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Is .cr safe? The state of .cr domain security — Costa Rica
.cr is safer than the internet average. Across 11,852 graded .cr domains, 54.6% score an F — cleaner than the 78.3% global average — better company than most of the web. 5.7% earn a B or better. Most .cr domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
In the .cr zone — covering Costa Rica — 42.6% of 9,143 graded domains earn an F, well below the 73.8% internet-wide average. DMARC enforcement here stands at 23.5% — above the 11.8% census-wide rate.
Note: .cr is used as a proxy for Costa Rica based on the domain's TLD, not where the company is registered.
How do .cr domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .cr domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 19 | 0.2% |
| A | 79 | 0.7% |
| B | 578 | 4.9% |
| C | 1,731 | 14.6% |
| D | 2,969 | 25.1% |
| F | 6,476 | 54.6% |
Does .cr 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 .cr doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .cr domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .cr safe?
On average, .cr is safer than the internet average: 54.6% of its 11,852 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 .cr domains?
45.4% of .cr domains score above an F and 5.7% 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 .cr 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 .cr too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .cr 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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