mcfedries.com

McFedRies.com

The Home Page of computer book author Paul McFedries

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Authority

73/100

Safety

90/100

Registered

Jan 9, 1996

30 years old · Cloudflare, Inc.

3 of 5 safety checks passed (Sep 9, 2026).

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Current facts

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Domain registered Jan 9, 1996 — 30 years old.

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Registrar today: Cloudflare, Inc. — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Sep 9, 2026).

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Live site responds over HTTPS.

Trust record

Authority & Safety, with the evidence

How this is scored →

Authority 73/100 — ahead of 73% of scored sitesClear

Why this authority score

Prominence (Open PageRank 3.0/10)+7
Verified continuity: 30.7 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+4
Calibration adjustment (published map)+15

Every point maps to a sentence. These lines sum to the model score of 37/99, which is what places this site at 73/100 against every other scored site.

Safety evidence

Missing DMARC (mild)

Site history

Dated record — historical facts always carry their date.

1996
Domain registered (Jan 9, 1996).
2026
Checked today — 3 of 5 safety checks passed (Sep 9, 2026).

✓ domain continuity 30 years registered✓ live verified Sep 9, 2026

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