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Domain analysis
Domain analysis
A domain is a fingerprint. WHOIS records show who registered it and when, DNS reveals its infrastructure, SSL certificates expose its history, and the tech stack tells you what's running behind it. This collection walks through every layer of domain intelligence and how investigators, security teams, and platforms use it to assess trust.
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Understanding WHOIS, DNS, and SSL records
The three pillars of domain intelligence and how to read each one in a lookup response.
Spotting malicious domains before they strike
Registration age, privacy proxies, and DNS patterns that signal phishing infrastructure.
Mapping infrastructure with DNS records
MX, NS, TXT, and A records - what each reveals about how a domain operates.
Tech stack fingerprinting from the outside
How a domain's public surface reveals frameworks, CDNs, and third-party tools.
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