How is root-servers.net?

Be careful risk 20/100

Registered 31 years ago, no valid HTTPS certificate, the site did not answer (OSError).

Why

02050100

finecarefulhigh risk

+20No valid HTTPS certificate.

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

Site

down

OSError

HTTPS

invalid

Could not resolve host (ENODATA)

Age

31 years

registered 1995-07-04

Blocklists

listings across 2 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records1 record types

NS	b.root-servers.net f.root-servers.net a.root-servers.net k.root-servers.net j.root-servers.net h.root-servers.net m.root-servers.net i.root-servers.net e.root-servers.net g.root-servers.net c.root-servers.net l.root-servers.net d.root-servers.net

RegistrationNetwork Solutions, LLC

registrar	Network Solutions, LLC
registered	1995-07-04
expires	2033-07-03
last changed	2024-01-05
nameservers	a.root-servers.net b.root-servers.net c.root-servers.net d.root-servers.net e.root-servers.net f.root-servers.net g.root-servers.net h.root-servers.net i.root-servers.net j.root-servers.net k.root-servers.net l.root-servers.net m.root-servers.net
status	server delete prohibited server transfer prohibited server update prohibited

registered 1995-07-04expires 2033-07-03

HTTPS certificatenot valid

valid	no
problem	Could not resolve host (ENODATA)

DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → net → root-servers.net

Email authenticationpoor

SPF	none
DMARC	none
DKIM	none of 1 common selectors

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

Security scoregrade D · 95/190

Basic Security

10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity

Record Security

0/45missing: CAA Records, SPF Record, DMARC Record, DKIM Presence

Advanced Security

5/25missing: Mail Server Configuration, SOA Record Configuration, IPv6 Support

Domain Reputation

35/35

Threat Detection

45/45missing: Domain Age Check

Blocklists0 listings · 2 lookups

SURBL MultidomainURIBL Multidomain

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=root-servers.net" \ -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=root-servers.net"

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

Watch root-servers.net. 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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