNom, LLC |
|---|---|
| registered | 2002-10-23 |
| expires | 2033-10-23 |
| last changed | 2026-08-31 |
| nameservers | cody.ns.cloudflare.com erin.ns.cloudflare.com |
| status | client transfer prohibited |
registered 2002-10-23expires 2033-10-23
HTTPS certificate87 days left
| valid | yes |
|---|---|
| issuer | Google Trust Services |
| covers | hostgator.com, *.hostgator.com |
| protocol | TLSv1.3 |
issued 2026-10-23expires 2027-01-21
DNSSECinsecure
Domain is not signed with DNSSEC
. → com → hostgator.com
Email authenticationgood
| SPF | pass v=spf1 ip4:209.17.115.0/24 ip4:64.69.218.0/24 include:spf.constantcontact.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:_spf2.hostgator.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:eig.spf.a.cloudfilter.net include:_spf.myorderbox.com include:spf.websitewelcome.com -all |
|---|---|
| DMARC | warning policy none |
| DKIM | found: google, selector1, s1, s2 |
Whether mail claiming to be from this domain can be checked as genuine.
Security scoregrade B · 158/205
Basic Security10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity
Record Security38/45missing: DMARC Record, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security15/25missing: Mail Server Configuration, IPv6 Support
Domain Reputation50/50
Threat Detection45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 8 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop104.18.43.48Barracuda104.18.43.48UCEPROTECT Level 1104.18.43.48SpamCop172.64.144.208Barracuda172.64.144.208UCEPROTECT Level 1172.64.144.208
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=hostgator.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=hostgator.com"
MCP: add https://how.is/mcp to Claude, Codex or Cursor
(one-line install) and ask for domain_trust on hostgator.com.
Reference: /llms.txt.
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