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Is .no safe? The state of .no domain security — Norway
.no is safer than the internet average. Across 602,654 graded .no domains, 60% score an F — cleaner than the 78.3% global average — better company than most of the web. 7.6% earn a B or better. Most .no 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 .no zone — covering Norway — 53.7% of 493,716 graded domains earn an F, well below the 73.8% internet-wide average. DMARC enforcement here stands at 20% — above the 11.8% census-wide rate.
Note: .no is used as a proxy for Norway based on the domain's TLD, not where the company is registered.
How do .no domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .no domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 580 | 0.1% |
| A | 2,371 | 0.4% |
| B | 43,019 | 7.1% |
| C | 86,073 | 14.3% |
| D | 108,992 | 18.1% |
| F | 361,619 | 60% |
Does .no 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 .no doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .no domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .no safe?
On average, .no is safer than the internet average: 60% of its 602,654 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 .no domains?
40.0% of .no domains score above an F and 7.6% 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 .no 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 .no too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .no 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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