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How is outbrain.com?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 22 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 47 ms.

Why

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

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

How outbrain.com looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
200
47 ms · ends at www.outbrain.com
HTTPS
38 d
left on a Let's Encrypt certificate
Age
22 years
registered 2004-08-09
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types
A151.101.194.132
151.101.66.132
151.101.130.132
151.101.2.132
MX10 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
1 aspmx.l.google.com
10 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
NSdns1.p07.nsone.net
ns04.oblookup.com
dns4.p07.nsone.net
ns02.oblookup.com
dns3.p07.nsone.net
ns03.oblookup.com
ns01.oblookup.com
dns2.p07.nsone.net
TXTslack-domain-verification=lGWp08RFzCcoBJfVcPO1IH7W8rhxkIXB340WCHF7
paloaltonetworks-site-verification=cc7f64b6f14d00a1f893953b3d191d0cc8786cf53cdad9a2af94da1a58e6c2bd
v=spf1 mx include:_spf1.outbrain.com include:_spf2.outbrain.com include:_spf3.outbrain.com include:stspg-customer.com include:cust-spf.exacttarget.com include:_spf.google.com ~all
q39ntf48ggjxp5htv5rrmtszwz1jymnn
figma-domain-verification=2544b956ba7853a37ee58c998d1f7e9821d192f8cd8414d4170b0470d9853d38-1750933905
MS=ms48668685
wiz-domain-verification=ae2911e4ac328294c5d8050ff11f0f6e8bcb228d3fed79d58068445dd301391e
successfactors-site-verification=MmQzMGNhMzRkMGRhNzFjZmM2ZTQ1YTAyM2VjYjg5NjY4ODI5MzFmNjNkZjEzMGQxNzRlZjcxNmM0MTdkOGMwZg==
_globalsign-domain-verification=9Xqu2bonefjuoUF-XmyjAptAfuE-yStJz6wy9UnH-C
_globalsign-domain-verification=icFLpzAQo0SYmyrGll2mog5qb1q82Pe2Qg9OL5oAN0
google-site-verification=ngOw9NfQwfa5pyPrpvPtz_wl8q08kMlq9h7kF4KVjmY
_pl9saxth2djvml72qh2be0gft9b32ud
zapier-domain-verification-challenge=a22ab368-4c42-4ff8-b040-4cf1c1738f01
canva-site-verification=K2pZI8j4PAtwLKglts49Jg
facebook-domain-verification=95x6otar3mcobcgxek6mdupa35zj6b
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mgverify=6f023075008c64bb3b02a08f6b7b0cbf4d25259c8785e8dba3b04090d0496cd6
h1-domain-verification=v3UNiawNi6Qc4jDhYDQZKQxMGpd4pagfNqMSc4UG981MvoeH
google-site-verification=_R_H-hEdCxlWQPe_bec1i_7ArsyTVt_auZ0qxZws-Vo
apple-domain-verification=UrpC5i3QfZ0DphHh
CAA{'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'digicert.com'}
{'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'letsencrypt.org'}
{'type': 'CAA', 'iodef': 'email:caa@teads.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'letsencrypt.org', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'digicert.com', 'critical': 0}
RegistrationMarkMonitor Inc.
registrarMarkMonitor Inc.
registered2004-08-09
expires2029-08-09
last changed2026-01-01
ownerREDACTED FOR PRIVACY
nameserversdns1.p07.nsone.net
dns2.p07.nsone.net
dns3.p07.nsone.net
dns4.p07.nsone.net
ns01.oblookup.com
ns02.oblookup.com
ns03.oblookup.com
ns04.oblookup.com
statusclient delete prohibited
client transfer prohibited
client update prohibited
server delete prohibited
server transfer prohibited
server update prohibited
registered 2004-08-09expires 2029-08-09
HTTPS certificate38 days left
validyes
issuerLet's Encrypt
covers*.outbrain.com, outbrain.com
protocolTLSv1.3
issued 2026-09-06expires 2026-12-05
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → com → outbrain.com
Email authenticationexcellent
SPFpass v=spf1 mx include:_spf1.outbrain.com include:_spf2.outbrain.com include:_spf3.outbrain.com include:stspg-customer.com include:cust-spf.exacttarget.com include:_spf.google.com ~all
DMARCpass policy quarantine
DKIMfound: google, selector1, k1, s1, s2, mail

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

Security scoregrade A · 180/205
Basic Security
20/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled
Record Security
45/45missing: DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
20/25missing: IPv6 Support
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 14 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop151.101.66.132Barracuda151.101.66.132UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.66.132SpamCop151.101.194.132Barracuda151.101.194.132UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.194.132SpamCop151.101.2.132Barracuda151.101.2.132UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.2.132SpamCop151.101.130.132Barracuda151.101.130.132UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.130.132

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=outbrain.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=outbrain.com"

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

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