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How is ohio.gov?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 29 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered HTTP 404.

Why

02050100
finecarefulhigh risk
  • ·Nothing in the checks added risk.

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

Site
404
83 ms
HTTPS
126 d
left on a Amazon certificate
Age
29 years
registered 1997-10-02
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records4 record types
A3.160.5.118
3.160.5.62
3.160.5.2
3.160.5.44
MX0 ohio-gov.mail.protection.outlook.com
NSns6.ohio.gov
ns3.ohio.gov
ns8.ohio.gov
ns1.ohio.gov
ns2.ohio.gov
ns7.ohio.gov
ns4.ohio.gov
ns5.ohio.gov
TXTv=spf1 include:spf-a.em.ohio.gov include:spf.workfront.com include:amazonses.com -all
google-site-verification=XWpgI0ZSGIBlkHlPClqzC04xK1XYOWr-YKnbDwZb2gQ
tgq5mliv7b8jiof3l2ip35kost
1apguurmfhlre92ss35l9h0a0o
google-site-verification=gDg2kmpHT3AQ9_Cd5rFD-6kV9jz-DDx3qS-rP3ryDwg
google-site-verification=-CFZyK9vinw282OG4WebmXDMOseSJ328H7QVD5tFjF8
google-site-verification=NPnJO9lv02ILiXwQzCSURoeR0rYopN8Pol41Z69dT9k
google-site-verification=rgWpvBFfwsaBdpyOboaBiWb64T1DCDSAPfOvZU9KLEo
apple-domain-verification=um1JOBmUJiuX4Ck3
cisco-ci-domain-verification=6f35a2dcd4356721f5094056fdedd2aca537182f583afb648c90e28c5fea8962
nvmstnoakt3rba1dovtrqprpav
dkdc7265e1vb8njsbrvgtc0p48
b1tlbni8a8r1at7plngro4bg2n
r69e2htbu60csjjvpc4nritj5s
k5npql1tt27j4726u9djbhbgtu
knowbe4-site-verification=8e61546b0e01922553c8cdf4c2a9b3bf
MS=ms22042845
658mgu7aicn0vn9vgd1q85k4pr
Registrationget.gov
registrarget.gov
registered1997-10-02
expires2027-08-11
last changed2026-08-14
ownerState of Ohio, Office of IT
countryUnited States
nameserversns5.ohio.gov
ns6.ohio.gov
ns7.ohio.gov
ns8.ohio.gov
statusserver transfer prohibited
registered 1997-10-02expires 2027-08-11
HTTPS certificate126 days left
validyes
issuerAmazon
coversohio.gov, pbr.ohio.gov, www.ohio.gov, governor.ohio.gov, www.fosterandadopt.jfs.ohio.gov, www.ohiomitigationplan.ohio.gov, www.info.bwc.ohio.gov, www.innovateohio.gov, fosterandadopt.jfs.ohio.gov, www.opportunityzones.ohio.gov, www.insurance.ohio.gov, www.topjobs.ohio.gov
protocolTLSv1.3
issued 2026-08-23expires 2027-03-08
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → gov → ohio.gov
Email authenticationexcellent
SPFpass v=spf1 include:spf-a.em.ohio.gov include:spf.workfront.com include:amazonses.com -all
DMARCpass policy quarantine
DKIMfound: selector1, selector2

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

Security scoregrade C · 125/185
Basic Security
10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
30/45missing: CAA Records, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
10/25missing: Mail Server Configuration, SOA Record Configuration, IPv6 Support
Domain Reputation
30/30missing: Domain Blacklist Status
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 14 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop3.160.5.2Barracuda3.160.5.2UCEPROTECT Level 13.160.5.2SpamCop3.160.5.62Barracuda3.160.5.62UCEPROTECT Level 13.160.5.62SpamCop3.160.5.44Barracuda3.160.5.44UCEPROTECT Level 13.160.5.44SpamCop3.160.5.118Barracuda3.160.5.118UCEPROTECT Level 13.160.5.118

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=ohio.gov" \ -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=ohio.gov"

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

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