HOW.IS
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How is msu.edu?

Not sure yet risk 10/100

On no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 34 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 msu.edu looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
200
34 ms
HTTPS
83 d
left on a GlobalSign nv-sa certificate
Age
?
creation date not reported
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records4 record types
A45.60.108.246
45.60.63.246
MX5 mxa-00165801.gslb.pphosted.com
5 mxb-00165801.gslb.pphosted.com
NSns2.msu.edu
ns3.msu.edu
ns1.msu.edu
TXTairtable-verification=8f61df4476392363de5aa9bde19c2cad
openai-domain-verification=dv-E73Jfkx5XkP2jqbeTkmx9S40
globalsign-domain-verification=02E82299058F09BE61FF2B99D8362A46
globalsign-domain-verification=018D7F2C50F08731DD85B3C6CC291038
globalsign-domain-verification=38B161A9C5547F0B515AB8C1941ED0E8
google-site-verification=WjTZuTOhvitFU3cwvUrShiFgfHi9o64LFFAMSe_yEN8
apple-domain-verification=0jfkDunzyRzI0WsL
atlassian-domain-verification=itLfKC08zO047glldaNzD2p7nvo1N2OyKrZ/in5ovH5lxikPyiqb95ZSclsszpE9
globalsign-domain-verification=E5B7DB815DCA5CE2BEFD523522A1ACEF
bw=MEjeLCC4f0640PNjH6uDzp3YJ/npaMF8i5N5g6pnZ1R8
jamf-site-verification=j6YAGgLGIJE03sDXPLx9Uw
v=spf1 ip4:35.8.0.0/13 ip4:207.74.148.0/24 ip4:192.231.113.0/24 ip4:162.247.216.0/22 ip4:66.151.109.0/24 ip4:34.194.230.233 ip4:34.230.107.215 ip4:148.163.147.0/24 ip4:148.163.143.0/24 include:_external.mail.msu.edu include:_external2.mail.msu.edu -all
globalsign-domain-verification=B8EC28BC125F423268E5A2EEFC31AA85
globalsign-domain-verification=5997494B1229BC93065B12834AAD8B8D
autodesk-domain-verification=w4XRUrwZTOVh2K9j2L8L
globalsign-domain-verification=4357b70081ec9d63c1643d4640603ccd
nearmap-domain-verification=0869879417f20495d6ea968532619b8c6660429b4cc0e07f17baf89f199c33c7
dell-technologies-domain-verification=msu.edu_e73b9b8e-20e0-47c7-9edc-15479a838f12_1745771063
airtable-verification=d694cc3ff9805d58b783cfc4e81ce2c8
cisco-ci-domain-verification=5cf47f796ffe9ac34e9bc6910231e603717c74a2fffdaa8a54251d9117769fb
atlassian-domain-verification=qEWbOJqdu3drEba/zhP3SGN5GhrswqfGlNRzIMbcNAaa215JmyGwcP3IRNaZdVBS"
google-site-verification=Ckq2QLhRUV4i-TO8CyrguxiPO7sAg-s3hl1rsS9gS0k
google-site-verification=xnUsUm8vkXWEEtnsFclA6JiqvZ1HimYoXNsf6l3sORk
teamviewer-sso-verification=d8b37211efed44b589c9b8196e1a92e8
pRj1lHNHlDBoyTvYFaUBH02G8lX9cB6CVLuJy5RuDw/mZJ9YiHzdsFmF2tLKa58yeojGLj055VTqALoON5PQzQ==
globalsign-domain-verification=ACD1C5DE2220D692E0C36BF46F040EE9
invoiced-saml-verification=0eaa78e391761d2937bef925a056a6e2
v=DKIM1 a -all; MS=ms58189640
sitecore-domain-verification=0f3897166ebc42a492e1c0387bf63104
aLlvL2DiUReVNESUQYsBAV2nKa4tuQej+TNymArkAmMmTyCBAiZdJBwgGIMy3Mi2YLzgabDK8CREkb98YiBQiw==
Registrationregistrar not reported
HTTPS certificate83 days left
validyes
issuerGlobalSign nv-sa
covers*.bch.msu.edu, *.dsme.msu.edu, oemi.msu.edu, cancercare.msu.edu, eeb.msu.edu, mdadmissions.msu.edu, tstn.msu.edu, www.tms.sass.msu.edu, *.researchadmin.msu.edu, investments.msu.edu, pal.itservices.msu.edu, www.budget.msu.edu
protocolTLSv1.3
issued 2026-10-25expires 2027-01-23
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → edu → msu.edu
Email authenticationgood
SPFpass v=spf1 ip4:35.8.0.0/13 ip4:207.74.148.0/24 ip4:192.231.113.0/24 ip4:162.247.216.0/22 ip4:66.151.109.0/24 ip4:34.194.230.233 ip4:34.230.107.215 ip4:148.163.147.0/24 ip4:148.163.143.0/24 include:_external.mail.msu.edu include:_external2.mail.msu.edu -all
DMARCwarning policy none
DKIMfound: selector1, s1, s2, mail

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

Security scoregrade B · 153/215
Basic Security
10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
33/55missing: CAA Records, DMARC Record
Advanced Security
15/25missing: SOA Record Configuration, IPv6 Support
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 8 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop45.60.63.246Barracuda45.60.63.246UCEPROTECT Level 145.60.63.246SpamCop45.60.108.246Barracuda45.60.108.246UCEPROTECT Level 145.60.108.246

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=msu.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=msu.edu"

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

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