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britannica.com

Observed Jul 21, 2026, 19:36 UTC (2d ago). Every field below was attested with an Ed25519 signature at scan time. Catalog observation, re-checked on rotation — watch it for 5-minute checks.

Guarded by a firewall
Runs onCloudflare
Email byGoogle (SPF sender)
Secured byAmazon
Also usesFacebook/MetaGoogle Search Console
push_legacy
Every line above is a signed observation. Check the math at the bottom of the page.
INFRASTRUCTURE MAPwhat britannica.com actually stands on - every host below is a signed observation
britannica.com
A / AAAA
34.193.118.2033.222.172.51
Cloudflareserves the site
NS
ns-1050.awsdns-03.orgns-1567.awsdns-03.co.ukns-243.awsdns-30.comns-829.awsdns-39.net
awsdns-03.org + awsdns-03.co.uk + moreanswers its DNS
TLS
*.britannica.com
Amazonissued its certificate

DNS Records

A 2

  • 34.193.118.203
  • 3.222.172.51

TXT 8

  • ca3-34d513380a624c15b1894f20512d2ca8
  • ca3-5187b5f7e89c48ce9ac11ac4ad4ba681
  • facebook-domain-verification=yx5oj1072bsq69m7blcnrkktdu6h4h
  • google-site-verification=3qlcdPLjaLxZmTfGmv2-7hXoRu7HWw7Sx--a2KgIoN0
  • google-site-verification=iCsMOBxTnqow6GNvW0LQ292qIMjLqMXwpQ6tOfIZgY4
  • google-site-verification=k10aAIZQu5EjFbrh-ABW-9q9phYyigXf-211snaxdg4
  • v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com exists:%{i}._spf.sparkpostmail.com ~all
  • v=DMARC1; p=reject; sp=reject; fo=1; rua=mailto:d6cbe1b8@in.mailhardener.com; ruf=mailto:d6cbe1b8@in.mailhardener.com

NS 4

  • ns-1050.awsdns-03.org
  • ns-1567.awsdns-03.co.uk
  • ns-243.awsdns-30.com
  • ns-829.awsdns-39.net

SOA 1

  • ns-243.awsdns-30.com awsdns-hostmaster.amazon.com

TLS Certificates (3)

Common NameIssuerExpires
*.britannica.com C=US, O=Amazon, CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M04 Mon, 25 Jan 2027 23:59:59 +0000
Amazon RSA 2048 M04 C=US, O=Amazon, CN=Amazon Root CA 1 Fri, 23 Aug 2030 22:26:35 +0000
Amazon Root CA 1 C=US, ST=Arizona, L=Scottsdale, O=Starfield Technologies, Inc., CN=Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2 Thu, 31 Dec 2037 01:00:00 +0000

Subdomains (0)

None observed.

The proof

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Ed25519 Receipt

Receipt ID
rcpt_7a6d8d395995888e
Output Hash
4e48080ec8ca69a6ff8c6fd0ceec3851d936b860398b836eaa0f488e91ff7cf2
Signature
ed25519:59ebbc8e8a56853867c0bd423f2d95357a63f83a900f817822b24e561378d27c8b1fa65e105dfac0cc354cea72ba5eeb00cbf037dbb57f07968fc3ac46d8d606
Public Key
ed25519:178c3bd0f57d9d64b83cc4630753381e1a465005a2bbba3d032371f24af0bfd8
Parent
(genesis)
Plane
fast
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