zdnet.com

Observed 2026-07-13T00:47:39.489360328+00:00 (15h ago). Every field below was attested with an Ed25519 signature at scan time.

Up right now

Runs onFastly

Email byGoogle Workspace

Secured byLet's Encrypt

Registered withCSC Corporate Domains, Inc.

Also usesAtlassianFacebook/MetaFigmaGoogle Search Console

media_entertainment

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

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

zdnet.com

A / AAAA

199.232.198.154199.232.194.154

Fastlyserves the site

aria.ns.cloudflare.comowen.ns.cloudflare.com

cloudflare.comanswers its DNS

smtp.google.com

Google Workspacereceives its email

TLS

*.zdnet.com

Let's Encryptissued its certificate

DNS Records

A 2

199.232.198.154
199.232.194.154

MX 1

1smtp.google.com

TXT 20

MS=ms65532728
adobe-idp-site-verification=b6e27597198dfc9921fbe2ad78e9a76012bb17d0ddb65389e600ecb80de9a555
amazonses:kWgTT8gEghPg1NxciZwhrB3xu+jSMwW8T80qgRg5Kyw=
amazonses:tf7PxlKrP5loKZqpIoiHCfuwRc9LWPN35B8KBlvXYvU=
anthropic-domain-verification-4sn0p2=1S8SKrvmazJTSpSOW0ZEUoQHj
atlassian-domain-verification=QUsZX4LdPWTYZgx09JhShFot27EJnUl/5CyxXFsiGebXl2QD8Fh3zzfkYZJe42Ic
canva-site-verification=Dq2WPizCkBmFzG8pX1jdkQ
facebook-domain-verification=qxzu4bw9l67g1b59xbja9fqgyetsfq
figma-domain-verification=4f7cdfa45ca39f617dd7ba7b165e1bfd5e9b5e1ec18b849c6098dfdc4a4cfa64-1740511309
google-site-verification=0MpBgJlty0QJTSbL0NsxKSMQao7AtbMttqQqLBpnuqo

NS 2

aria.ns.cloudflare.com
owen.ns.cloudflare.com

SOA 1

aria.ns.cloudflare.com dns.cloudflare.com

TLS Certificates (3)

Common Name	Issuer	Expires
`*.zdnet.com`	C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=YR2	Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:43:25 +0000
`YR2`	C=US, O=ISRG, CN=Root YR	Sat, 02 Sep 2028 23:59:59 +0000
`Root YR`	C=US, O=Internet Security Research Group, CN=ISRG Root X1	Thu, 02 Sep 2032 23:59:59 +0000

Subdomains (0)

None observed.

The proof

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Ed25519 Receipt

Receipt ID: 7166b043-cd0e-4bf8-9966-4a27681eaf0c
Output Hash: 45b87fa86587bd0d37ed0c10461a0c12f42c86baae7ce1cbbaa0bd295475b480
Signature: ed25519:87046d4eca10693d594d767a64c55bce24191a9ab0073e891dac4e4f053f679a9297f8a74e1edf72be585fe067d0e3d9aa0c7d2f28a596b0a3a00c7a39628704
Public Key: ed25519:178c3bd0f57d9d64b83cc4630753381e1a465005a2bbba3d032371f24af0bfd8
Parent: (genesis)
Plane: fast

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