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Executive summary
substack.com
High exposure. Significant weaknesses put the brand, customers and email at risk.
Full coverage: every applicable check was assessed.
2026-11-15 18:23 UTC
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Spoofing email from this domain is hard.
Traffic to the site is encrypted and the certificate is valid.
Several browser hardening headers are missing, which removes layers of protection against script injection and framing.
The domain's infrastructure lacks basic protections.
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What to do first
- 1.
Limit what scripts your pages are allowed to run
This adds one layer of protection against injected scripts.
Who can fix it: Your website developer or web host
How to verify after the fix
curl -sIL https://substack.com/ | grep -i "Content-Security-Policy"
- 2.
Turn on DNS signing for your domain
Signing helps resolvers detect forged answers about your domain.
Who can fix it: Your domain registrar or DNS provider
How to verify after the fix
dig +short DS substack.com
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What this grade means
- Tested hostname
- substack.com
- Website request
- GET https://substack.com/
- Scan time
- 2026-11-15 18:23:35 UTC
- Grading method
- Version 2How grading works
- Unverified or excluded checks
- None. Every applicable check was assessed.
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Technical detail
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Email security
29/30Encryption & certificate
25/25Browser protections
8/30DNS infrastructure
3/15Public DNS records
| A | substack.com | 104.18.37.200 172.64.150.56 |
| AAAA | substack.com | 2606:4700:4401::ac40:9638 2606:4700:4404::6812:25c8 |
| MX | substack.com | 10 mxa.mailgun.org 10 mxb.mailgun.org |
| NS | substack.com | ali.ns.cloudflare.com lee.ns.cloudflare.com |
| TXT | substack.com | facebook-domain-verification=8vbxp2ntmkudc6is3h5r840c9fwo7f google-site-verification=4V_X38Yf0J4VJcWFwtG38bOS1nkOWeIWJhticlMgNQE google-site-verification=DAkdykID6WqQM6tT7IfSu9_uB7-qIdB039MA_C3T3eA google-site-verification=FfNIQIxsRHpj3Y7E_d3N6GFqGgWDZ-sfYojqCilwtqE google-site-verification=SXEl7_p4SBszcanSWwVc_3-RFky80c0-94janbeeWI4 google-site-verification=vQEKLOUDfKNOQAv9W3EUMiRD6e5ibAEPhc2yCzP7big tiktok-developers-site-verification=7PgqCAJ52ILLOqf2KELd8uaRfJpuzaLQ tiktok-developers-site-verification=A9XRSo8lWy5CPFJ0bqI04KCpUZGAAq7p v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mailgun.org include:mail.zendesk.com ~all |
| TXT | _dmarc.substack.com | v=DMARC1; p=reject; pct=100; rua=mailto:re+kvnosxqvppz@dmarc.postmarkapp.com; sp=reject; aspf=r; |
| CAA | substack.com | — |
| DS | substack.com | — |