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How is northwestern.edu?

Not sure yet risk 10/100

Valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 532 ms.

Why

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

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

How northwestern.edu looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
200
532 ms · ends at www.northwestern.edu
HTTPS
145 d
left on a Internet2 certificate
Age
?
creation date not reported
Blocklists
0
listings across 3 lists; 2 did not answer

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types
A129.105.136.48
AAAA2620:10d:2060:1130::11
MX10 evcspprf10.ads.northwestern.edu
10 chcspprf11.ads.northwestern.edu
10 chcspprf12.ads.northwestern.edu
10 evcspprf12.ads.northwestern.edu
10 evcspprf11.ads.northwestern.edu
10 chcspprf10.ads.northwestern.edu
NScicada.northwestern.edu
accuvax.northwestern.edu
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1password-site-verification=FHHJ25J2EJCEPF2TFPIKLM5G4E
e2ma-verification=mqrbb
1password-site-verification=TU2TZZQDJVEHPEYIWMLMTHLGMY
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1password-site-verification=OX265AOAIVBPFAMBGIW2GWQR2A
1password-site-verification=PTN5AQVBWBGYFNCBRY3ABWCWQI
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1password-site-verification=5BFPFETXOFGHXJ4RLIUXMOWWAQ
facebook-domain-verification=onibrcw94iuga1gf51xsl4wb89nv9o
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1password-site-verification=CGRE2PDYLRBOPFFIW46T6ITZYI
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1password-site-verification=XBTJB3U3IFGHPEWXCACUAXB77U
1password-site-verification=0X265A0AIVBPFAMBGIW2GWQR2A
1password-site-verification=JNDWUQBTNVAGPMP5KESXD2U5NI
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brevo-code:5deda3e5d370ee66c342fbd5f975e89e
apple-domain-verification=KNwL7NSAK2SpsRMu
1password-site-verification=ICSJFLU7YNDGRGECMZAHXFGKTI
v=spf1 include:_netblocks.northwestern.edu include:_thirdparty3.northwestern.edu include:_thirdparty4.northwestern.edu include:servers.mcsv.net include:cust-spf.exacttarget.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:et._spf.pardot.com ip4:176.31.145.254 ?all
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1password-site-verification=BR3MWXAWFNE27AURQLQ63WDRJI
1password-site-verification=25VQYL7S2BAO5NB32BKAGPSUMI
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1password-site-verif
Registrationregistrar not reported
HTTPS certificate145 days left
validyes
issuerInternet2
coverswww.it.northwestern.edu, it.northwestern.edu, www.admindash.northwestern.edu, admindash.northwestern.edu, www.adminplan.crown.northwestern.edu, adminplan.crown.northwestern.edu, www.admissions.northwestern.edu, admissions.northwestern.edu, www.artscircle.northwestern.edu, artscircle.northwestern.edu, www.biology.northwestern.edu, biology.northwestern.edu
protocolTLSv1.2
issued 2026-09-09expires 2027-03-27
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → edu → northwestern.edu
Email authenticationgood
SPFwarning v=spf1 include:_netblocks.northwestern.edu include:_thirdparty3.northwestern.edu include:_thirdparty4.northwestern.edu include:servers.mcsv.net include:cust-spf.exacttarget.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:et._spf.pardot.com ip4:176.31.145.254 ?all
DMARCwarning policy none
DKIMfound: selector1, k1, s1, s2, mail

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

Security scoregrade B · 146/205
Basic Security
10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
16/45missing: CAA Records, SPF Record, DMARC Record, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
25/25
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 5 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop129.105.136.48Barracuda129.105.136.48UCEPROTECT Level 1129.105.136.48

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=northwestern.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=northwestern.edu"

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

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