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How is iowa.gov?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 26 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 162 ms.

Why

02050100
finecarefulhigh risk
  • ·Nothing in the checks added risk.

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

How iowa.gov looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
200
162 ms · ends at www.iowa.gov
HTTPS
48 d
left on a Let's Encrypt certificate
Age
26 years
registered 2000-10-02
Blocklists
0
listings across 4 lists; 1 did not answer

Everything we looked at

DNS records6 record types
A104.18.7.16
104.18.6.16
AAAA2606:4700::6812:710
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MX10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
1 aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
NSalexis.ns.cloudflare.com
noor.ns.cloudflare.com
TXTv=spf1 include:_spf.iowa.gov include:_spf.google.com include:sendgrid.net include:spf.sta50319.zixworks.com include:docebosaas.com ~all
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smartsheet-site-validation=h4ww6S9pkCFFcM-Dd3IpJXXSZaXckCCI
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CAA{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'godaddy.com', 'critical': 0}
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{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'sectigo.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'amazonaws.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'entrust.net', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'letsencrypt.org', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'pki.goog', 'critical': 0}
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{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'comodoca.com', 'critical': 0}
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Registrationget.gov
registrarget.gov
registered2000-10-02
expires2027-08-13
last changed2026-08-25
ownerState of Iowa - OCIO
countryUnited States
nameserversalexis.ns.cloudflare.com
noor.ns.cloudflare.com
statusserver transfer prohibited
registered 2000-10-02expires 2027-08-13
HTTPS certificate48 days left
validyes
issuerLet's Encrypt
covers*.iowa.gov, iowa.gov
protocolTLSv1.3
issued 2026-09-21expires 2026-12-20
DNSSECsecure

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

. → gov → iowa.gov
Email authenticationexcellent
SPFpass v=spf1 include:_spf.iowa.gov include:_spf.google.com include:sendgrid.net include:spf.sta50319.zixworks.com include:docebosaas.com ~all
DMARCpass policy quarantine
DKIMfound: google, s1, s2

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

Security scoregrade A+ · 195/205
Basic Security
30/40missing: Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
45/45missing: DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
25/25
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 8 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop104.18.6.16Barracuda104.18.6.16UCEPROTECT Level 1104.18.6.16SpamCop104.18.7.16Barracuda104.18.7.16UCEPROTECT Level 1104.18.7.16

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=iowa.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=iowa.gov"

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

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