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How is msn.com?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 32 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 166 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 msn.com looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
200
166 ms · ends at www.msn.com
HTTPS
87 d
left on a Microsoft Corporation certificate
Age
32 years
registered 1994-11-10
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types
A204.79.197.219
MX2 msn-com.olc.protection.outlook.com
NSns3-204.azure-dns.org
ns4-204.azure-dns.info
dns4.p08.nsone.net
dns1.p08.nsone.net
dns3.p08.nsone.net
ns1-204.azure-dns.com
dns2.p08.nsone.net
ns2-204.azure-dns.net
TXTgoogle-site-verification=3lJkn9Ti3ZZZEzyGfgndcatwCZ93RLqWOYjIckfeKlM
globalsign-domain-verification=KaParXxs1OHDy7o8CMbPpHBN-2m_mzwdPqKMMQ66a6
google-site-verification=snWRecgPSoBabrLXKCz4W8SZYabue7JrtXQM36fq6PE
v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spf-a.hotmail.com include:spf-b.hotmail.com include:spf-c.hotmail.com include:spf-d.hotmail.com include:_spf-ssg-a.microsoft.com ~all
AFDVALIDATION=IcePrime
facebook-domain-verification=q715hqwb3sc3mkxajcokcksu21c8r2
CAA{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'microsoft.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'contactemail': 'caarecordaware@microsoft.com'}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'digicert.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'globalsign.com', 'critical': 0}
RegistrationMarkMonitor Inc.
registrarMarkMonitor Inc.
registered1994-11-10
expires2027-06-04
last changed2026-05-03
ownerMicrosoft Corporation
nameserversdns1.p09.nsone.net
ns1-204.azure-dns.com
ns2-204.azure-dns.net
ns3-204.azure-dns.org
ns4-204.azure-dns.info
statusclient delete prohibited
client transfer prohibited
client update prohibited
server delete prohibited
server transfer prohibited
server update prohibited
registered 1994-11-10expires 2027-06-04
HTTPS certificate87 days left
validyes
issuerMicrosoft Corporation
covers*.msn.com, *.services.msn.com, msn.com
protocolTLSv1.3
issued 2026-10-13expires 2027-01-21
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → com → msn.com
Email authenticationgood
SPFpass v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spf-a.hotmail.com include:spf-b.hotmail.com include:spf-c.hotmail.com include:spf-d.hotmail.com include:_spf-ssg-a.microsoft.com ~all
DMARCwarning policy none
DKIMfound: selector1

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

Security scoregrade B · 168/205
Basic Security
20/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled
Record Security
38/45missing: DMARC Record, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
15/25missing: Mail Server Configuration, IPv6 Support
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 5 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop204.79.197.219Barracuda204.79.197.219UCEPROTECT Level 1204.79.197.219

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=msn.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=msn.com"

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

Watch msn.com. DNS read at the source every 5 minutes; certificate, blocklists and expiry every 6 hours. You get an email only when something changes.

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