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How is virginia.gov?

Be careful risk 20/100

Registered 26 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, no valid HTTPS certificate, the site did not answer (SSLCertVerificationError).

Why

02050100
finecarefulhigh risk
  • +20No valid HTTPS certificate.

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

Site
down
SSLCertVerificationError
HTTPS
invalid
certificate not read
Age
26 years
registered 2001-01-04
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records4 record types
A166.67.201.76
MX30 mailstream-central.mxrecord.mx
10 mailstream-west.mxrecord.io
10 mailstream-east.mxrecord.io
NSsnsb.vita.virginia.gov
cnsa.vita.virginia.gov
cnsb.vita.virginia.gov
snsa.vita.virginia.gov
TXT2573617
MS=ms76521280
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anthropic-domain-verification-erg95h=iHHujAJfuOuoE95aWKWXRQBxO
anthropic-domain-verification-s79hkp=7lRU8Zxp7YE3Ca0Q7XfFVddsx
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google-site-verification=L3jX_VM6Ihg5tvCAeM7DdRgUw8QhBnCrhGh0HNmjwsk
google-site-verification=SNDHFvcutZud3kQalRCHdGjXT-PQf0tR8c9ar7vcmc4
cisco-ci-domain-verification=11b8ca2511650f3bcfcc14c96c9e9e584e8a1fcdb6266678f8bba4ac9141cf21
v=spf1 ip4:68.232.130.44 ip4:68.232.135.206 ip4:68.232.141.193 ip4:216.71.146.165 ip4:166.67.73.136 ip4:166.67.73.137 ip4:166.67.73.138 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.msg.virginia.gov ~all
Registrationget.gov
registrarget.gov
registered2001-01-04
expires2027-08-22
last changed2026-08-14
ownerCommonwealth of Virginia
countryUnited States
nameserverscnsa.vita.virginia.gov
cnsb.vita.virginia.gov
snsa.vita.virginia.gov
snsb.vita.virginia.gov
statusserver transfer prohibited
registered 2001-01-04expires 2027-08-22
HTTPS certificatenot valid
validno
issuerDigiCert Inc
coverswww.governor.virginia.gov, www.administration.virginia.gov, www.ag-forestry.virginia.gov, www.commerce.virginia.gov, www.commonwealth.virginia.gov, www.education.virginia.gov, www.finance.virginia.gov, www.hhr.virginia.gov, www.naturalresources.virginia.gov, www.pshs.virginia.gov, www.technology.virginia.gov, www.transportation.virginia.gov
protocolTLSv1.2
issued 2026-09-09expires 2027-03-26
DNSSECsecure

Domain is properly signed — chain validated by an independent validating resolver

. → gov → virginia.gov
Email authenticationgood
SPFpass v=spf1 ip4:68.232.130.44 ip4:68.232.135.206 ip4:68.232.141.193 ip4:216.71.146.165 ip4:166.67.73.136 ip4:166.67.73.137 ip4:166.67.73.138 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.msg.virginia.gov ~all
DMARCwarning policy none
DKIMfound: google

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

Security scoregrade B · 148/185
Basic Security
30/40missing: Nameserver Diversity
Record Security
23/45missing: CAA Records, DMARC Record, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
20/25missing: IPv6 Support
Domain Reputation
30/30missing: Domain Blacklist Status
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 5 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop166.67.201.76Barracuda166.67.201.76UCEPROTECT Level 1166.67.201.76

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=virginia.gov" \ -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=virginia.gov"

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

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