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/ 100 BETA
Low Risk Education
.edu websites

mit.edu looks legitimate based on our checks.

Likely safe. As always, check the address bar before entering sensitive data.

Security check
None detected
Visitors
Very Popular
Website age
Unknown
Hosted in
United States
Last updated

About mit.edu

We could not find out when mit.edu was created. It is hosted in United States. Its content suggests it is an Education website. It is one of the most visited websites worldwide (#228). None of the security databases we monitor list it. Its connection is encrypted (padlock in the address bar) — good, though scam sites can have this too.

Key facts

Online since
—
Website age
Unknown
Category
Education
Hosted in
United States
Secure connection
Yes
Registered with
Not published
Page title
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

What we checked

Website age Unknown

We could not read the registration date of this domain. Some registries hide it; that alone is not a warning sign.

Visitors Very Popular

This site ranks #228 among the most visited websites worldwide (Tranco list). Scam sites rarely reach this level of traffic.

Security databases None detected

No security vendor or threat feed we check currently lists this domain. New scams are often not listed yet, so treat this as one signal among many.

Hosting country United States

The website is hosted on a server in United States. The hosting location says little on its own, but it should fit where the business claims to be.

Registered with Unknown

The registrar is not published for this domain.

Technical details for experts
Server address
23.37.35.165
Network
AS16625 · AKAMAI-AS
Certificate
OV DigiCert Inc
Certificate expires
Nov 13, 2026
Last changed
—
Response code
200
DNS A
23.37.35.165
DNS AAAA
2a02:26f0:3100:182::255e
2a02:26f0:3100:193::255e
DNS MX
100 mit-edu.mail.protection.outlook.com
DNS NS
asia1.akam.net
asia2.akam.net
eur5.akam.net
ns1-173.akam.net
ns1-37.akam.net
use2.akam.net
use5.akam.net
usw2.akam.net
DNS TXT
*fastly-domain-delegation-hnb9joooe7gojgqu4eth-00494769-2025-08-23
1VNZ334aKc8FypCKDhIMOQBsKFd8gCgTFQuPlDwQfzPNxPCKonTOnhuFQ8+kE32E2TgkBiOp9EFab5nfVc+38g==
6B22D05A50CCFD8AEDE263D10A43B5F2
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E2MA-VERIFICATION=86JGB
E2MA-VERIFICATION=8AWBB
E2MA-VERIFICATION=C8D4
E2MA-VERIFICATION=MONGB

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