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How is theguardian.com?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 32 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 70 ms.

Why

02050100
finecarefulhigh risk
  • ·Nothing in the checks added risk.

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

How theguardian.com looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
200
70 ms · ends at www.theguardian.com
HTTPS
130 d
left on a GlobalSign nv-sa certificate
Age
32 years
registered 1994-07-06
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types
A151.101.65.111
151.101.1.111
151.101.193.111
151.101.129.111
AAAA2a04:4e42:600::367
2a04:4e42::367
2a04:4e42:200::367
2a04:4e42:400::367
MX10 aspmx.l.google.com
20 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com
30 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com
30 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
20 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com
NSdns4.p04.nsone.net
dns1.p04.nsone.net
ns03.theguardiandns.com
ns02.theguardiandns.com
dns2.p04.nsone.net
ns04.theguardiandns.com
dns3.p04.nsone.net
ns01.theguardiandns.com
TXTgoogle-site-verification=iLS6vcS8qLmM07nG-W_M3TAmaSEAAwoLBKovJCGOrOs
apple-domain-verification=4qbvNZKyKKZyBtdU
cisco-ci-domain-verification=394bd3979592402fa40244fcf11f48e5e5014697e1f7e8587eba08075cdd79e3
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google-site-verification=M9Q_QcvQQCoQEca1--d55J0QKwKZt0XgAAj9DJrJ0jQ
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MS=ms94953828
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google-site-verification=LCHObeC_7NyDBnXVNSqm5VJAve2qxx04PmUFc697Rf0
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google-site-verification=4l7NequdA4a20U0D9YSw7ENlF69-hDeHXx21aU2UUC0
openai-domain-verification=dv-m8f1SR7Sj1HI4BIM0XsZAOxx
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facebook-domain-verification=9qqmd2kl745hph02i64iyoxvdphmi9
google-site-verification=IU-vqTBscxkgU3J_f5i10_i624mvE3IjvYpeVPB2A98
docker-verification=42d9d88d-f950-4407-a675-3d843c16a983
lucidlink-verification=4K96N0ZDHCHPKDZ538AFRVH54G
MS=B95E020056873FBC8A077EEE2104192B3DBC1D61
stripe-verification=85178DB4E6F4EC41721B7F20BD9F04B21E2B630ADA8156BDFE421272EBC2056F
google-site-verification=9SMJbNVsYm0GCVZbGVOMSzXajrK_pqVtjW3P007kaQo
google-site-verification=ujq5XlF5Ty7dwXv7S3AV99WRr8IwetZIjNqqloPpKmA
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google-site-verification=6-wiFtmcPHY78jVuZUE3io1c6c9SrSyjPVmUr7XRW2I
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apple-domain-verification=sVI2atim1Brh4UUx
google-site-verification=I3xSjID5V7E9UDa3WSvvvpCqiqw1_34kG1Y_rz5dlV4
slack-domain-verification=K3gfZj51sHXR6hxk5BVVfunkmGnHxc4NvwNtqo77
miro-verification=9bbe1ce0f13ab2efbbda64d44bd0db3c1f17fd60
RegistrationGoDaddy.com, LLC
registrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
registered1994-07-06
expires2027-07-05
last changed2026-07-05
nameserversdns1.p04.nsone.net
dns2.p04.nsone.net
dns3.p04.nsone.net
dns4.p04.nsone.net
ns01.theguardiandns.com
ns02.theguardiandns.com
ns03.theguardiandns.com
ns04.theguardiandns.com
statusclient delete prohibited
client renew prohibited
client transfer prohibited
client update prohibited
registered 1994-07-06expires 2027-07-05
HTTPS certificate130 days left
validyes
issuerGlobalSign nv-sa
coverstheguardian.com, *.code.dev-guardianapis.com, *.code.dev-theguardian.com, *.dev-theguardian.com, *.editorial.theguardian.com, *.email.theguardian.com, *.guardian.co.uk, *.guardianapis.com, *.guim.co.uk, *.guimcode.co.uk, *.ophan.co.uk, *.qa.dev-guardianapis.com
protocolTLSv1.3
issued 2026-08-18expires 2027-03-05
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → com → theguardian.com
Email authenticationexcellent
SPFpass v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:spf_c.oraclecloud.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:_spf1.theguardian.com ip4:199.255.192.0/22 ip4:199.127.232.0/22 ip4:54.240.0.0/18 ip4:69.169.224.0/20 ip4:23.249.208.0/20 ip4:23.251.224.0/19 ip4:76.223.176.0/20 ip4:54.240.64.0/18 ip4:76.223.128.0/19 ip4:216.221.160.0/19 ip4:206.55.144.0/20 ip4:24.110.64.0/18 -all
DMARCpass policy reject
DKIMfound: google

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

Security scoregrade B · 170/205
Basic Security
20/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled
Record Security
30/45missing: CAA Records, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
25/25
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 14 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop151.101.129.111Barracuda151.101.129.111UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.129.111SpamCop151.101.65.111Barracuda151.101.65.111UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.65.111SpamCop151.101.193.111Barracuda151.101.193.111UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.193.111SpamCop151.101.1.111Barracuda151.101.1.111UCEPROTECT Level 1151.101.1.111

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=theguardian.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=theguardian.com"

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

Watch theguardian.com. 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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