How is nel.goog?

Be careful risk 20/100

Registered 8 years ago, no valid HTTPS certificate, the site did not answer (OSError).

Why

02050100

finecarefulhigh risk

+20No valid HTTPS certificate.

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

Site

down

OSError

HTTPS

invalid

Could not resolve host (ENODATA)

Age

8 years

registered 2018-05-18

Blocklists

listings across 2 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records2 record types

NS	ns3.google.com ns1.google.com ns4.google.com ns2.google.com
CAA	{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'pki.goog', 'critical': 0}

RegistrationMarkMonitor Inc.

registrar	MarkMonitor Inc.
registered	2018-05-18
expires	2027-05-18
last changed	2026-04-21
owner	REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
nameservers	ns1.google.com ns2.google.com ns3.google.com ns4.google.com
status	client delete prohibited client transfer prohibited client update prohibited

registered 2018-05-18expires 2027-05-18

HTTPS certificatenot valid

valid	no
problem	Could not resolve host (ENODATA)

DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → goog → nel.goog

Email authenticationpoor

SPF	none
DMARC	none
DKIM	none of 1 common selectors

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

Security scoregrade C · 110/190

Basic Security

10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity

Record Security

15/45missing: SPF Record, DMARC Record, DKIM Presence

Advanced Security

5/25missing: Mail Server Configuration, SOA Record Configuration, IPv6 Support

Domain Reputation

35/35

Threat Detection

45/45missing: Domain Age Check

Blocklists0 listings · 2 lookups

SURBL MultidomainURIBL Multidomain

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=nel.goog" \ -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=nel.goog"

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

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