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How is mass.gov?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 26 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 403 in 78 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 mass.gov looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
403
78 ms
HTTPS
38 d
left on a DigiCert Inc certificate
Age
26 years
registered 2000-11-28
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types
A76.223.33.104
13.248.160.110
MX10 mxa-0018e801.gslb.pphosted.com
10 mxb-0018e801.gslb.pphosted.com
NSa11-66.akam.net
a1-243.akam.net
a5-66.akam.net
a18-66.akam.net
a16-64.akam.net
a8-67.akam.net
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Dynatrace-site-verification=20200137-7195-47a6-84da-c50c55279445__r754nbv7m3lsfth103udpq3a6s
00Dcn000003SEWA=1TBcn00000003Qx
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sprout-social-45ccc581-1c1d-4e29-b62c-5dbe84332367
google-site-verification=p7b-2Wq9a-iFxnZxuxdwAi2CeciZ4C1qUEHvGGwbqMM
teamviewer-sso-verification=9c8a8676c0f24a3dab06349ff4aba512
google-site-verification=i4qMjh7GZApvHu4uIuRdRBebw3qvToM_SKclQl3epmc
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google-site-verification=2FkkDVhr7bHO02f1mHsGoDlKIzIQqhq8OjJD1jfirY4
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MS=ms20709016
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Dynatrace-site-verification=3767c99a-2741-4c14-81b0-09e3a199912f__16k4cthvau7e7dm4llmgrlll87
v=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com ~all
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apple-domain-verification=NGVMlwCoQ3AzNxCr
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CAA{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'amazontrust.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'digicert.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'amazonaws.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'amazon.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'awstrust.com', 'critical': 0}
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Registrationget.gov
registrarget.gov
registered2000-11-28
expires2027-08-14
last changed2026-09-09
ownerCommonwealth of Massachusetts
countryUnited States
nameserversa1-243.akam.net
a11-66.akam.net
a16-64.akam.net
a18-66.akam.net
a5-66.akam.net
a8-67.akam.net
statusserver transfer prohibited
registered 2000-11-28expires 2027-08-14
HTTPS certificate38 days left
validyes
issuerDigiCert Inc
coversmass.gov
protocolTLSv1.2
issued 2025-12-04expires 2026-12-10
DNSSECsecure

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

. → gov → mass.gov
Email authenticationgood
SPFpass v=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com ~all
DMARCwarning policy none
DKIMfound: selector1

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

Security scoregrade A · 183/205
Basic Security
30/40missing: Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
38/45missing: DMARC Record, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
20/25missing: IPv6 Support
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 8 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop76.223.33.104Barracuda76.223.33.104UCEPROTECT Level 176.223.33.104SpamCop13.248.160.110Barracuda13.248.160.110UCEPROTECT Level 113.248.160.110

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=mass.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=mass.gov"

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

IPv6. IPv6 readiness grade for mass.gov Does mass.gov work over IPv6? See the live check on aaaa.bot — website, mail and nameservers, graded A–F.

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