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How is mit.edu?

Not sure yet risk 10/100

On no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 104 ms.

Why

02050100
finecarefulhigh risk
  • +10Could not read the domain's registration record.
  • ·Could not check registration; retry before trusting this domain.

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

How mit.edu looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
200
104 ms · ends at web.mit.edu
HTTPS
18 d
left on a DigiCert Inc certificate
Age
?
creation date not reported
Blocklists
0
listings across 4 lists; 1 did not answer

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types
A23.49.179.66
AAAA2600:1408:c400:795::255e
2600:1408:c400:791::255e
MX100 mit-edu.mail.protection.outlook.com
NSasia1.akam.net
usw2.akam.net
use2.akam.net
ns1-37.akam.net
eur5.akam.net
use5.akam.net
ns1-173.akam.net
asia2.akam.net
TXTe2ma-verification=piiib
include:4920340.spf07.hubspotemail.net
openai-domain-verification=dv-pavuNIk1XG88x99BoqSFI0Zs
adobe-idp-site-verification=0817e32603f0dda03188b9f1f3bbaf4f754c5322926036af8890df7bf65cb90d
amazonses:asyYfDTQj+TCy9t5jFbakgwGbomDqXREEs3KdC0iMQE=
E2MA-VERIFICATION=MONGB
87EDC6C34B18248C3196DDDF99E346F0
airtable-verification=4283ac2aa983e97636807d478d6bf30c
6B22D05A50CCFD8AEDE263D10A43B5F2
atlassian-domain-verification=3eRva0Gy/EjVyKEw46uExfEXpDGJfhwocwVCy5NTxcPpf89AqdK3Lkc2Ert/Mram
e2ma-verification=uviib
pardot_310211_*=a4e9728d1b90355b6240f4d7778cc4da11c10a20552ae99e6ed03d8e48c06583
atlassian-domain-verification=maRNLIMivtdhvCr9JoVuLKHWRn7mZOY8072lyRNeyamz0NHc/s0b0m3R3yt1NKK3
mandrill_verify.28vVgPhRZLda1o_v90CPWg
E2MA-VERIFICATION=86JGB
*fastly-domain-delegation-hnb9joooe7gojgqu4eth-00494769-2025-08-23
google-site-verification=qNAffaSjUkhb2JCBb1BQ2nXAkcNYLeLc7G6vjMRD1js
bWl0ZWR1
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anthropic-domain-verification-4zkzdh=QhN4rrjaqMvpem4OLpNCpsSJP
1VNZ334aKc8FypCKDhIMOQBsKFd8gCgTFQuPlDwQfzPNxPCKonTOnhuFQ8+kE32E2TgkBiOp9EFab5nfVc+38g==
jamf-site-verification=Zb92YEBOKGMV1yFAEtYd1w
airtable-manual-domain-verification=ce83c94e-0127-4fd3-9265-3b37a46a7b8a
v=spf1 include:_s00430413.autospf.email -all
e2ma-verification=xlabb
airtable-verification=46ae122907d40a1413b6a05898774435
E2MA-VERIFICATION=8AWBB
mgverify=2a07014ab707abf9b6f984210c05ef7a1fd905296aebe173776844c14db61c1e
atlassian-domain-verification=3Ex0JUvwojvbDLOJvNHnYUFEZCF+kwii0OjHbhDkymB97xpCOkkIFUoET2RQy15E
e2ma-verification=oiiib
e2ma-verification=xiiib
E2MA-VERIFICATION=C8D4
google-site-verification=pqf9o422iIeT7mzfZmQwkpLYH3VTlB05OC9c_OncFOg
google-site-verification=6ethhhET4cfz7L1Dfve9bCOTAqMr6IU79Va6gb8HxlA
stripe-verification=fe726543b783764b2ba9137f4e675faa0709416ac7a5d9f50e21248a706ad93d
asv=d035bbd54ef96bf2ffd1479e55ae0860
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airtable-verification=c8040e640f7deab69a01d68c91893e07
airtable-verification=dd819f16a069eee2e4e6cc433b24e9e5
google-site-verification=b4-1loZHD1WzNmews_hsTTKL__gLblD6iKBFbA4j97c
Registrationregistrar not reported
HTTPS certificate18 days left
validyes
issuerDigiCert Inc
coversweb.mit.edu, alum-dev.mit.edu, alum.mit.edu, climate.mit.edu, commencement.mit.edu, emergency-dev.mit.edu, events-static.mit.edu, giving-dev.mit.edu, giving.mit.edu, hr.mit.edu, img.mit.edu, ist.mit.edu
protocolTLSv1.2
issued 2026-04-29expires 2026-11-13
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → edu → mit.edu
Email authenticationgood
SPFpass v=spf1 include:_s00430413.autospf.email -all
DMARCwarning policy none
DKIMfound: google, selector2, k1, s1, s2

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

Security scoregrade C · 143/205
Basic Security
10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
23/45missing: CAA Records, DMARC Record, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
15/25missing: Mail Server Configuration, SOA Record Configuration
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 5 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop23.49.179.66Barracuda23.49.179.66UCEPROTECT Level 123.49.179.66

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=mit.edu" \ -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=mit.edu"

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

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