Report ID: #2132E818

nih.gov

Item: nih.gov
Rating: 5
Author: AddressFirm

United States Valid HTTPS 28.6 years Updated 6 hours ago

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100

Very Safe

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nih.gov Trust Review

nih.gov belongs to the National Institutes of Health, the main U.S. government agency for medical research. The site’s long registration history, HTTPS encryption, and government registrar all point to a stable, official public service rather than a risky private operation.

Technical Information

IP Address	156.40.212.210
Server Location	United States · Bethesda
ISP / Provider	Unknown
SSL Certificate	Valid HTTPS
SSL Issuer	Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2
Valid Until	2027-02-15
Registrar	get.gov
Registered On	1997-10-02
Expires On	2026-08-22
Domain Age	28.6 years

Initial findings

Our automated probe of nih.gov returned a clean DNS answer pointing to United States, served by Unknown, with the TLS handshake responding OK.

Registration history

nih.gov has existed for about 28.6 years. Long-lived domains are usually associated with established projects, although age alone is not a guarantee of safety.

HTTPS verdict

Our HTTPS probe to nih.gov concluded with: OK. Together with the registrar and hosting country, this forms the security side of the scorecard.

Where the data lives

Anything you submit to nih.gov is processed on servers located in United States. Choose to share data accordingly.

Risk perspective

Domains with the profile of nih.gov (age 28.6 years, SSL OK, registrar get.gov, country United States) usually fall in the "very_safe" category in our automated scoring.

Verdict

Trust score: 100/100 — very_safe. This is an automated, technical-only verdict; treat it as one data point among many.

What looks good

Domain appears in public CT logs
Valid SSL/TLS certificate
Several years of registration history
No malware signature triggered our quick scan

What to watch

Technical signals alone cannot prove ownership
Privacy-protected WHOIS — operator not directly visible
Registrar based outside the target audience country

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the WHOIS information about nih.gov hidden?

Most modern registrars apply privacy protection by default, so personal contact data may be redacted. Registration dates and registrar are still visible.

Is nih.gov on a security blocklist?

At the time of audit, nih.gov was not present in the public blocklists we sample (PhishTank, abuse feeds, etc.).

Is nih.gov a phishing website?

Our scanner does not perform visual similarity checks. We can only confirm that no obvious infrastructure markers (cert mismatch, fresh registration with high traffic) were triggered.

What looks risky about nih.gov?

For nih.gov we look at: age 28.6 yrs, SSL OK, registrar get.gov and hosting in United States. Any single weak point can drag the technical confidence down.

How often is nih.gov re-checked?

By default the report is refreshed every 30 days, plus on every manual re-check from the dashboard.

This report is generated automatically from public technical signals. It is not legal or financial advice.

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