metafilter.com

Observed Jul 18, 2026, 13:24 UTC (9h ago). Every field below was attested with an Ed25519 signature at scan time.

Up right now

Runs onCloudflare

Email byGoogle Workspace

Registered withAmazon Registrar, Inc.

IPv6 · 10 subdomains · tranco_20k

Every line above is a signed observation. Check the math at the bottom of the page.

INFRASTRUCTURE MAPwhat metafilter.com actually stands on - every host below is a signed observation

metafilter.com

A / AAAA

104.26.6.211172.67.73.55104.26.7.2112606:4700:20::681a:6d3+2 more

Cloudflareserves the site

tanner.ns.cloudflare.comalice.ns.cloudflare.com

cloudflare.comanswers its DNS

alt3.aspmx.l.google.comaspmx.l.google.comALT2.aspmx.l.google.comALT4.aspmx.l.google.com+6 more

Google Workspacereceives its email

HTTPS probe

redirect Redirecting (3xx) 301 → https://www.metafilter.com/

HTTP status301

Servercloudflare

TLS protocolHTTP/2

TLS issuernot observed

Behind Cloudflareyes

Response time2 ms

DNS resolutionNOERROR

Redirect chain

https://www.metafilter.com/

Every field above is part of the same signed observation as the records below. Blank means not observed, never "none".

DNS Records

A 3

104.26.6.211
172.67.73.55
104.26.7.211

AAAA 3

2606:4700:20::681a:6d3
2606:4700:20::681a:7d3
2606:4700:20::ac43:4937

MX 10

10alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
1aspmx.l.google.com
5ALT2.aspmx.l.google.com
10ALT4.aspmx.l.google.com
1aspmx.l.google.com
5ALT1.aspmx.l.google.com
10ALT4.aspmx.l.google.com
10alt3.aspmx.l.google.com
5ALT1.aspmx.l.google.com
5ALT2.aspmx.l.google.com

TXT 2

v=spf1 ip4:54.186.220.77 ip4:34.222.87.189 include:_spf.google.com include:mefi.us ~all
v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:frimble@metafilter.com

NS 2

tanner.ns.cloudflare.com
alice.ns.cloudflare.com

SOA 1

alice.ns.cloudflare.com dns.cloudflare.com

TLS Certificates (0)

None.

Subdomains (10)

The proof

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Ed25519 Receipt

Receipt ID: 30aaca3b-541c-48a2-9af3-573335fbeaaa
Output Hash: ac58fac9c802ea5bc11af19d37b5623150db4917bba67ac913ad24654c828322
Signature: ed25519:38107042e7c39f5a73de1a862ac1811f3ae8be870818481e5c5588ccc499dd573de626c3d9cb9964b1746d9279c43d3e62e9d40290698d8adc4d51241b03e10c
Public Key: ed25519:7aad40f2d6399c207fe2fc15aade04a78324787a355d36725cc90687f9e10cff
Parent: (genesis)
Plane: fast

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