How is sohu.com?

Be careful risk 40/100

Registered 28 years ago, listed on 2 blocklists, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 1581 ms.

Why

02050100

finecarefulhigh risk

+40Listed on 2 spam/abuse blocklist(s).

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

The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.

Site

200

1581 ms · ends at www.sohu.com

HTTPS

93 d

left on a DigiCert, Inc. certificate

Age

28 years

registered 1998-07-05

Blocklists

listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records4 record types

A	211.100.53.32 110.43.83.35 116.130.217.3 109.244.23.96 39.156.83.199 61.135.164.50
MX	5 sohumx1.sohu.com 10 sohumx.h.a.sohu.com 5 sohumx2.sohu.com
NS	ns16.sohu.com ns14.sohu.com ns12.sohu.com ns11.sohu.com ns13.sohu.com ns15.sohu.com
TXT	v=spf1 include:spf.sohu.com -all google-site-verification=t9FxZETb5Jnkos5v_VheJ7td95W-Q_ID487nfmRX37U google-site-verification=yrLEFvNuYMpidEvevwISrS3QxsVZqTJbnxqn9R1xBDw

RegistrationMarkMonitor Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

registrar	MarkMonitor Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
registered	1998-07-05
expires	2027-07-04
last changed	2026-03-09
owner	REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
nameservers	ns11.sohu.com ns12.sohu.com ns13.sohu.com ns14.sohu.com ns15.sohu.com ns16.sohu.com
status	client delete prohibited client transfer prohibited client update prohibited server delete prohibited server transfer prohibited server update prohibited

registered 1998-07-05expires 2027-07-04

HTTPS certificate93 days left

valid	yes
issuer	DigiCert, Inc.
covers	*.sohu.com, sohu.com
protocol	TLSv1.3

issued 2026-07-14expires 2027-01-28

DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → com → sohu.com

Email authenticationexcellent

SPF	pass `v=spf1 include:spf.sohu.com -all`
DMARC	pass policy reject
DKIM	found: default, mail

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

Security scoregrade C · 130/205

Basic Security

10/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled, Nameserver Diversity

Record Security

30/45missing: CAA Records, DKIM Presence

Advanced Security

15/25missing: SOA Record Configuration, IPv6 Support

Domain Reputation

40/50missing: IP Blacklist Status

Threat Detection

35/45missing: Fast-Flux Detection, Domain Age Check

Blocklists2 listings · 17 lookups

SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop39.156.83.199Barracuda39.156.83.199UCEPROTECT Level 139.156.83.199SpamCop61.135.164.50Barracuda61.135.164.50UCEPROTECT Level 161.135.164.50SpamCop116.130.217.3Barracuda116.130.217.3UCEPROTECT Level 1116.130.217.3SpamCop211.100.53.32Barracuda211.100.53.32UCEPROTECT Level 1211.100.53.32SpamCop110.43.83.35Barracuda110.43.83.35UCEPROTECT Level 1110.43.83.35

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=sohu.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=sohu.com"

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

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