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howtoforge.com

Observed Jul 22, 2026, 00:50 UTC (8h 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.

Up right now
Runs onCloudflare
Secured byGoogle Trust Services
Registered withMesh Digital Limited
IPv6 · tranco_40k
Every line above is a signed observation. Check the math at the bottom of the page.
INFRASTRUCTURE MAPwhat howtoforge.com actually stands on - every host below is a signed observation
howtoforge.com
A / AAAA
172.67.68.93104.26.2.165104.26.3.1652606:4700:20::681a:2a5+2 more
Cloudflareserves the site
NS
karl.ns.cloudflare.commelissa.ns.cloudflare.com
cloudflare.comanswers its DNS
MX
ezmail.mail.howtoforge.com
howtoforge.comreceives its email
TLS
howtoforge.com
Google Trust Servicesissued its certificate

DNS Records

A 3

  • 172.67.68.93
  • 104.26.2.165
  • 104.26.3.165

AAAA 3

  • 2606:4700:20::681a:2a5
  • 2606:4700:20::ac43:445d
  • 2606:4700:20::681a:3a5

MX 1

  • 10ezmail.mail.howtoforge.com

TXT 2

  • v=spf1 a:smtpout.howtoforge.com ip4:162.55.43.1 ip4:168.119.187.99 ip4:188.40.103.101 ip4:178.63.27.119 ip4:78.46.59.59 ip4:148.251.213.113 a mx ip6:2a01:4f8:c010:89c8::1 a:v220.ensignweb.de ip4:78.46.229.46 ip6:2a01:4f8:c012:84b1::1 ~all
  • v=DMARC1; p=quarantine;

NS 2

  • karl.ns.cloudflare.com
  • melissa.ns.cloudflare.com

SOA 1

  • karl.ns.cloudflare.com dns.cloudflare.com

TLS Certificates (3)

Common NameIssuerExpires
howtoforge.com C=US, O=Google Trust Services, CN=WE1 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:19:29 +0000
WE1 C=US, O=Google Trust Services LLC, CN=GTS Root R4 Tue, 20 Feb 2029 14:00:00 +0000
GTS Root R4 C=BE, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, 2.5.4.11=Root CA, CN=GlobalSign Root CA Fri, 28 Jan 2028 00:00:42 +0000

Subdomains (0)

None observed.

The proof

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Ed25519 Receipt

Receipt ID
rcpt_4b71abd42a7cb7c1
Output Hash
478173722c6d93bc93d28d4fe0a3226177c722bb442716db0d1ac3871aea52bc
Signature
ed25519:57fa55b925c03c355740f310836a948e34c9b18a9699eb6c6c89662f9a5d69bd2e0ab0b1d9c038d9a899d3d6f23fae93066635d586cf32d05c03c9a048dae807
Public Key
ed25519:178c3bd0f57d9d64b83cc4630753381e1a465005a2bbba3d032371f24af0bfd8
Parent
(genesis)
Plane
fast
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