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How is independent.co.uk?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 31 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 492 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.

How independent.co.uk looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
200
492 ms · ends at www.independent.co.uk
HTTPS
146 d
left on a GlobalSign nv-sa certificate
Age
31 years
registered 1996-02-02
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types
A151.101.65.184
151.101.129.184
151.101.1.184
151.101.193.184
MX1 smtp.google.com
NSlars.ns.cloudflare.com
rihana.ns.cloudflare.com
TXTgoogle-site-verification=TzSBELtkPBll_xwkxxwqtmosfayfGXNFpwTds4aY5T4
pinterest-site-verification=92994e165e6096c136047a7fa2c22a38
ZOOM_verify_pwuRvDk1ZRE0di1JOITDZj
MS=ms64467317
_globalsign-domain-verification=jJoyi6D96ll9YZVNruVpQ8YkW4d8-s08ldwzHDKOVR
_globalsign-domain-verification=Aj-eZlKNbMBin_FHdOspwcOPmZnu_RkJAoggYqdcf8
google-site-verification=YUToiF3Ncn2Iu62-jTvtn7rrbDOsn7ae3MNOyzi8qRI
google-site-verification=Jt42c9XQgclbx43XFiVsB69XfaNRWjAIojnv8u8N0m4
teamtailor=a109d5bf4aaa0ab69555471a9456635c
optimise-verify-b0b17e10-b5a6-4449-8458-804aa93c9863
apple-domain-verification=RM9N27RqIQhlhX0B
MS=ms14560256
adobe-idp-site-verification=5c874982d9eb77c27639f75fe9649403668793e47bc55164e5796e62b7c66206
v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:amazonses.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com ip4:62.189.214.128/25 ip4:217.10.137.0/26 ip4:154.47.66.0/24 ip4:54.77.160.217 ip4:195.234.243.112 ip4:206.155.87.84 ip4:103.13.71.86 -all
ZOOM_verify_y3Lp-IWWQx28ozGnH6HXGA
a109d5bf4aaa0ab69555471a9456635c
OYvTklSWrIhxrJU0Jd25WG1ccxNvL8tW4Vkeg8wXo4UrZzuD58AXQ/62cTiYXiguwPa+AyPzVCHoQ5dVVvvrjA==
globalsign-domain-verification=zfCNvJt0iTcEchLrE0nrimsdl4h4m4zVTSJYOcrlcJ
facebook-domain-verification=romovgbm3nyrpvudi6wheb7kank3yi
0ed1fe018a12bf1004ae1e4d9ca9074bfa76d45356
google-site-verification=7jSyuxXF8wVTqjz3bvlLiGFkpFtli5tP9gkqVJCmg1s
CAA{'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'ssl.com'}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'ssl.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'letsencrypt.org', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'iodef': 'mailto:infosec@independent.co.uk', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'globalsign.com'}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'globalsign.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'comodoca.com'}
{'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes'}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'comodoca.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'digicert.com; cansignhttpexchanges=yes'}
{'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'letsencrypt.org'}
RegistrationNom-IQ Limited t/a Com Laude
registrarNom-IQ Limited t/a Com Laude
registered1996-02-02
expires2027-02-02
last changed2022-10-18
nameserverslars.ns.cloudflare.com.
rihana.ns.cloudflare.com.
statusserver delete prohibited
server transfer prohibited
server update prohibited
registered 1996-02-02expires 2027-02-02
HTTPS certificate146 days left
validyes
issuerGlobalSign nv-sa
coversindependent.co.uk
protocolTLSv1.2
issued 2026-02-18expires 2027-03-22
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → uk → co.uk → independent.co.uk
Email authenticationexcellent
SPFpass v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.google.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:amazonses.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com ip4:62.189.214.128/25 ip4:217.10.137.0/26 ip4:154.47.66.0/24 ip4:54.77.160.217 ip4:195.234.243.112 ip4:206.155.87.84 ip4:103.13.71.86 -all
DMARCpass policy quarantine
DKIMfound: google, selector1

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

Security scoregrade B · 165/205
Basic Security
10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
45/45missing: DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
15/25missing: Mail Server Configuration, IPv6 Support
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 14 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop151.101.65.184Barracuda151.101.65.184UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.65.184SpamCop151.101.129.184Barracuda151.101.129.184UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.129.184SpamCop151.101.1.184Barracuda151.101.1.184UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.1.184SpamCop151.101.193.184Barracuda151.101.193.184UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.193.184

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=independent.co.uk" \ -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=independent.co.uk"

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

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