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How is usc.edu?

Not sure yet risk 10/100

On no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 70 ms.

Why

02050100
finecarefulhigh risk
  • +10Could not read the domain's registration record.
  • ·Could not check registration; retry before trusting this domain.

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

How usc.edu looks right now
The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.
Site
200
70 ms
HTTPS
70 d
left on a Let's Encrypt certificate
Age
?
creation date not reported
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types
A23.185.0.3
AAAA2620:12a:8000::3
2620:12a:8001::3
MX50 mx0a-00164701.pphosted.com
50 mx0b-00164701.pphosted.com
NSns0163.secondary.cloudflare.com
ns0037.secondary.cloudflare.com
TXTasv=1147b35e22e2230f3e7ed7ef96d0b3cb
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e2ma-verification=5gfgb
e2ma-verification=f2fgb
SFMC-amtHrwXeF3C5rm2Ha9E3H_dpDHSLFtemkbvrt-wI
anthropic-domain-verification-x7watn=4dSAzk3nah83WVRJd29J5M2H5
pardot_137301_*=10c850f0ce73fd1f680c3edc78532b93f96e586561ff743a37eec44f63731125
apple-domain-verification=f8jvjXpxkZuZImoG
atlassian-domain-verification=kSvetIKe/diM5FGbD37dFnvsdAGwPgNFtgM/1L2RoLFZeXaHp85HV/7TZ2PwsyX3
box-domain-verification=3430746f12c99e884185c424a68a8074130e28056a6c457bbe05730d945ed270
e2ma-verification=jafgb
smartsheet-site-validation=TU0OtXimEUDMJsaPh9y4LAbl10IbwvYq
dropbox-domain-verification=q9fk5cnf7e8z
hpe-greenlake-domain-verification=4d42657379582d505849316c4355583579776d497658643764525a6372344334
google-site-verification=nojeOyc6lI8uv7PtvYD47Elxa4EAw8unfUWjovYIfOQ
google-site-verification=2Z-mrJy4KQmEzVpdrZOonGhzDjNR6vC44p-NG6ks0Bw
docusign=0e8d546c-c2fe-412d-be88-b3c7fc36e4e9
openai-domain-verification=dv-kGyAmC7lEvaog16maM510wic
v=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com ~all
google-site-verification=7jISKLgSY6Xj9zt1ZjvoVsHZvOMpGjgzih8xn6sDoXA
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e2ma-verification=31b
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e2ma-verification=t5egb
apple-domain-verification=r8UAnaLgMQbbCPYH
docusign=b64b37c7-7a9d-4b6d-9093-07e862bada10
cisco-ci-domain-verification=4c96d65a1a9921efe23d594af51d2534c089b7ac61d461b7a98cee05286f7030
e2ma-verification=vffgb
amazonses:pdFwTbWzxT9aEG1QWjQIN1JQ2Nde7PSWZbDNYgLiJII=
teamviewer-sso-verification=65d375c2d6374c5a991d77de3d1949a0
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openai-domain-verification=dv-fHYmgZvRjNESMGRQcU8v87pq
MS=ms20859340
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brevo-code:c8ebd56e46efa8226729d35478a57103
pardot_137301_*=65e54b29681de123cb44a1079735eb760ede531320b27768f921b2fe7a59efa0
Registrationregistrar not reported
HTTPS certificate70 days left
validyes
issuerLet's Encrypt
coversabout.usc.edu, emergency.usc.edu, usc.edu, visit.usc.edu, www.usc.edu
protocolTLSv1.3
issued 2026-10-14expires 2027-01-12
DNSSECinsecure

Domain has DNSKEY but no DS record in parent zone

. → edu → usc.edu
Email authenticationgood
SPFpass v=spf1 include:%{ir}.%{v}.%{d}.spf.has.pphosted.com ~all
DMARCwarning policy none
DKIMfound: selector1, s1, s2, mail

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

Security scoregrade B · 173/205
Basic Security
30/40missing: Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
23/45missing: CAA Records, DMARC Record, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
25/25
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 5 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop23.185.0.3Barracuda23.185.0.3UCEPROTECT Level 123.185.0.3

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=usc.edu" \ -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=usc.edu"

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

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