HOW.IS
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How is ox.ac.uk?

Not sure yet risk 10/100

On no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 403 in 556 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 ox.ac.uk looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
403
556 ms
HTTPS
67 d
left on a Let's Encrypt certificate
Age
?
creation date not reported
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records4 record types
A13.51.62.86
MX4 oxforduni.in.tmes.trendmicro.eu
NSdns1.ox.ac.uk
dns0.ox.ac.uk
auth4.dns.ox.ac.uk
dns2.ox.ac.uk
auth5.dns.ox.ac.uk
auth6.dns.ox.ac.uk
TXTWtnAjq8L8o3AgONKmYl7NTJrA9qe5GAxdO3xYq1hVcdXZ0THaEYNiyx74cio/8CE8E3rDApP0jojGJhH8mahDw==
QuoVadis=fbb7711c-3934-4311-b571-fd7695107436
facebook-domain-verification=647crbrjssj5mgbuy5ptjl8c6qmh23
google-site-verification=qb4BUD5Usjh0Nep0wKIkZIlLSR2rrXsD5PvYGIiKJtA
1zl23trd62r8wgvvrv0gjg7z1gxr64gw
ueG8e2rFCvZiPIxG4L1VRVcqLV6m3yrjJCRro8ZHPiZDX7y6xFsvBuCirQG9MAFSaqKwX55TK/G0WVh68yAoTg==
_globalsign-domain-verification=wiDg8qaoolWaTbaZq8YxJLFxFT36aoIO03meY20xze
jamf-site-verification=z4aTHKJhScEjBS_E-BOcdA
MS=ms57844111
v=spf1 redirect=_spf.ox.ac.uk
1FBF055C-7912-4406-8091-79206812E154
google-site-verification=Axf59TQZibIC5SStWVv4XULS6AONRp5c-G2Vmzrq_Yw
b8zq7ht7w0jmhx3wgzn5srmjl8b0y0gp
022fc977acdd42cabb4a3cd9d17138bb
google-site-verification=xqPbmJpDfZK648oMnCGuFpkn5HJqLhpMRPkss5jEhHk
wdc9f05rx6mmn1rgzqrxz8l7ljrn2c5x
2054ED670B49EE28B1397BC00FCB1575A9569543
google-gws-recovery-domain-verification=56795791
hes=3c57da24c0cf354d2d270f87f9033045
google-site-verification=uHCoKrADK1i1za25F8hr2arNkmwrT3Krl7Jk5RRFCGM
openai-domain-verification=dv-FrXjlS30zrnR8T3D1ktwxud7
Registrationregistrar not reported
HTTPS certificate67 days left
validyes
issuerLet's Encrypt
coversox.ac.uk, www.ox.ac.uk
protocolTLSv1.3
issued 2026-10-06expires 2027-01-04
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → uk → ac.uk → ox.ac.uk
Email authenticationgood
SPFwarning v=spf1 redirect=_spf.ox.ac.uk
DMARCpass policy quarantine
DKIMfound: selector1

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

Security scoregrade C · 143/205
Basic Security
10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
23/45missing: CAA Records, SPF Record, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
15/25missing: Mail Server Configuration, IPv6 Support
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 5 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop13.51.62.86Barracuda13.51.62.86UCEPROTECT Level 113.51.62.86

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=ox.ac.uk" \ -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=ox.ac.uk"

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

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