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How is plex.direct?

Be careful risk 20/100

Registered 12 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, no valid HTTPS certificate, the site did not answer (refusing to fetch internal address (0.0.0.0)).

Why

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finecarefulhigh risk
  • +20No valid HTTPS certificate.

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

Site
down
refusing to fetch internal address (0.0.0.0)
HTTPS
invalid
Host resolves to a private IP address
Age
12 years
registered 2015-01-09
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types
A0.0.0.0
MX0 .
NSns2-plexdirect.plex.bz
ns1-plexdirect.plex.bz
ns1-plexdirect.plex.tv
ns-plexdirect.plex.tv
TXThzdvm2btzxkw3s8s7ccyj31kcwnyk5vq
CAA{'type': 'CAA', 'iodef': 'mailto:misissue@plex.tv', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': ';', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'letsencrypt.org'}
{'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'issuewild': 'digicert.com'}
RegistrationGoDaddy.com, LLC
registrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
registered2015-01-09
expires2027-01-09
last changed2026-08-12
nameserversns-plexdirect.plex.tv
ns2-plexdirect.plex.bz
ns1-plexdirect.plex.tv
ns1-plexdirect.plex.bz
statusclient delete prohibited
client renew prohibited
client transfer prohibited
client update prohibited
registered 2015-01-09expires 2027-01-09
HTTPS certificatenot valid
validno
problemHost resolves to a private IP address
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → direct → plex.direct
Email authenticationpoor
SPFnone
DMARCnone
DKIMnone of 1 common selectors

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

Security scoregrade C · 135/205
Basic Security
20/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled
Record Security
15/45missing: SPF Record, DMARC Record, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
5/25missing: Mail Server Configuration, SOA Record Configuration, IPv6 Support
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 5 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop0.0.0.0Barracuda0.0.0.0UCEPROTECT Level 10.0.0.0

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=plex.direct" \ -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=plex.direct"

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

Watch plex.direct. DNS read at the source every 5 minutes; certificate, blocklists and expiry every 6 hours. You get an email only when something changes.

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