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Is .mil safe? The state of .mil domain security
.mil is safer than the internet average. Across 126 graded .mil domains, 27.8% score an F — cleaner than the 78.3% global average — better company than most of the web. 54% earn a B or better. Most .mil domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
Of 126 graded .mil domains, 27.8% earn an F — well below the 78.3% internet-wide average. 29.4% of .mil domains achieve an A or A+ — the highest protection tier.
How do .mil domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .mil domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 11 | 8.7% |
| A | 26 | 20.6% |
| B | 31 | 24.6% |
| C | 15 | 11.9% |
| D | 8 | 6.3% |
| F | 35 | 27.8% |
Does .mil make a domain secure?
No — and that's the most important thing to know. A domain's grade is decided by how it is configured (SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS), not by its ending. Choosing .mil doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .mil domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .mil safe?
On average, .mil is safer than the internet average: 27.8% of its 126 graded domains score an F as of 2026-08-16, against a 78.3% global average. Most domains on every ending are exposed — the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade.
How secure are .mil domains?
72.2% of .mil domains score above an F and 54% earn a B or better. The rest fail the basic externally observable protections, most importantly enforced SPF and DMARC, so they can be impersonated in email.
Does choosing .mil make my domain secure?
No. A domain's grade comes from how it is configured — SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS — not from its ending. A well-configured domain earns an A on any ending; an unconfigured one sits at F on .mil too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .mil domain?
It fails the basic protections we can observe from outside — above all, it has no enforced SPF and DMARC, so its email can be forged and its customers targeted with convincing fakes.
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