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How is techtarget.com?

Be careful risk 20/100

Registered 27 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, no valid HTTPS certificate, the site answered 200 in 87 ms.

Why

02050100
finecarefulhigh risk
  • +20No valid HTTPS certificate.

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

How techtarget.com looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
200
87 ms · ends at www.techtarget.com
HTTPS
invalid
Could not resolve host (EREFUSED)
Age
27 years
registered 1999-09-15
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records4 record types
A107.178.255.225
35.201.75.197
MX10 mx0a-00051b01.pphosted.com
10 mx0b-00051b01.pphosted.com
NSns14.techtarget.com
ns13.techtarget.com
ns11.techtarget.com
ns10.techtarget.com
ns12.techtarget.com
ns15.techtarget.com
TXTZOOM_verify_kUsT6TMWkwN13AfmiQTuOs
_pv0hbcfti3dk3ulznclv4rr4ddfkiop
apple-domain-verification=qHVm0zzpiAcK289D
google-site-verification=06ufhFpYArVGLstsuEPc1r_Aop23eYij5DmTRABFbTY
google-site-verification=rZaq1jkHspRZlqJRwuEdqAuVm5wiEXePze_foZRIYqc
google-site-verification=74hh2my_UmwQ7299BzpupbiyqHuNHltqEHoqT91WdTU
atlassian-domain-verification=sRjOArl3CJxeea/8YAqLKRCacQg5UakXKDxOagGqaYidF0hTtppltmFqey47/JCZ
MS=ms65462634
atlassian-domain-verification=ow8hoanKlPK6PqVFiEXA7k4jnGbo3apXcEhEF19hGmS6HGw3JmSxbxmJRIvA8LLM
smartsheet-site-validation=e7yB3O0e67jKsN39zPgF6H5M8yu5YprE
v=spf1 ip4:208.84.65.49 ip4:67.231.152.14 include:spf-00051b01.pphosted.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:mktomail.com include:docebosaas.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:clientspf.zestbenefits.com include:relays.gooddata.com ~all
MS=DEFC79F46DBC71ED1571C0FC8ED764450D325282
UyATd4tCrKFPJgoUWSR4SThEi/PZW2aoY2mB4AxfUrXW+RalkB49hKL7bp3BvF/AYE6bsocGiB/jUsaEo4TDSQ==
adobe-idp-site-verification=ddc9086934eec531a0848244b5949d8f454062360072b87743529d47aa5daab7
google-site-verification=DUxeDEatmZYVpWXhjNps0QoMQME49gWPtZoYvHOOojU
RegistrationDNC Holdings, Inc.
registrarDNC Holdings, Inc.
registered1999-09-15
expires2027-12-02
last changed2026-10-18
nameserversns10.techtarget.com
ns11.techtarget.com
ns12.techtarget.com
ns13.techtarget.com
ns14.techtarget.com
ns15.techtarget.com
statusclient delete prohibited
client transfer prohibited
client update prohibited
delete prohibited
transfer prohibited
update prohibited
registered 1999-09-15expires 2027-12-02
HTTPS certificatenot valid
validno
problemCould not resolve host (EREFUSED)
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → com → techtarget.com
Email authenticationexcellent
SPFpass v=spf1 ip4:208.84.65.49 ip4:67.231.152.14 include:spf-00051b01.pphosted.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:mktomail.com include:docebosaas.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:clientspf.zestbenefits.com include:relays.gooddata.com ~all
DMARCpass policy quarantine
DKIMfound: selector1, selector2, s1, s2

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

Security scoregrade B · 150/205
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
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 8 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop35.201.75.197Barracuda35.201.75.197UCEPROTECT Level 135.201.75.197SpamCop107.178.255.225Barracuda107.178.255.225UCEPROTECT Level 1107.178.255.225

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=techtarget.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=techtarget.com"

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

IPv6. IPv6 readiness grade for techtarget.com Does techtarget.com work over IPv6? See the live check on aaaa.bot — website, mail and nameservers, graded A–F.

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