Dataweaz

forbes.com

Summary

Registrar
MarkMonitor Inc.
Status
clientDeleteProhibited
Created on
June 17, 1993
Expires on
June 16, 2027
Name servers
ns-979.awsdns-58.net, ns-1028.awsdns-00.org, ns-1637.awsdns-12.co.uk, ns-217.awsdns-27.com
Mail servers
us-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com, us-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com
DMARC
Reject

Spoofing protection (DMARC)

Reject

E-mails spoofing this domain are rejected.

DMARC tells mail servers what to do with an e-mail that claims to come from forbes.com but fails SPF and DKIM checks.

Policy
Reject
Subdomain policy
Reject
Messages covered
100%
DKIM alignment
Relaxed
SPF alignment
Relaxed
Failure reports
[email protected]

Record

v=DMARC1; p=reject; pct=100; rua=mailto:[email protected],mailto:[email protected]; ruf=mailto:[email protected]; fo=1;

Authorized senders (SPF)

Delegated

The policy is defined by the domain b45gkw7f._spf._d.mim.ec (redirect).

SPF lists the servers allowed to send e-mails for forbes.com.

RuleValueResult
redirectb45gkw7f._spf._d.mim.ec—

Top-level DNS lookups: 1 of 10 allowed

Record

v=spf1 redirect=b45gkw7f._spf._d.mim.ec

E-mail signing (DKIM)

DKIM keys published by forbes.com under the most common selectors. Other keys may exist under selectors specific to each sending service.

SelectorLikely serviceKeyStatus
googleGoogle WorkspaceRSA 2048 bitsActive
selector2Microsoft 365RSA 1024 bits · shortActive
k1MailchimpRSA 1024 bits · shortActive
mandrillMandrillRSA 1024 bits · shortActive
s1SendGridRSA 2048 bitsActive
s2SendGridRSA 1024 bits · shortActive

RSA keys shorter than 2048 bits, called short keys, are discouraged: they are easier to break.

MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC: the e-mail records

Four DNS records make a domain's e-mail work. MX says where e-mails sent to forbes.com arrive; SPF, DKIM and DMARC let mail servers check that an e-mail claiming to come from forbes.com was really sent by this domain, which protects it against spoofing.

MX

An MX (Mail Exchanger) record designates a server that receives e-mails sent to the domain. When someone writes to an @forbes.com address, their mail server queries the DNS for the domain's MX records, then delivers the message to the server they point to.

Example record

forbes.com  MX  10 mx1.forbes.com.
forbes.com  MX  20 mx2.forbes.com.

What the record contains

10, 20
Priority: the server with the lowest number is tried first. Servers with equal priority share the load.
mx1.forbes.com.
Host name of the mail server. It must point to an A or AAAA record: an IP address or an alias (CNAME) is not allowed here.
0 .
An MX "0 .", called a null MX, declares that the domain accepts no e-mail: sending servers give up at once instead of retrying.

Declaring at least two servers with different priorities avoids losing e-mails during an outage: sending servers retry for several days and fall back on the backup server. Without any MX, they try to deliver directly to the IP address of the domain.

SPF

SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is a TXT record listing the servers allowed to send e-mails on behalf of the domain. The receiving server checks that the sender is on this list. The final "all" rule says what to do with other servers: reject them (-all), flag their e-mails as suspicious (~all) or make no decision (?all).

Example record

forbes.com  TXT  "v=spf1 mx include:_spf.google.com ip4:192.0.2.10 -all"

What the record contains

v=spf1
Identifies the record as an SPF policy. It must come first.
ip4, ip6
Allows a specific IP address or an address range, for example ip4:192.0.2.0/24.
a, mx
Allows the addresses of the domain itself (A record) or those of its mail servers (MX).
include
Allows the servers of another domain, usually a sending service: include:_spf.google.com for Google Workspace.
-all, ~all
Final rule, applied to every other server. Its qualifier decides what happens to them: - rejects them, ~ flags their e-mails as suspicious, ? makes no decision, + accepts them (avoid it).

A domain must publish only one SPF record, and its evaluation cannot exceed 10 DNS lookups (include, a, mx, exists, redirect). Beyond that, mail servers treat it as invalid.

DKIM

DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) signs every outgoing e-mail with a private key. The matching public key is published in a TXT record at selector._domainkey.forbes.com, so the recipient can check that the message really comes from the domain and was not altered on the way. The selector is chosen by each sending service and cannot be guessed: Dataweaz checks the most common ones (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Mailchimp, SendGrid…), so a key published under another selector may exist without appearing here.

Example record

google._domainkey.forbes.com  TXT  "v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA…"

What the record contains

v=DKIM1
Protocol version. Optional but recommended, in which case it must come first.
k
Key algorithm: rsa, the most common, or ed25519.
p
Public key, base64-encoded. An empty value means the key has been revoked.
t
Flags: y marks a key in testing, whose failures must not be penalized; s forbids its use for subdomains.

Each sending service publishes its key under its own selector (google, selector1, k1…), which allows several keys and seamless rotation. A 2048-bit RSA key is recommended today.

DMARC

DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) builds on SPF and DKIM. Published on _dmarc.forbes.com, it tells mail servers what to do with an e-mail that fails these checks (let it through, send it to spam or reject it) and where to send reports.

Example record

_dmarc.forbes.com  TXT  "v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:[email protected]; adkim=r; aspf=r"

What the record contains

v=DMARC1
Identifies the record as a DMARC policy. It must come first.
p
Policy applied to e-mails that fail the checks: none (monitoring only), quarantine (spam folder) or reject.
sp
Subdomain policy. Without it, subdomains follow the domain's policy.
rua
Address that receives daily aggregate reports about e-mails sent on behalf of the domain, whether they pass the checks or not.
ruf
Address that receives detailed failure reports, message by message. Few providers still send them.
pct
Percentage of e-mails subject to the policy, for a gradual rollout. 100 by default.
adkim, aspf
DKIM and SPF alignment: r (relaxed, a subdomain of the same domain is enough) or s (strict, the domain must be identical).

To roll out DMARC without blocking legitimate e-mails, start with p=none and an rua address, analyze the reports to find every service sending on behalf of the domain, then move to quarantine and finally to reject.

DNS records of forbes.com

IP addresses (A and AAAA)

An A record maps the domain name to an IPv4 address: the address of the server that browsers contact to display the website. The AAAA record does the same for an IPv6 address. A domain can have several of them to spread visits across several servers.

Name servers (NS)

NS records designate the authoritative DNS servers of the domain: they answer every question about its other records (A, MX, TXT…). They are provided by the registrar, the hosting provider or a dedicated DNS service, and several servers are declared so that the domain keeps working if one of them fails.

ServerIP address
ns-979.awsdns-58.net205.251.195.211
ns-1028.awsdns-00.org205.251.196.4
ns-1637.awsdns-12.co.uk205.251.198.101
ns-217.awsdns-27.com205.251.192.217

Mail servers (MX)

MX records point to the servers that receive e-mails sent to the domain, that is to @forbes.com addresses. Each server has a priority: the one with the lowest number is tried first, the others take over if it fails. Without an MX record, the domain cannot receive e-mails.

PriorityServerIP address
10us-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com170.10.132.221
10us-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com170.10.132.221

TXT records

TXT records hold free text. They are used to prove ownership of the domain to online services (Google, Microsoft, Facebook…) and to publish e-mail security rules: SPF on the domain itself, DMARC on _dmarc.forbes.com.

NameContent
forbes.comsending_domain1025723=07a4a21499775df2794df065a6dc2e7c2c01a21593cea6162497f05bca993eaa
forbes.comsending_domain1032633=35ec75414af614386e4c539f6b6f70dec43759367a0507621bf72396033c96df
forbes.comshopify-verification-code=ylk8pVI1nugZQA5xPbN6LkHm7sD6CK
forbes.comsmartsheet-site-validation=cK_DmMDOyw92iKzuKOQwA0xEgc1QbECt
forbes.comstripe-verification=0d973d45747a457f5e2624c6116631d31e007d32d42654cca280f9b38da539f3
forbes.comteamviewer-sso-verification=27c248ca0d8b4160ae3d1de1a514f350
forbes.comteamviewer-sso-verification=d48556548a9646a3af6d65f6f2da0bff
forbes.comtollbit-domain-verification=f8c8756d26a28b62f839818a4beacd34fb4032d5c5dad7f2bea69856cf265082
forbes.comv=spf1 redirect=b45gkw7f._spf._d.mim.ec
forbes.com00DA0000000H8gQ=1TBUs0000000B8L
forbes.com1password-site-verification=VJAHF3DA3ZEJ7J26NH4WJ4QDYI
forbes.comAiAIjH5HOXMx5tZiyBtD0B/u8mG9qKWaux3SehpuJOv0F+5AvjwJTKsIeI7HR3DR0QDYmJthhZvN8ScuEO9LqA==
forbes.comMS=ms55849810
forbes.comSFMC-bcDxiJPY-jXu5QtysqxbFjCPLBjk3BSojw81lQrU
forbes.com_globalsign-domain-verification=OYfE_CcZQWFlEEOrR5yVCfCtmiQrm0bBdyUAJyg3qE
forbes.com_globalsign-domain-verification=f-B_7ErtvSe_2e1SkhSsTab6DQA-AVd2vcvY3gqskQ
forbes.com_globalsign-domain-verification=neaEg6fJBhW6Tg3gVqQJIn6pLyiBwIiDdxJ88CLzP6
forbes.com_globalsign-domain-verification=uJqsSX1GhpaZSFMhWB8VnlSbH-6c3GbKG4zsuqlwcx
forbes.com_globalsign-domain-verification=yMOGr8PalNMtvZPeSrDGFdvgJfngIvOKMbvhlujB3j
forbes.comactiveprospect-domain-verification=qp+SZ6XBnvREh9uEL2xQLA==
forbes.comactiveprospect-domain-verification=ua2Bpiq7hQeM3lYKH8kgnQ==
forbes.comadobe-idp-site-verification=a6de0a21210eae1c4187cfe64dfb37d7920d64e696bdfb0cad32d55ca6878c06
forbes.comanthropic-domain-verification-09rb60=Yuv8hcWdMxtF6VbmFFZFQNzTn
forbes.comapple-domain-verification=daIrUUF2LjNKeFrq
forbes.comatlassian-domain-verification=+tjT1PDHq7a3IkqoEdD/cr2krJeRPoT5b6MzfYBKGS4UnVXhIHyuSJjSIxijiVSQ
forbes.combox-domain-verification=a168e4b0fb547cea9aad102fd5b98ad61fc358ddd6ab17b084a1defac10e562a
forbes.comcanva-site-verification=0wNoieRvIbw1yAsgkfgEFg
forbes.comdatadome-domain-verify=gH4f7bbJndRTMUSvjv8PAP8SOlVa8wKW
forbes.comdetectify-verification=5f8e1d4a06c492a8ba7c03abd2c0ef89
forbes.comdocusign=d1893713-45af-4fd3-8a65-3ea6d0805b8d
forbes.comgoogle-site-verification=2LeumZRvIXuK3YrTI2IsISp06lXZpHCY1ql9Hdnm7ok
forbes.comgoogle-site-verification=4RdeC2A3Yjqca3_jGnjXGOYJFTVOzhMDw1SoOO7b6Dw
forbes.comgoogle-site-verification=Cv7OXjshytFn0TpR1rgKpHjEY_fROROE67OtoFceBqo
forbes.comgoogle-site-verification=DN-rZTjK3vdARCxismMt2SJDfV2969vhf1paBECwEMM
forbes.comgoogle-site-verification=Q0R44HZFT_-piE4edEVS_jGwyMFoOX4OZ9TGe6zTdys
forbes.comgoogle-site-verification=Xn4XFgtsz0Vg597dd8D8rO4jI6vC9pB7yseCSveG3h8
forbes.comgoogle-site-verification=Y4n4S0k7HGrE1sAHYlupK4YAjw4d_oSAeoGy6mLe8Mw
forbes.comgoogle-site-verification=cXpgpgls018QgvO6u7ZwfMVCNWo_woBz1bvNa4UoBEQ
forbes.comgoogle-site-verification=lYYbu_dzlcI_soF2GSXrdoAGm2XDbIAjDZyu0vhKwxc
forbes.comgoogle-site-verification=nPz5kafgk6DGWCT24sR_kxBZ6HdDWmVEPcT67LVTDi4
forbes.comgoogle-site-verification=xE03wJxteQXWM1cwqmiAVTgaQ3StFNRzuCXOobAACEs
forbes.comgoogle-site-verification=yZQq_-7hQQZvLkdcyiFtwW6OR3Z622l79OSUvBRsqNc
forbes.comjamf-site-verification=yHj9RKO_tLsE0_uN0pJFnA
forbes.comklaviyo-site-verification=UeguZL
forbes.comklaviyo-site-verification=UkVi3K
forbes.comloom-site-verification=2203b12049644a5f96f8b3027d420d7f
forbes.commandrill_verify.3ujpkQolFHR740mhYiRgYw
forbes.commgverify=735062366c4a3c7a10b6c50bcba26706a11ad9fc277ff9b88f65478b3517f0a1
forbes.commonday-com-verification=ndOawG8XV4mwyFS7aJZKgKvfWc_nN6gc6_5rUrvAS7A
forbes.comopenai-domain-verification=dv-w07b4qQxAzb1Klu9YesisWnX
forbes.compardot1025723=b54db22127fb6a86162b160a380d9c5c2c50bcb8cb300ab427037bbc1b85407c
forbes.compardot1032633=53abf112b6eecacc916172589fb4d4bd8c30db4bd1b5330035aa2b700d3ed6b0
forbes.compardot796133=6fd42896c075674c6c76877e3b89bdf5968ef1481049531e12ea9bdb8f2ff83e
forbes.compardot796133=9f1e666d7433483f4b9dc2e20e381f5585877aded11d3d17f1f597438ebb9726
forbes.compardot801473=19f8d9f3e51ca9f5e26b0d692435f822cdca35fb4777c78de68ae6c257d5b038
forbes.compardot801473=bf9d7022b0bc982f001c58f637feb87b69c9c2b03e8a6b856130925bea8ac117
forbes.compardot862611=cc07d11f1e6b06dc86f90b7be4df47547054f36ffae67809000382108c396476
_dmarc.forbes.comv=DMARC1; p=reject; pct=100; rua=mailto:[email protected],mailto:[email protected]; ruf=mailto:[email protected]; fo=1;
google._domainkey.forbes.comv=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAtSWZ52AgrP9UX724e3IQYIgJdGge0M2yg2V5c9plx5Oy6qkX67BOCGBQ8IIWoFplqkSpXenbG42hyC2TaVIaXJtTY8RWL3wHsRLbWlBI7uc+WaVjLxKpeNj5SS128dlEbMgsODDmXg/ZpSd8Oh9+gW9ahcBu2DHLKoeaZWKycjRV4/5J8O1x/wNC+umK76ZJVcif3AMYjZrgKKeUxg0adw7CswrvXyoqLgMET+yufKP48l3CPwVG01ouzavhSwIiJuVCuTlfU4oNpkSBhTZZC4AJ5GiGxk5tbBb8q+3w8pXx8Ntu/soPnvBxwSbzNbS5ZV/F/i19fQDIZgAhiqohcwIDAQAB
selector2._domainkey.forbes.comv=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDH/0HJFfbInbEJZQAhx4JNPR1+DylNU4LzcmdtiAdddEhwwZZowqeFWBaSdZpKvj4oc4iqfO5iL8+AEE80nBcJe2POj5RNkkCvTbtQIhMMjilPdLedcQt6Scmm+BsPNbP7c9QarKNcJhFF0moY1CuE2gtF5vekbqbJZxLoPJeViQIDAQAB;
k1._domainkey.forbes.comk=rsa; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDbNrX2cY/GUKIFx2G/1I00ftdAj713WP9AQ1xir85i89sA2guU0ta4UX1Xzm06XIU6iBP41VwmPwBGRNofhBVR+e6WHUoNyIR4Bn84LVcfZE20rmDeXQblIupNWBqLXM1Q+VieI/eZu/7k9/vOkLSaQQdml4Cv8lb3PcnluMVIhQIDAQAB;
mandrill._domainkey.forbes.comv=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCrLHiExVd55zd/IQ/J/mRwSRMAocV/hMB3jXwaHH36d9NaVynQFYV8NaWi69c1veUtRzGt7yAioXqLj7Z4TeEUoOLgrKsn8YnckGs9i3B3tVFB+Ch/4mPhXWiNfNdynHWBcPcbJ8kjEQ2U8y78dHZj1YeRXXVvWob2OaKynO8/lQIDAQAB;
s1._domainkey.forbes.comk=rsa; t=s; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAmW9cxv5t7xIDtQZwdCgbwQ2uIoEsAczrf20m6CwgSBrm+dH5/l544f1HVb/ycugjIsOzhh75ATZ8/zvv10Ls9G+hC/NOLvpfA3mzc+gPxjnCgjKjX+OfdGZ7vMZ0Ivej6ppLfIdsewvHFFGHwXYadQaXqkZfAvUK/KV8QLMXcEXzYYPDhljtbKkKWeg+ksLru5MbTx1/Eb6IviDTuqGkOA6NBlAcYhPWp0zdz5W+0pLeVi8bdEaXh3ENUZtcvS+oa0hT7eQnow2TExsJgPN8EoCOm8MjojqyRj5WQc/vctT5hWLP+ZLbF1X/HbVg1/AISW7zE8UGZZKU5m/J5oLJrwIDAQAB
s2._domainkey.forbes.comk=rsa; t=s; p=MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDBe6yss5b3f1ANhWkCoqrzENcSY6ZQ4kWBRIEzGpe1s6uWdIvWXEW7QuzYcWS7S5X34fEBYoh0ZSKvDUWM4+ICH/96lKHHitybYNN7JXKziXTcoJhmriGUbeINMIXp8eQQOV7KUmlZxXidYLG5auYy/3D3TBnsLtcr209E7rAT1QIDAQAB

Related IP addresses

IPv4 addresses used by forbes.com: website, name servers, mail servers and senders authorized by SPF.

IP addressUsed for/24 block
151.101.2.49Website151.101.2.0/24
151.101.130.49Website151.101.130.0/24
151.101.66.49Website151.101.66.0/24
151.101.194.49Website151.101.194.0/24
205.251.195.211Name server ns-979.awsdns-58.net205.251.195.0/24
205.251.196.4Name server ns-1028.awsdns-00.org205.251.196.0/24
205.251.198.101Name server ns-1637.awsdns-12.co.uk205.251.198.0/24
205.251.192.217Name server ns-217.awsdns-27.com205.251.192.0/24
170.10.132.221Mail server us-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com, Mail server us-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com170.10.132.0/24

WHOIS of the domain forbes.com

Domain Name: FORBES.COM
   Registry Domain ID: 3482728_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
   Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.com
   Registrar URL: http://www.markmonitor.com
   Updated Date: 2026-05-15T09:37:59Z
   Creation Date: 1993-06-17T04:00:00Z
   Registry Expiry Date: 2027-06-16T04:00:00Z
   Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc.
   Registrar IANA ID: 292
   Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
   Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.2086851750
   Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
   Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
   Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
   Name Server: NS-1028.AWSDNS-00.ORG
   Name Server: NS-1637.AWSDNS-12.CO.UK
   Name Server: NS-217.AWSDNS-27.COM
   Name Server: NS-979.AWSDNS-58.NET
   DNSSEC: unsigned
   URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
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